100 million tracks
The whole recorded catalogue, from major-label releases to independent uploads, with Discover Weekly, Release Radar, daylist and the AI DJ building queues from what you actually finish.
Lossless 24-bit · 184 markets · free tier
Spotify — 100 million songs,
Spotify — 100 million songs,
7 million podcasts, one app
Spotify is the world's largest audio platform: 100 million tracks, 7 million podcast titles and roughly 700,000 audiobooks across 184 markets. The ad-supported tier costs nothing; Premium removes the ads and adds lossless 24-bit audio, offline downloads and unlimited skips.
Free tier, no card required · Install from official stores only
Windows 10+
macOS & iOS 15+
Android 7+
Web player
PremiumLossless · 24-bit FLAC
777MMonthly active listeners
300MPremium subscribers
100M+Tracks in the catalogue
184Markets served
What is Spotify
Spotify is the world's largest audio streaming platform
Spotify is a music, podcast and audiobook service operated by Spotify Technology S.A., founded in Stockholm in 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and launched publicly in 2008. It has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SPOT since a direct listing in 2018, and it is headquartered in Stockholm with major offices in New York and London.
The second-quarter 2026 results put the service at 777 million monthly active users, including 300 million paying subscribers, across 184 markets. The catalogue holds more than 100 million music tracks, 7 million podcast titles and roughly 700,000 audiobooks, all reachable from the same search box and the same play button.
Everything on this site is about that one product: how to download Spotify on any device, how the Spotify web player and login work in a browser, what Spotify Premium costs in 2026, how to switch on Spotify lossless audio, and how offline downloads count against your device limit.
Spotify at a glance
- Service
- Spotify
- Type
- Music, podcast and audiobook streaming
- Operated by
- Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT)
- Founded
- 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
- Launched
- 2008
- Catalogue
- 100M+ tracks, 7M podcasts, 700K books
- Markets
- 184
- Free tier
- Ad-supported, 160 kbps
- Premium
- From $12.99 per month
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, TV, web
Core features
Music, spoken word and lossless audio in one library
Four things that keep Spotify ahead of every other streaming service on breadth.
7 million podcasts
Audio and video shows, with speed control up to 3.5x, silence trimming, per-show sleep timers and downloads that work even on the free tier.
24-bit FLAC included
24-bit / 44.1 kHz FLAC inside every Premium plan since September 2025, not a separate HiFi tier. Roughly 1,411 kbps against 320 kbps at Very High.
2,000+ devices
Phones, desktops, televisions, consoles, watches and cars, with Spotify Connect and Jam moving playback between them without dropping the queue.
Why Spotify
A free tier that stands on its own
Six reasons the service works whether you pay or not.
On-demand, without paying
Since September 2025 free listeners can play any song in any order, not just shuffle an artist. Ads remain; the shuffle lock is gone.
Lossless included
No Platinum upsell. Every Premium plan reaches 24-bit FLAC, which is the simplest audio-quality story of any major service.
Offline on five devices
10,000 tracks per device, plus Offline Backup quietly caching recent listening so a dead zone does not mean silence.
184 markets
Local pricing almost everywhere, with the same catalogue and the same features rather than a cut-down regional build.
Playlists people actually use
Discover Weekly, Blend, Jam and the year-end Wrapped turned recommendation into a social feature rather than a settings menu.
Family at $3.67 each
Six accounts for $21.99, each with its own recommendations, plus Spotify Kids and explicit-content controls for the plan manager.
Get the app
Download Spotify for your device
Free to install everywhere, no card needed. Premium unlocks lossless audio, offline music and unlimited skips.
Windows & macOS
Desktop appWindows 10 (64-bit) or macOS 12 · local files supported
Get the desktop appWeb player
No installChrome, Edge, Safari 15+ or Firefox · AAC 256 kbps on Premium
Open the web player
Latest articles
Latest tech articles
Updated weekly · fast reads · technical deep dives and usage guides
Plans & PricingSpotify Premium Price 2026: Individual, Duo, Family and StudentIndividual is $12.99, Duo $18.99, Family $21.99 and Student $6.99 after the January 2026 increase. Here is what each Spotify plan actually includes.
2026-10-27Read article
Web PlayerSpotify Web Player and Login: How to Listen in a Browseropen.spotify.com runs the whole service without an install. Here is how sign-in works, what the browser cannot do, and how to avoid the fake login pages.
2026-10-22Read article
Download & InstallSpotify Download for Windows, macOS, Android and iOSVersion numbers, file sizes and system requirements for every Spotify app, plus the three-step install that gets you playing in under two minutes.
2026-10-16Read article
Free TierSpotify Free in 2026: What You Get Without PayingOn-demand playback arrived in September 2025, so the gap between free and paid is narrower than most people assume. Here is exactly what is left out.
2026-10-11Read article
Audio QualitySpotify Lossless Audio: 24-bit FLAC, Devices and Real LimitsLossless arrived in September 2025 at no extra cost. Whether you can hear it depends on four links in the chain, and the browser is not one of them.
2026-10-05Read article
Offline ListeningSpotify Offline Downloads: Limits, Storage and FixesFive devices, 10,000 tracks each, and a 30-day licence check that catches everyone out. Here is how Spotify downloads really behave.
2026-09-30Read article
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
The eight questions new Spotify listeners ask most often.
Spotify is a music, podcast and audiobook streaming service operated by Spotify Technology S.A., founded in Stockholm in 2006 and launched publicly in 2008. Its second-quarter 2026 results reported 777 million monthly active users, including 300 million Premium subscribers, across 184 markets, with a catalogue of more than 100 million tracks, 7 million podcast titles and roughly 700,000 audiobooks.
Yes. The ad-supported tier costs nothing and requires no card. Since September 2025 it also allows on-demand playback of any song in any order, so it is a real service rather than a shuffle demo. Free caps audio at 160 kbps and does not allow music downloads or lossless.
After the 15 January 2026 increase, Premium Individual is $12.99, Duo $18.99, Family $21.99 and Student $6.99 per month in the United States. Audiobooks Access is $9.99. All four music plans include lossless audio, offline downloads and 15 audiobook hours; the difference is how many accounts you get.
Go to open.spotify.com and choose Log in, then use email, Google, Apple, Facebook or a phone number. Only open.spotify.com and accounts.spotify.com are genuine Spotify login pages. If a link asks you to confirm a password by email, close it: Spotify never does that.
Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS, Android TV, Fire TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Apple TV, PlayStation, Xbox, CarPlay, Android Auto, Wear OS, watchOS and any modern browser. Spotify lists more than 2,000 compatible devices, with Spotify Connect and Jam moving playback between them.
Yes. Lossless arrived in September 2025 for every Premium plan at no extra cost: FLAC up to 24-bit / 44.1 kHz, roughly 1,411 kbps. It works in the desktop and mobile apps only. The web player streams AAC at 256 kbps on Premium and has no quality setting, and Bluetooth codecs compress the stream before it reaches your headphones.
With Premium, yes: up to 10,000 tracks per device on five devices, at anything from Low to lossless. Podcast episodes can be downloaded on the free tier as well. Downloads need an internet connection roughly every 30 days to renew their licence, and they stop working if a title leaves the catalogue.
The desktop installer comes from spotify.com/download, Android from Google Play, and iPhone and iPad from the App Store. There is no legitimate modified build that unlocks Premium features; sites offering a Spotify Premium APK are distributing either nothing useful or malware.
Start listening free. Upgrade only for lossless.
Install Spotify, play the whole catalogue with ads, and add Premium when you want offline downloads, 24-bit audio or no interruptions.