{"id":358931,"date":"2025-08-20T08:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358931\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:10:12","slug":"thank-god-i-was-about-to-throw-my-phone-but-internet-reacts-with-memes-as-spotify-goes-down-globally-technology-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358931\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Thank God I was about to throw my phone, but\u2026’ Internet reacts with memes as Spotify goes down globally – Technology News"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is a bad day for all those who rely on Spotify to get through their mid-week office boredom. Spotify, which is one of the most popular music streaming services in the world, is currently facing disruptions in its service. Spotify\u2019s mobile and web versions are reportedly dead, with a lot of subscribers taking it to the internet to raise the issue and notify the developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Based on data from downdetector.com, Spotify\u2019s streaming services have been absent since 12:01 PM IST, with a spike in the number of complaints from various users. The newsroom at Financial Express also witnessed the outage, with both the web and app versions not returning any answers to search. Only downloaded songs can be listened to on Spotify at the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

While Spotify<\/a> is yet to respond with an official statement and acknowledge the downtime, several users have taken to X<\/a> (formerly Twitter) to express their take on the situation. The @isspotifydown account on X confirmed that there is a global outage on Spotify\u2019s services.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Netizens react to Spotify outage<\/p>\n

While millions of Spotify subscribers and free users are awaiting the service to be restored, netizens haven\u2019t spared the opportunity to go wild with memes and jokes on social media. While some are simply sad to see their favourite playlists temporarily unavailable, others are busy pulling out memes and jokes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a collection of some of the best memes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n

THANK GOD SPOTIFY DOWN CUZ I WAS ABOUT TO THROW MY PHONE AT A WALLLL. IM PISSEDDDD<\/p>\n

\u2014 jazmyn \ud83e\udea9\ud83d\udc8c (@sourpoets) August 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Spotify market share stats<\/p>\n

In 2025, Spotify has continued to solidify its position as the world\u2019s leading music streaming service. As of June 2025, the company reported 696 million monthly active users (MAUs), with a significant portion\u2014276 million\u2014being paying premium subscribers. This represents a healthy year-over-year increase of 11 per cent for active users and 12 per cent for premium subscribers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spotify\u2019s dominance is seen in its commanding global market share, which remains stable at around 31.7 per cent of all music streaming subscribers. The company continues to invest in new features, especially in the era of AI, for enhancing the user experience and staying ahead of competitors.<\/p>\n