Spotify now has over 300M subscribers | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. Spotify has zoomed past 300 million subscribers for the first time, the company said on Tuesday. The streaming service also reached 777 million monthly active users in the second quarter, 12% more than a year earlier. Notably, the company saw its subscriber base swell by 9% in the quarter despite raising subscription prices in several regions this year. The platform has tried to diversify its offerings by introducing fitness content, narrations of magazines, integrating concert ticket sales, and even selling physical books. The company reported quarterly revenue of €4.8 billion ($5.52 billion), up 14% from a year earlier. Spotify has focused strongly on building AI features in the last few months. It has released tools to create personalized podcasts based on content from different sources. It even launched a NotebookLM-like feature as an experimental desktop app in May. The streaming service has also added AI-powered Q&A and briefing-generation features to podcasts; partnered wit