Here are a few reasons why Spotify displays so many interruptions on the free version: To get you to buy Spotify Premium: Spotify is free, and the billions of dollars in ad revenue are part of the reason you can use it without paying. But those ads also serve another purpose – to get you to sign up for Spotify Premium.

Along with apps for several other types of devices. If you opt for the free plan you'll have to deal with the occasional ad. If you go with the premium plan. You can get rid of the ads.

As part of the Premium subscription, all music can be enjoyed ad-free. And while Spotify doesn't play ads that interrupt the music listening experience of Premium subscribers, some podcasts may include advertising, host-read endorsements, or sponsorship independently of the streaming platforms featuring such podcasts.

First, there is the Spotify Premium Individual subscription, which is $10.99/month. This allows access to all the Premium features such as no ad interruptions, on-demand playback, and downloading tracks for offline listening.

In March 2023, Spotify announced a partnership with Patreon, which Spotify claimed would "enable creators to expand their creative business through direct payments from fans, and allow fans to listen to their Patreon content on Spotify".

Unfortunately, Spotify has a policy against using ad blockers. However, it's possible to have a much better experience with its ads by hearing less of them. To accomplish this, you can set your device's location to a country with significantly fewer audio ads like Switzerland or Singapore.

Spotify Free lets you listen to music at normal (96 kilobits per second) or high quality (160 Kbps), and you can't adjust the bitrate beyond that. Spotify Premium adds Very High quality streaming at 320 Kbps, which can make for better, more detailed audio output if you use high-end headphones or speakers.

Adjusting Our Spotify Premium Prices

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Spotify serves only two to three minutes of advertising per hour. That's what Spotify officials revealed to me in a recent phone interview (late June 2019). But based on my observation, I have noticed that Spotify actually only serves one single 30-sec spot every fifteen minutes or so.

In a press release announcing the changes, Spotify notes that it's increasing prices “so that we can keep innovating.” (An FAQ also notes “changing market conditions” and that the higher fees “will help us continue delivering value to fans.”

The average cost per impression (CPM) for a Spotify audio ad is around $5-$30 but tends to sway toward the more expensive end of the range. Spotify Ad Studio includes a cost estimator tool, which you can use to get an idea of how much you'll spend on a campaign.