Spotify outage: service restored as Spotify says hack reports ‘are false’
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John McCann Published April 16, 2025 |
It wasn’t just you, Spotify was down. Tens of thousands of users across the world reported issues with the popular music streaming service on April 16. Spotify quickly acknowledged the fault on X, and followed up saying the outage wasn’t due to a hack.
The service is now back up and running, with the issue being resolved within around four hours of the initial ‘Spotify is down’ reports.
If the Spotify outage has you considering your listening options, we’ve rounded up the best music streaming services to help you find a new service.
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