The Spotify announced today that it has reached 10 million subscribers and over 40 million active users users in 56 markets worldwide.
"We had an amazing year as we expanded from 20 to 56 markets around the world, with users embracing the music service. "10 million subscribers is a major milestone for both Spotify and the music industry as a whole," said Daniel Ek, CEO and founder of Spotify. "We are expanding our dominance in the field of digital music and will continue to bring music closer to everyone."
From 2008, when Spotify started, more than 1.5 billion playlists have been created by subscribers, and more than million 5 playlists are created and updated daily.
By the way, the music service announced the musicians and the songs that have been distinguished to this day by its users.
• The most popular artists: Eminem and Rihanna are the most popular artists over time, based on the number of streams. David Guetta and Katy Perry occupy second place for men and women respectively.
• The most popular song: Avicii's "Wake Me Up" is the most popular song of all time in Spotify, with more than 235 of streams.
• The artists with the most followers: David Guetta has over 5 million followers on Spotify.
Last month, Spotify's most popular list was "Top 100 Pop Tracks," while "Rather Be feat. Jess Glynne "of Clean Bandit was the most popular song in offline mode.
According to Spotify, the growing reach of the service worldwide is particularly important, not only for the company itself but also for the entire music industry, since since 2008 has begun, Spotify has offered more than 1 billion dollars to copyright holders.
