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Streaming Service Spotify Reaches 100 Million Paid Users Worldwide

The growth was driven, among other things, by “a better-than-planned promotion in the US and Canada,” Spotify said.

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Music streaming service Spotify said on Monday, 29 April, that its paying subscribers have reached 100 million for the first time, up 32 percent on the year and almost twice the latest figures for Apple Music.

The Stockholm-based company called the figure, which was reached during the first three months of 2019, “an important milestone.”

The growth was driven, among other things, by “a better-than-planned promotion in the US and Canada.” Spotify said it had reached “the high end of our guidance range of 97-100 million.”

By comparison, archrival Apple Music had about 50 million paying subscribers at the end of 2018, the latest available figures. Apple is expected to release new figures with its earnings report on Tuesday.

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The number of Spotify's total monthly users, which includes those who do not pay a monthly subscription fee but use the service with intermittent ads, rose to 217 million in the first quarter.

The strong growth in its user base led to a 33 percent rise in revenue, to 1.5 billion euros (1.7 billion dollarss). Yet like many tech companies focusing on building market share, the company continued to lose money, reporting an operating loss of 47 million euros.

Spotify says that voice speakers like Google Home and Alexa are a “critical area of growth” and is looking to invest more in podcasts to supplement its offering of music.

(Published in an arrangement with the Associated Press.)

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