Spotify’s subscribers rise to 182M despite Joe Rogan controversy
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YKQB)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Spotify's latest earnings release suggests that the audio streaming service's subscriber numbers haven't seen much, if any, impact from the controversies that surrounded its Joe Rogan podcast just a few short months ago.
In the quarter ending March 31st, Spotify says its premium subscribers rose 15 percent on a year-on-year basis to 182 million, up from 180 million the previous quarter. Monthly active users rose 19 percent year on year to 422 million, up from 406 million at the end of last year. For context, in the previous quarter, premium subscribers rose 16 percent year on year, while monthly active users were up 18 percent.
Spotify had previously expected to hit 183 million premium subscribers this quarter but slightly missed this...