Spotify was down — Live updates on music streamer issues

Huge spike for Spotify being down

The first reports of Spotify being down happened shortly after 3:00 p.m. ET according to Downdetector, reaching to about 1,215 reports by 3:51 p.m. Users are reporting a wide range of issues from the web player to the apps.

Spotify is experiencing issues

Hey, folks! Tony Polanco here to update this blog for the next 45 minutes. I just fired up Spotify, and it's down for me as well. I guess I'll have to wait to listen to Kiss Alive! I'll keep you updated with the latest news, so stay tuned!

A slight drop

As of 4:06 pm ET, the number of reports on Downdetector has dropped from 1,246 to 1,204. Hopefully, this trend will continue (and accelerate) so we can all go back to listening to our favorite tunes and podcasts.

Signs of life

I just checked both the desktop and phone app versions of Spotify, and both are working. The desktop took a second or two longer than usual, but I'm able to use it again now. Hopefully, this means service will be restored to normal soon.

Reports take a huge dive

We might be back in business, folks! As of 4:27 pm ET, reports dropped from 1050 to 252. While some might still be experiencing issues, this could mean the worst is behind us.

That's all she wrote

Today's outage appears to be over with reports on Down Detector well under 100 as of this posting.

To be fair, reports never really hit higher than 2,000 today so it may not have been as widespread as initially believed.

As of this writing, Spotify hasn't acknowledged any problems and everything appears back to normal.