![]() The company says that it now has 1.9M podcasts, and that listening has increased.Īpple tends to report numbers only when it hits 10M increments, meaning that its 60M number could be close to 70M by now, but that would still mean that Spotify has pulled further ahead. In September, The Joe Rogan Experience arrived on platform with video capability and became the #1 show in all of our English-speaking markets while outperforming our audience expectations. Q3 was a standout quarter for our podcasting efforts, beginning with the July launch of The Michelle Obama Podcast, an Original & Exclusive (“O&E”) podcast that became the #1 show globally on our platform in July and August, making it our top summer podcast. There was also good news on the podcasting front. Usage on connected devices inside the home, which saw a spike during lockdown, also ![]() ![]() Consumption trends by platform have returned to normal usage, including in-car listening hours which is now above the pre-COVID peak. Spotify reported that it’s now seeing the best of both worlds when it comes to recovering from the impact of the coronavirus crisis.įrom a content consumption standpoint, global consumption hours surpassed pre-COVID levels during the quarter, and all regions have fully recovered. Apple last shared its subscribers way back in June of last year, but the lack of update since then suggests that growth since then has been relatively slow.ĭigging into the details, however, reveals a mix of good and bad news for Spotify … Spotify has pulled further ahead of Apple Music in terms of paid subscribers, announcing that it now has 144M against the last-declared number from Apple at 60M.
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