{"id":52466,"date":"2013-10-07T16:40:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=52466"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:06:59","slug":"spotify-celebrates-fifth-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spotify-celebrates-fifth-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify celebrates fifth birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotify<\/a><\/strong> is 5 years old. The streaming music service was launched in 2008 in Sweden, France, Britain, Spain, Finland and Norway. To celebrate, Spotify has published an infographic highlighting its achievements so far.<\/p>\n

Of the more than 20 million songs in Spotify’s library, 80% have been played at least once, which means there are at least 4 million songs that have never been played. Playlists are really popular, with over a billion created, including 150,000 called ‘Twerking<\/strong>.’<\/p>\n

Click on the infographic below to see the full size image.<\/p>\n

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Spotify is available on Windows<\/a>, Mac<\/a>, iOS<\/a>, Windows Phone<\/a>, Android, Blackberry and Linux. There is also a web app.<\/p>\n

Spotify is hugely popular with users, who love being able to stream such a huge library of songs wherever they are. But some artists like Radiohead’s Thom Yorke have criticized its business model and questioned whether it’s a good development for the music industry. Spotify has 24 million active users, and 6 million payed subscribers, so it looks unlikely to go away in the near future.<\/p>\n

Read more about Spotify:<\/strong><\/p>\n