Spotify Restores Service After Temporary Outage Affects Thousands
More than 40,000 users reported issues with the music streaming platform on Sunday morning, but the service was back online within hours.
- Spotify experienced a temporary outage on Sunday, September 29, affecting over 40,000 users primarily in the U.S.
- Users began reporting issues around 10:45 a.m. ET, with the highest number of complaints peaking at over 40,000 by noon.
- The outage disrupted access to both the Spotify app and web player, with users receiving error messages and unresponsive apps.
- Spotify acknowledged the issue on social media and worked on a fix, restoring normal service approximately an hour later.
- Spotify remains the largest music streaming service with over 626 million users, including 246 million subscribers.