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Spotify (SPOT) Today — Nov. 9, 2025: Travis Barker x Spotify 5K Hits Santa Monica, ‘Listening Stats’ Rolls Out Ahead of Wrapped, Analysts Reset Targets After Q3 Beat

Spotify (SPOT) Today — Nov. 9, 2025: Travis Barker x Spotify 5K Hits Santa Monica, ‘Listening Stats’ Rolls Out Ahead of Wrapped, Analysts Reset Targets After Q3 Beat

SPOT at a glance (as markets head into the new week) As of the latest close (U.S. markets are closed on Sunday), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) last traded around $616.91 after a choppy earnings week. What’s happening today: Travis Barker x Spotify brings music-fueled 5K to Santa Monica Spotify’s fall race series with Travis Barker culminates today (Sun., Nov. 9) with a 5K along the Santa Monica shoreline, part of the “Run Travis Run” wellness experience. The event hub lists “3rd Street Promenade | Nov 9, 2025 | 10AM”, and Spotify’s newsroom post from July previewed Santa Monica as the series
9 November 2025
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Spotify’s Q3 Shocker: Profit Soars, 700+ Million Users & a Price Hike Looming?

Spotify’s Q3 Shocker: Profit Soars, 700+ Million Users & a Price Hike Looming?

Q3 2025 Earnings Beat Expectations Spotify delivered a robust third-quarter performance, topping earnings estimates and underscoring its financial turnaround. The audio streaming giant reported €4.27 billion in Q3 revenue, slightly exceeding forecasts (about €4.23 billion) ca.investing.com. This represented ~7% growth year-on-year (12% growth on a constant-currency basis) ca.investing.com newsroom.spotify.com. Key drivers were strong subscriber gains and higher subscription prices instituted in many markets. On the bottom line, operating profit came in at €582 million newsroom.spotify.com, rising roughly 28–33% from a year ago as Spotify reined in costs and expanded margins. Net income swung to €899 million for the quarter, a dramatic improvement from a
4 November 2025
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Spotify’s Hi‑Res Lossless Streaming Is Finally Here – How It Compares to Apple Music and Amazon Music HD

Spotify Stock Skyrockets After CEO Shake-Up and Bold New Moves

Key Facts: Spotify founder Daniel Ek will step down as CEO on Jan 1, 2026 (becoming Executive Chairman) with Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström named co-CEOs reuters.com. The news briefly knocked the stock ~5% lower, after a year-to-date gain of over 60% reuters.com. In September, Spotify raised its Premium price to €11.99 (from €10.99) in many markets – a change that sent shares up ~8% on the announcement ts2.tech. Subscriber counts remain high: in Q1 2025 premium members were up 12% to 268 million, with ~678 million monthly active users reuters.com. New initiatives include a “Lossless” hi-fi audio tier launched
25 October 2025
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Spotify vs Apple Music vs YouTube Music – The 2025 Streaming Showdown (Pricing, Quality, AI & More)

YouTube Music’s Exclusive Fan Perks vs Spotify, Apple & More – A New Era of Superfan Rewards?

YouTube Music’s New Tools to Reward Superfans YouTube Music just announced a trio of new features aimed at bringing artists and fans closer together. Unveiled at YouTube’s “Made On” event in mid-September 2025, these tools mark a significant push to deepen artist-fan connections on the platform techcrunch.com. Here’s what’s new on YouTube Music: These features follow on the heels of YouTube Music’s 10th anniversary updates in August 2025, which added more social and interactive elements. The service introduced collaborative “Taste Match” playlists (combining friends’ music tastes, similar to Spotify’s Blend), badges for listeners (like “First to Watch” or “Top Listener”),
17 September 2025
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Spotify’s Hi‑Res Lossless Streaming Is Finally Here – How It Compares to Apple Music and Amazon Music HD

Spotify’s Hi‑Res Lossless Streaming Is Finally Here – How It Compares to Apple Music and Amazon Music HD

Spotify’s Lossless Audio Rollout: Technical Approach and Features After years of anticipation, Spotify’s high-fidelity streaming has arrived in late 2025. All Spotify Premium users will soon have the ability to stream music in lossless CD-quality. Here’s an overview of Spotify’s technical approach and how the feature works: In short, Spotify’s implementation strives to make lossless listening simple but intentional – users turn it on when they want the best quality, and the app gives feedback that it’s working. Technically, the service is now delivering the maximum quality that the majority of music recordings are mastered in (44.1 kHz). It’s a
14 September 2025
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Spotify vs Apple Music vs YouTube Music – The 2025 Streaming Showdown (Pricing, Quality, AI & More)

Spotify vs Apple Music vs YouTube Music – The 2025 Streaming Showdown (Pricing, Quality, AI & More)

Spotify Premium Individual costs around $11.99/month in the US in 2025, with Student ($5.99), Duo ($16.99) and Family ($19.99 for up to six) plans plus a one-month new-user trial. Apple Music has no free tier, with Individual $10.99/month, Family $16.99, Student $5.99, and Voice plan $4.99, plus Apple One bundles starting ~ $19.95, and Lossless/Spatial Audio included by default. YouTube Music offers a free ad-supported tier with no background play on mobile; Premium is $10.99/month, YouTube Premium bundles at ~ $13.99/month, Family ~ $22.99, and Student ~ $7.99, with a 1-month trial for new subscribers. Apple Music leads in audio
22 August 2025
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