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Spotify Expands Audiobooks to over 180 Markets
The rollout includes Audiobooks+, Page Match and Bookshop.org partnerships as Spotify seeks more paying listeners and says more than 1 million users already subscribe.
- On Wednesday, Spotify announced it is expanding its audiobook service to over 180 countries by the end of 2026, granting access to virtually all of its 750 million monthly active users worldwide.
- Three years after launching audiobooks, Spotify decided to expand beyond 22 markets following a year where monthly audiobook listeners grew close to 40 percent.
- Working with more than 300 publishers globally, including Planeta and Mondadori, Spotify added more than 350,000 titles in over 120 languages to support the rollout.
- Spotify's Audiobook+ service has gained over 1 million users, generating more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue as subscribers pay to double listening time to 30 hours monthly.
- Executives aim to weave stories into daily routines to compete with platforms like Audible, with Owen Smith, Spotify's VP of Audiobooks, stating the company builds products to help people discover new books.
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