Music streaming service Spotify temporarily shut down on Sunday (September 29), leaving thousands of listeners without access to music and podcasts earlier in the day.
More than 40,000 people reported outages with the music platform on downDetector.com, a website that allows users to report problems with popular apps and services. The largest reported outages occurred after 12 noon ET. The number of outages reported by sites had dropped to 351 as of 5 p.m. ET.
Spotify wrote on Sunday afternoon: “We are now aware of some issues and are checking them!”
Spotify users responding to the post complained that the outage disrupted exercise plans and playlists planned for their children’s birthday parties.
About an hour later, the streaming service posted that everything was looking better. The app seems to be working fine.
Millions of people use Spotify, the largest streaming service in 2023.
According to Music Observer, advertising billboard It was recently reported that Spotify is second only to Amazon Prime in terms of subscriber enthusiasm. Spotify users are relatively less likely to cancel their plans when the economy takes a downturn.
Last week, Spotify announced that as of September 24, The Weeknd’s songs had reached 1 billion views, for a total of 18 songs.
The Weeknd breaks the 17-song tie with the title track from Drake’s fourth studio album. after get off work. Meanwhile, the set’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Blinding Lights” was revealed to be the most streamed song on Spotify, with nearly 4.5 billion plays.
