Spotify breaks around the world: the application no longer responds, millions concerned

This Wednesday, April 16, early in the afternoon, Spotify stop working for millions of followers around the world. The plant application, the songs refuse to get started, and even the official service status site becomes inaccessible. In a few minutes, social networks ignite: Spotify is broken, and it is far from being located.

Spotify no longer works: a Wednesday without music for millions of listeners

The first alerts appear shortly after 2 p.m. on DowndeTector. Very quickly, the reports explode. In France, Germany, the United Kingdom or the United States, testimonies overlap: impossible reading, server errors, impossibility of accessing your account. The Spotify experience, usually fluid and omnipresent, suddenly freezes. The most common message? “Check your Internet connection and try again,” while the connection works perfectly.

Spotify reacts in stride via its official @SPOTYSTATUS on X account:

A simple formula, without panic, which confirms that the problem is well identified internally. No resolution estimate is communicated immediately.

The bug affects all the supports: the mobile application, the web player, office versions … and above all, it indiscriminately affects free subscribers such as premium subscribers. Even those who have songs in offline mode encounter difficulties in launching the application.

In Germany, the figures are impressive: more than 17,000 reports are recorded in just a few minutes. Cities like Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich are among the most affected according to the site Alestoerung.de. In France, private user messages from their daily playlist are increasing. For many, it is their background of work or relaxation that disappears without warning.

Meanwhile, some observers note that this breakdown comes the same day that Deezer announces a series of developments in its offer. Chance of the calendar or wink of Karma? The coincidence amuses, necessarily.

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Spotify is a streaming music broadcasting platform that allows you to listen to music, radio and podcasts unlimited either without subscription (with advertising) or with a subscription.

• Downloads:
  971
• Release date:
  04/16/2025
• Author :
  Spotify Ab
• License:
  Free license
• Categories:
  

  Music

• Operating system:
  

  Android, Linux, online service, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/11, iOS iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch, MacOS