Spotify Has 108 Million Premium Subscribers Against Apple Music’s 60 Million

Jul. 31, 2019

In a press release earlier today, Spotify said that its operations in India, its newest market,“performed well and in line with expectations”. The companylaunched its service in Indiaat the end of February and, hit a million users within its first week. It claimed to have signed-up a million more users in the following few weeks. It isn’t, however, immediately clear as to how many of them have subscribed to the premium tier.

The latest numbers show that Spotify continues to remain the leading music streaming service ahead of its Apple Music, which is believed to have around 60 million permium users worldwide. The latter, however, is believed to have gone past Spotify in the US earlier this year with 28 million premium subscribers, as opposed to the former’s 26 million.

Spotify earlier this monthrolled out a lightweight versionof its app in 36 countries as part of its efforts to reach more users in developing markets, including India. CalledSpotify Lite, the slimmed-down app weighs in at between 10-15MB (depending on the device), as opposed to the massive 100MB download of the full-fledged alternative. It was originallylaunched in beta last yearand, is aimed at users with slower phones and limited data availability.

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