{"id":108676,"date":"2018-09-13T21:02:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=108676"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:02:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:02:57","slug":"spotify-finally-increases-download-limit-for-offline-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spotify-finally-increases-download-limit-for-offline-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify finally increases download limit for offline listening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Do the pros of Spotify Premium outweigh the cons? Free users of Spotify cannot choose specific songs to listen to; their playlists are on permanent shuffle. They also cannot listen to those playlists offline or skip more than six songs per hour.\u00a0Today, Spotify made a change to one of those most annoying limitations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Spotify\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/9b57653a-96d0-11e6-8952-00163ec9f5fa\/1056532993\/spotify-screenshot.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Spotify<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--80\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"80\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">8<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/spotify.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<h3>Old and busted<\/h3>\n<p>In order to download songs for offline listening (and avoid frequent ads), you must be a Spotify Premium subscriber. Previously, you were only able to download 3,333 songs to listen to offline per device. Upon attempting to download music &#8211; which can only be done over a steady Wi-Fi connection &#8211; most users received a pop up saying that they reached their limit. You&#8217;d have to remove songs one-by-one, sometimes totally removing full albums to make space. There was also a limit of three devices that you could download songs to\u00a0on each account.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-starred-link\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-starred-link__img\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2018\/03\/Streaming-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-starred-link__col-title\">\r\n        <p class=\"sc-card-starred-link__title\">Apple Music vs Spotify vs Tidal<\/p>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/apple-music-vs-spotify-vs-tidal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\">Which is best?<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-starred-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/apple-music-vs-spotify-vs-tidal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer sponsored\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<h3>New hotness<\/h3>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/spotify-lifts-3333-song-download-limit-723235\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolling Stone<\/a>, <strong>the cap has been increased to 10,000 songs.<\/strong> Along with the rise in the number of songs, there&#8217;s also been an addition to the number of devices you can stream on, jumping up <strong>from three to five.<\/strong> Use this on five different devices, and you have access to 50,000 songs to listen to offline instead of 9,999 &#8211; a huge boost.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the maximum number of songs total allowed in each user&#8217;s library is still at 10,000 per device, so even with the ceiling raise in offline downloading, you cannot have all of those same songs in your library. 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