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Spotify’s latest financial performance report details the number of Free and Premium users the music streaming service had at the end of 2021.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spotify just released their full fourth quarter 2021 earnings report,<\/a> as well as the webcast Q&A on Spotify’s Investor Relations site.<\/a> Continue scrolling for an infographic of all the highlights from the quarter. Spotify saw impressive growth of both users and subscribers, from 345 million to 406 million monthly active users<\/strong> year-over-year<\/a>, up 18%, while subscribers<\/strong> increased from 155 million to 180 million<\/strong>, a growth of 16% year-over-year. This is strong growth across the board, but how does it compared to the competition? Click here to find MIDiA’s latest music subscriber market share report.<\/a> Find Spotify’s Q3 2021 report here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The infographic goes on to highlight some of Spotify’s other achievements during the quarter, such as the acquisition of Findaway<\/strong><\/a>, as they seemingly look to enter the audiobook market, launching in six new markets<\/strong><\/a>, releasing 2021 Wrapped<\/strong><\/a>, which was viewed by more than 120 million users this year, an increase of 31% year-over-year, introducing a new Lyrics<\/strong> feature<\/a>, letting users sing-along to their favourite songs, expanding its limited release in the US of Car Thing<\/strong><\/a>, their in-car media player, and partnering with Netflix<\/strong><\/a> to launch a hub of content around your favourite shows and films. These new features were followed by some artist achievements like Adele’s “Easy On Me”<\/strong> breaking the record for the most-streamed song in a single day<\/strong><\/a>, Taylor Swift’s “Red (Taylor’s Version)”<\/strong> becoming the most-streamed album in a day by a female artist<\/strong><\/a>, and the most-streamed song on Spotify<\/a>, Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”<\/strong> hitting 3 billion streams<\/strong>. Finally, Spotify highlight some of the new features available to artists and podcasters, including the integration with Shopify<\/strong> on artist profile<\/a>, making merch sales seamless, bringing 16 new languages to Spotify for Artists<\/a><\/strong>, and introducing ratings on podcasts<\/strong><\/a>, allowing fans to support their favourite shows and creators to improve discoverability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spotify also shared a sizzle reel of audio trailers from their recent original and exclusive podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know you can get your own music on Spotify for free? Click here to find out how.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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