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Audiobooks on Spotify Are Going Global

October 7, 2026

Today at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest gathering of people who love books, we announced that audiobooks on Spotify are going global. By the end of 2026, listeners in more than 180 markets will be able to find their next great book on Spotify, right alongside the music and podcasts they already love.

From now through the end of 2026, we’re expanding audiobook access from 22 markets to over 180. That means more than 750 million people around the world will soon be able to stream or purchase books on Spotify. With this expansion, listeners in new markets will be able to access more than 350,000 titles, including new catalogs in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, and more, spanning over 120 languages.

And because we believe authors should find the largest possible audience, all of our partnerships are non-exclusive, helping unlock new ways for writers to reach readers around the world.

“Books change how we see the world, and the people in it,” said Owen Smith, VP of Audiobooks, Spotify. “For a lot of people, audiobooks are how they find their way back to reading, on the commute, on a walk, or at the end of a long day. Bringing audiobooks to more than 180 markets means millions more people can discover that, and authors and publishers can reach readers they’ve never been able to reach before.”

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Multiple ways in, one great experience

Users in our new markets will have a number of ways to access audiobooks on Spotify.

Audiobooks in Premium:

- Eligible Premium subscribers get 12 hours of audiobook listening every month, included in their plan.
- This option is coming to Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, Chile, Norway, Peru, and more.

Audiobooks+:

- Want more listening time? Any listener can add Audiobooks+ to their plan for extra hours each month.
- Audiobooks+ is the primary way to access Audiobooks in markets across Africa, Asia, and Argentina.

Direct sales:

- Want one specific title? Buy it and keep it.

Availability and pricing vary by market.

Alongside our expansion, we’re also introducing two exciting new features to give listeners even more ways to enjoy audiobooks on Spotify.

Keep the story going with Page Match

Read a few chapters in bed, then pick up the story for your morning, right where you left off. Same book, different format. That’s Page Match. Since February, more than one million readers have used it to move between print, e-book, and audio. Now it’s getting the update readers asked for most: page numbers. Simply scan the book’s ISBN barcode and use page numbers to find your place.

Page Match works in over 30 languages, helping even more readers seamlessly move between formats as audiobook access expands around the world.

Audiobooks+ comes to Student plans

In November, users on a Student plan can use Audiobooks+ to add additional listening hours in Ireland, Belgium, Austria, and Finland.

Audiobooks+ lets Spotify Premium users purchase extra audiobook listening time on top of their existing base plan. It also allows members on Premium Family and Duo plans to get 15 hours of audiobook listening a month through a recurring add-on.

Since launching just over a year ago, we have more than one million Audiobooks+ subscribers, exceeding $100 million in annual recurring revenue. We plan to extend availability to Student plans in additional markets in the coming year.

A world of stories awaits

Three years ago this fall, we brought audiobooks into Premium to build a better home for book lovers, authors, and publishers. Readers showed up. Monthly audiobook listeners grew nearly 40% over the past year, and listening hours climbed more than 30%. Now we get to share that with the rest of the world.

Check out the Audiobooks hub on Spotify.

Pricing and access models vary by market. By the end of 2026, audiobooks will be available in:

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Books on Spotify: New Updates for Listeners and Authors

May 21, 2026

In 2022, Spotify entered a new chapter by introducing audiobooks to our platform. Since then, we’ve grown our catalog to include more than 700,000 titles, expanded to 22 markets, and launched industry-leading features that give book lovers more ways to enjoy great stories.

At Investor Day 2026, we announced a new set of updates designed to enhance the reading experience for listeners, authors, and publishers as we continue building Spotify into the home for books.

For listeners: More hours and more discovery

This summer, we’re expanding Audiobooks+ with new add-on tiers. These higher-hourly plans will give our most engaged audiobook listeners the flexibility to spend even more time with the stories they love.

Later this year, Family and Student plans for Audiobooks+ will bring the experience to the entire household including young readers, making it easier to share stories and build listening habits together.

We’re also introducing new discovery features for audiobooks. Users can now ask questions about to helpfind something new. Request other titles from the same author or books related to a topic you’re interested in—like Scandinavian noir for your upcoming trip to Sweden—and we’ll bring you recommendations tailored to your tastes.

And later this summer, our personalized discovery tool Prompted Playlist will expand to audiobooks. Already available in beta for music and podcasts, Prompted Playlist lets you describe exactly what you want to listen to, then creates a playlist based on your listening history and what’s happening in the world around you. By expanding the feature to audiobooks, we’re making it easier to find your next great read.

For authors: More languages and creation tools

Spotify for Authors is expanding to 10 new languages—French, Canadian French, German, Dutch, Latin American Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Danish, and Norwegian—making our audience insights and publishing tools accessible to more writers worldwide.

And this June, we’re launching invite-only Audiobook Creation Tools in beta to help self-published authors create audio versions of their books. Built directly into Spotify for Authors, and powered by ElevenLabs’ digital voice technology, authors can now access seamless audiobook generation and publishing without exclusive contracts. It’s one more way we’re helping more books reach listeners. At launch this will be in English language only, and available in select markets.

The story so far

Audiobooks on Spotify are growing faster than ever. Listening hours are up 60% year over year, and nearly half of audiobook listeners started listening in the last year, with many discovering the format for the first time through Spotify.

Innovations like Page Match are helping fuel this growth. The feature, which lets users move between a print or ebook and its audiobook on Spotify, has become one of our most successful launches to date. We’ve seen an uplift in listening of up to 55% over a month when readers use Page Match, helping listeners finish books twice as fast. That’s a win for audiences and authors alike.

Audiobooks+ is also making an impact. With 1 million subscribers so far, the offering is on track to generate $100 million in annualized recurring revenue. And our most engaged users—those who read, listen, and watch on Spotify— become part of the most engaged audience on Spotify, showing that multi-format listening habits help create deeper connections across the platform.

Explore all the news and announcements from Spotify’s 2026 Investor Day.

This post contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially. Please refer to Spotify’s SEC filings for a discussion of risks and uncertainties.

How to Use Page Match to Seamlessly Switch Between a Book and Its Audiobook on Spotify

February 5, 2026

Today, Spotify announced two new updates to give book lovers a more personalized and flexible way to enjoy stories: the ability to purchase physical books via a partnership with Bookshop.org and our new Page Match feature. Here, we’re diving deeper into how you can use Page Match to bridge physical and audio reading.

This first-of-its-kind feature lets you switch between a print book or e-book and its audiobook counterpart with a quick scan of your mobile phone camera. It’s designed to help books adapt to your schedule, not the other way around, turning more moments throughout the day into opportunities to stay engaged with a great story.

How it works

Page Match is currently rolling out and will be available on most English-language titles by the end of February for all Spotify audiobook listeners on iOS and Android.

- Premium subscribers and Audiobooks+ plan members can use the feature with their monthly allocation of audiobook listening hours.
- Free users can use it with individual audiobooks they’ve purchased through Spotify.

To get started with Page Match on supported titles, just make sure your Spotify app is updated.

From book to audiobook

When you’re so engrossed in a story that you don’t want to put your book or e-reader down, Page Match lets you continue listening right where you left off reading.

1. For supported titles, find the audiobook in the Spotify mobile app and tap the Page Match button.
2. Press Scan to listen.
3. Allow camera access in the app and simply scan the page you’re currently reading.
4. Spotify will match the page to the corresponding moment in the audiobook and give you the option to Play from here or Save for later.
5. If the page can’t be matched, the app will prompt you to try again.

If the title has audiobook Recaps enabled (you’ll see a Recap button), Page Match and Recaps are available to work together. Recaps offer short audio summaries tailored to your most recent listening point to give you a refresher on the story so far.

From audiobook to book

When you want to switch from listening to reading, the process is just as easy.

1. Open the audiobook in the Spotify mobile app and tap the Page Match button.
2. Select Scan to read.
3. Scan any page in your book or e-reader so Spotify can orient itself.
4. Spotify will then guide you to the correct spot based on where you stopped listening, telling you whether to flip forward or backward to find the exact passage where you should resume reading.

By removing the friction between reading and listening, Page Match is the latest way Spotify is reimagining the book experience—helping you stay lost in a story, no matter how or when you choose to engage.

Spotify Partners With Bookshop.org and Debuts Page Match Feature to Bridge Physical, E-book, and Audio Formats

February 5, 2026

Since bringing audiobooks to Spotify in 2022, we’ve helped listeners discover thousands of new favorite titles and authors while driving growth in the publishing industry. Today, we’re turning the page with two new updates that will give book lovers an even more personalized and flexible way to enjoy stories on Spotify.

First, we’re announcing a partnership with Bookshop.org, allowing users to purchase physical books through the Spotify app. We’re also introducing Page Match, a first-of-its-kind feature that lets readers seamlessly switch between the printed (or e-book) and audiobook versions of a title.

“We believe the future of reading or listening needs to be flexible and fit more seamlessly into people’s lives,” said Owen Smith, Spotify’s Global Head of Audiobooks. “Since launching Audiobooks in Premium, we’ve seen that when books are easier to discover and enjoy, demand grows, making Spotify a real growth engine for the publishing industry and changing how people find their next great read. Now we’re extending Spotify’s discovery and engagement strengths across both audio and physical formats, so authors can build deeper connections with their audiences and books can follow readers wherever they go.”

Shop Bookshop on Spotify

Physical books remain the go-to format for most readers, accounting for nearly 73% of trade publishing revenue last year. To support how people read, we want to make it easier to engage with titles in whichever format works best.

Launching later this spring, Spotify users in the U.S. and U.K. will be able to purchase physical books via the Spotify app through Bookshop.org, an organization that connects readers to independent bookshops. This partnership is designed to connect discovery on Spotify with physical ownership, making it easier for readers to move from finding a book they’re interested in to enjoying it in the format that feels right. Purchases made on Spotify will directly support those bookshops and the authors who brought that story to life.

“We are excited to see the impact Spotify’s scale will have for local bookstores,” said Andy Hunter, Founder and CEO of Bookshop.org. “By meeting readers where they are and linking to Bookshop.org, Spotify is financially supporting indie booksellers with each purchase.”

Introducing Page Match

We believe that when you find a book that has you completely hooked, you shouldn’t have to put it down. Instead of stopping or losing momentum when you need to hop in the car or go for a run, now you can keep the story going. Page Match is an industry-first feature that lets you move between physical books or e-books and their audiobook counterparts with just a quick scan.

“This is the most exciting development in reading technology I’ve heard about in years because it will get more people reading and listening to books,” said author Harlan Coben.

Available to audiobook listeners on iOS and Android on most English-language titles by the end of February, Page Match ensures your book picks up right where you left off, whether you’re turning pages or pressing play.

Here’s how it works:

1. Open the Spotify mobile app and find the title you’re reading.
2. Tap the Page Match button.
3. Use your camera to scan a page in your physical book.
4. Spotify finds your spot in the audiobook.
5. Ready to return to print? Scan again to find the right place in the text.

Page Match builds on the successful beta launch of Recaps last year. It’s the latest way Spotify is reimagining the reading experience to bring readers back into stories and help them stay with books longer.

We see the future of reading as one that’s personalized, flexible, and built to move fluidly across formats and moments. Together, these updates will make it easier for hundreds of millions of Spotify users to discover books and enjoy them in any way they choose. For authors and publishers, it’s a new opportunity to reach new audiences while deepening connections across audio and print.

Find your next great read in the Audiobooks hub on Spotify.