
Spotify: price, subscriptions, catalog… All about the audio streaming service
Here is everything you need to know about the Spotify audio streaming platform. © Numériques / Spotify
Like video streaming, and platforms like Netflix,, Disney+ Or MaxAudio streaming is today present more than ever in our daily lives, whether via listening to music, podcasts or audio books. And when we talk about audio streaming, it is impossible not to mention the giant Spotify.
Prices, subscription formulas, catalog, features … Digital Go around everything you need to know about the audio streaming platform.
Spotify in short
With 675 million user users and 263 million subscribers from 180 countries, Spotify is the most popular audio streaming platform in the world, ahead Deezer,, Amazon Music or Apple Music.
The Swedish company, founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon in April 2006, was able to impose itself in two decades as evidence thanks to its ergonomics, its agilety and above all its offer of subscriptions adapted to all users and all uses.
Spotify is a freemium service, that is to say that it is free and free access, but that paid subscriptions exist, with additional features.
Spotify is obviously available on The official websitebut also via iOS, Android applications and PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
Spotify is the first audio streaming service in the world. © Shutterstock / Jartee
How many songs are available on Spotify?
The official Spotify catalog prides itself on offering more than 100 million songs. Added to this is 6.5 million episodes of podcasts, but also more than 350,000 audio pounds available à la carte.
This catalog can also vary from country to country depending on local law.
The Spotify catalog offers millions of songs and episodes of podcasts. © Numériques
What are the different Spotify subscriptions?
If Spotify is is a “freemium” service accessible for everyone, for advertising, it also offers four subscriptions with improved functions. Note that all the premium subscriptions explained below offer these features:
- Music without advertising
- Superior sound quality
- Download offline
- Choice of the order of titles
- Organization of the reading queue
- Listen to several in real time
All Spotify Premium subscriptions offer additional functions. © Shutterstock / Pixelated 275
Personal subscription
This subscription is naturally adapted to the user of Spotify alone, and therefore offers only one Spotify Premium account, with all the features mentioned above: absence of advertisements, improved sound quality compared to the free version, choice of the order of titles …
In addition to that, you also benefit from 12 hours a month of listening to audio books. Finally, it should be noted that the first month of trial is free, and that you can terminate your subscription at any time.
Student subscription
This reduced price subscription is reserved for people enrolled in a higher education institution accredited by the platform. Proof will also be asked for the student each year.
This subscription gives access to a verified premium account (and therefore to all its features), and can also be terminated at any time. Note that the first month of trial is free.
DUO SUBSCRIPTION
This offer gives access to 2 Spotify Premium accounts, as well as 12 hours/month of listening to audio books present in the Spotify catalog, for the subscription manager only.
Like personal and student subscriptions, it is terminated at any time.
Family subscription
It is the most imposing offer of Spotify: the family subscription gives access to 6 premium accounts. It also allows access to Spotify Kids, that is to say a content specially selected for children of any age.
In addition to all the advantages of a premium account, the subscription also includes 12 monthly hours of listening to audio books (only for the subscription manager), and the possibility of terminating at any time.
The different offers offered by Spotify. © Numériques
What are the prices for Spotify offers?
You can use Spotify completely free. But if you want a certain listening comfort, and additional functions, you can pay a few euros in one of the offers of the audio streaming service. Here in detail the prices of the various subscriptions:
- Student subscription: € 6.06 per month (one month of free trial)
- Personal subscription: € 11.12 per month (one month of free trial)
- DUO subscription: € 15.17 per month
- Family subscription: € 18.21 per month
It should be remembered that you can also choose the coabilization solution, offered by sites like Spliiit Or Sharesub. This allows you to access the various services in the same way (Spotify, Netflix, Prime, Nintendo Online …), but to considerably reduce the note.
For more information, go On the official Spotify website.

Spotify
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.
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