Spotify is, and probably will be for some time, the most popular streaming service around. There are, as of September 26, 2024, over 615 million users on the service, including 246 million Premium subscribers who are listening to music, voraciously consuming podcasts, and living several different lives in audiobooks. That dwarfs Apple Music's 93 million users and makes Amazon Music Unlimited’s 82 million subscribers look tiny. Want to know how Spotify stacks up against its biggest rivals? Check out these face-offs: Apple Music vs. Spotify, and Spotify vs. Tidal.
There’s a reason that Spotify is so popular of course — and that’s its very solid free option in the form of Spotify Free. But just how much better is Spotify Premium, and is it worth spending the extra money every month to get its features?
