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Spotify Reports Third Quarter 2023 Earnings

October 24, 2023

Today, we announced our third quarter 2023 performance. The business delivered strong results in Q3 as all of our key indicators exceeded guidance and we returned to profitability.

  • Monthly Active Users were up 26% to 574 million and 2 million ahead of guidance. This represents our second largest Q3 net addition performance in history. 
  • Subscribers grew 16% Y/Y to 226 million. Net additions of 6 million were 2 million ahead of guidance. 
  • Total Revenue grew 11% Y/Y to €3.4 billion, exceeding guidance.
  • Gross Margin finished above guidance at 26.4%.
  • Spotify returned to profitability, reporting Operating Income of €32 million for the quarter. 

In addition, we unveiled new personalized experiences for users and tools for creators:




Interested in hearing more? Click here to review the full earnings release and listen to the webcast Q&A on our Investor Relations site here. 

Click below to check out a sizzle reel of audio trailers from a few of our recent original and exclusive podcasts and audiobook offerings.

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver Join Forces With Spotify for a New Limited Podcast, ‘Strike Force Five’

August 29, 2023

This past May, the hosts of five major late-night talk shows had an idea: to meet every week to discuss the complexities behind the ongoing Hollywood strikes. What ensued was a series of hilarious and compelling conversations. Now, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver have teamed up with Spotify for an all-new limited-series podcast, Strike Force Five, so fans can listen in on these once-private chats.

The hosts bring their unique insights, opinions, and humor to the show as they navigate the Hollywood strikes and beyond. Launching August 30 and available across most major podcast platforms, the series will run for at least twelve episodes, with each host serving as a rotating moderator. 

All proceeds received by the hosts from Strike Force Five will go to out-of-work staff from the hosts’ respective shows, including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. 

The series will be hosted on Spotify’s Megaphone, with Spotify as the exclusive sales partner. Strike Force Five will be supported by Mint Mobile and Diageo (Aviation American Gin, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, Casamigos, and Ketel One Vodka), who were first to come aboard to support the show as co-presenting sponsors. 

Follow Strike Force Five on Spotify and get a notification to hit play when the show debuts on Wednesday, August 30.