Spotify services back after a brief outage worldwide

Spotify, the world's biggest music streaming service, was down globally earlier today, affecting hundreds of users who took to Twitter to report the issue.

Published By: Shubham Verma | Published: Apr 19, 2023, 10:07 PM (IST)

Audio streaming platform Spotify was back up for most users, the company said on Wednesday, after a brief outage that disrupted service for tens of thousands of users globally. Also Read: Apple Music may finally get a free tier, but there’s a catch

The company did not disclose the number of users affected by the disruption, but outage tracking website Downdetector.com showed more than 20,000 incidents in the United States and over 8,000 in the UK at the peak of the outage. The site tracks outages by collating status reports from sources including user-submitted errors on its platform. Also Read: Apple Music could soon offer a free version like Spotify, BUT with some limitations

"Everything's looking much better now!," Spotify Status said in a tweet. Also Read: Can YouTube Music finally add playlist sorting by title, artist, and album?

Many users took to Twitter to share updates and memes about the service disruption, with 'Spotify' trending at number seven in the U.S.

 

 

Earlier this year, Spotify experienced two short outages. In January, Downdetector reported that the audio streaming platform's outage impacted over 45,000 users in the United States.

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