Spotify is expanding to 85 new markets across Africa, Asia. the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, in the next few days, co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek announced on Monday.
The audio streaming and media service provider will be expanding to big markets such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. Put together, the 85 new markets represent over a billion untapped audiences that Spotify hopes to cash in on.
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Spotify has over 345 million active users and over 155 million paid subscribers in 93 countries. It took the company 12 years to achieve this feat. However, the latest expansion will be Spotify's largest to date.
Plans such as Spotify Free and Spotify Premium will be available in all 85 new markets. However, plans such as Individual, Family, Duo, and Student Spotify plans will be available in select markets. Spotify's global music catalogue will be available in all-new 85 markets, and it will work with local right holders to add more local offerings.
Listeners in the new markets will get to access Spotify on the mobile app and as well via the browser. Apps for TV, consoles, speakers, wearables, and cars will be launched in the coming months.
List of the 85 new markets that Spotify is launching in:
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Brunei Darussalam
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Comoros
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Curacao
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshal Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Island
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe