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Date: 16-apr-2025
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Spotify, the world’s leading audio streaming platform, faced a major service disruption on April 16, 2025, leaving tens of thousands of users unable to stream music or access search features. The outage sparked global concern, especially as users flooded social media platforms reporting issues with their apps.
According to Downdetector, the outage peaked with over 48,000 reports globally, with the highest number coming from the United Kingdom, Europe, and parts of the U.S. Users complained of being unable to search for songs, view artist pages, or play streaming tracks. However, locally downloaded music remained functional.
Spotify acknowledged the disruption in real-time via its official account on X (formerly Twitter), stating:
“Something’s not quite right with search right now and we’re looking into it. Thanks for your patience!”
Later the same day, Spotify confirmed that the issue was resolved and a fix had been rolled out across systems. Engineers deployed an update to restore search functionality and streaming access.
Despite early speculation on social media, Spotify reassured users that no data breach or hacking incident had occurred. The glitch appeared to be a technical fault, though the company has not provided a detailed breakdown of the root cause as of publishing time.
While the outage was brief, it served as a reminder of just how dependent millions of users are on streaming services like Spotify for music, podcasts, and daily entertainment. Thankfully, Spotify responded quickly and transparently, and users are now back to streaming their favorite tracks.
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