Spotify Outage Hits Millions Worldwide

Spotify, the world's leading music streaming service, suffered a widespread outage on Monday, disrupting access for millions of users across the globe. The problems, which began around 10 a.m. Eastern Time, or 3 p.m. in the United Kingdom, prevented many from loading the app, browsing their libraries, and playing music or podcasts.

Reports of the disruption poured in rapidly, with tracking service Downdetector registering a sharp spike in complaints shortly after the onset. By midday, more than 13,000 users worldwide had logged issues, including error messages such as "something went wrong" and difficulties with playback on both mobile apps and the website. In the United States, over 8,000 reports highlighted problems with the app and server connections, while in the United Kingdom, the figure exceeded 3,000. According to Downdetector data, the majority of complaints, about 81 percent, centered on the mobile application, with 11 percent involving the website and 8 percent related to server issues. The outage appeared to affect a significant portion of Spotify's 600 million-plus active users, though not everyone encountered disruptions.

Spotify quickly acknowledged the problems...