Tag: vaccine education

Quiz: This Week on ‘For the Record’

September 24, 2021

Think you're up-to-date on the latest in Spotify news, data, and trends? Take our quiz to test just how well you’ve been following along.

1. This week, we launched a digital experience dedicated to nostalgic ’90s country music, as well as released Spotify Singles and shared streaming data about who’s listening to the genre. True or false: As many fans between the ages of 19-24 listen to our 90s Country playlist as fans over 45.
2. Where did Matt Ford and Jack Steele of the new The Inspired Unemployed podcast meet?
3. Which of the following Spotify Original podcasts helped to provide accurate COVID-19 vaccine information to listeners through PSA’s, in-show host-reads, or original editorial content?
4. Spotify embraced the “a” in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) at National Children’s Museum with the launch of a toe-tapping, family-friendly experience. What is the name of our musical space?
5. Fill in the end of this quote from Steve Schnur, President of Music for EA Games: “And the day a new FIFA edition is released, we’re already…”
6. This week, select Spice Girls fans in London got to embark on a Spice Bus experience to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary. Which Spice Girls album is their most popular, with over 860 million streams and counting?
7. Francophiles, this one’s for you. Spotify France announced 13 podcasts in the works, set to debut throughout the fall and early next year. That includes the country’s first vodcast, which stars influencers Bilal Hassani, Sulivan Gwed, Sundy Jules, Johann (aka SparkDise), and Wesley Krid. What’s the name of their new show?

How Spotify Is Supporting COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Advocacy

September 22, 2021

As the world’s largest audio streaming service, Spotify understands the power of our global platform, and with that power comes a responsibility to play our part in driving change and raising awareness about critical issues facing our society today. Last year, soon after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we determined that our fans and listeners should be able to turn to our platform for information and guidance. We met these needs with the creation of our COVID-19 hub, donations to frontline medical institutions, and the establishment of the Music Relief project. Now, we’re using our platform once more, by proactively making it easier for our listeners to access accurate information about the COVID-19 vaccine. 

As the COVID-19 vaccines became more widely available, we dedicated our COVID-19 hubs globally to providing accurate vaccine information. We also encouraged our Spotify Studios podcasts to include vaccine education within their ads, PSAs, or episode content. In the U.S., we hosted a live music sweepstakes offering hundreds of vaccinated music fans the chance to win tickets to a live show. Our latest advertising campaign speaks to the concerts we’ve all missed since the start of the pandemic and reminds listeners that vaccinations will help us get back to concerts by our favorite performers. Finally, we teamed up with the World Health Organization Foundation’s Go Give One fundraising campaign to give Spotifiers an opportunity to help address vaccine inequity around the world.

Take a look below at some of our efforts to date. 

For more of our ongoing relief efforts, check out our COVID-19 hub.