Thousands of users reported outages on Spotify on April 16, 2025. Spotify acknowledged the problem and confirmed it was not caused by hackers, working to resolve the streaming issues affecting the app, audio streaming, and website.
Streaming Service Outage Reports
On April 16, 2025, nearly 50,000 users reported issues with Spotify, including problems with the app, audio streaming, and the website, as tracked by downdetector.com. The widespread outage affected many users trying to access the service.
Spotify's Official Response
Spotify posted on X at 6:45 a.m. acknowledging the issues and stating the company was actively investigating and working to resolve the problem. They clarified that the outage was not due to a security hack, dispelling rumors of cyberattacks.