Spotify ni amajwi yo muri Suwede yerekana amakuru hamwe na serivise zitanga amakuru yashinzwe ku ya 23 Mata 2006 na Daniel Ek na Martin Lorentzon. Ni imwe mu zitanga serivise nini zitanga imiziki ifite miliyoni zirenga 406 zikoresha buri kwezi, harimo miliyoni 180 zishyura abafatabuguzi, guhera mu Kuboza 2021. [6] Spotify yashyizwe ku rutonde (binyuze mu mujyi wa Luxembourg ufite icyicaro gikuru, Spotify Technology S.A.) ku Isoko ry'imigabane rya New York mu buryo bwo kwishyuza abanyamerika.

Spotify itanga uburenganzira bwa digitale imiziki yafashwe amajwi hamwe na podcasts, harimo indirimbo zirenga miliyoni 82, uhereye kubirango byandika hamwe nibigo byitangazamakuru. Nka serivisi ya freemium, ibintu byibanze ni ubuntu hamwe no kwamamaza no kugenzura kugarukira, mugihe ibintu byongeweho, nko gutega amatwi kumurongo no gutega amatwi kubuntu, bitangwa binyuze mubiyandikishije byishyuwe. Kugeza ubu Spotify iraboneka mubihugu 180+ guhera Ukwakira 2021. Abakoresha barashobora gushakisha umuziki ukurikije abahanzi, alubumu, cyangwa injyana, kandi barashobora gukora, guhindura, no gusangira urutonde.

Spotify iraboneka henshi muburayi na Amerika, Oceania, hamwe kuboneka mumasoko 184. Serivisi iraboneka kubikoresho byinshi bigezweho birimo Windows, macOS, na Linux, iOS na Android na terefone igendanwa, imashini zikoresha ubwenge bwa AI nka Amazon Echo na Google Home, hamwe n’abakinnyi ba media nka Roku.

Bitandukanye no kugurisha kumubiri cyangwa gukuramo, byishyura abahanzi igiciro cyagenwe kuri buri ndirimbo cyangwa alubumu yagurishijwe, Spotify yishyura amafaranga yimishahara ukurikije umubare winzira zabahanzi nkigipimo cyindirimbo zose zasohotse. Ikwirakwiza hafi 70% yinjiza yose hamwe kubafite uburenganzira (akenshi bandika ibirango), hanyuma bakishyura abahanzi bashingiye kumasezerano yabo.

Nk’uko Ben Sisario wo muri The New York Times abitangaza ngo abahanzi bagera kuri 13,000 kuri miliyoni zirindwi kuri Spotify binjije amadorari ibihumbi 50 cyangwa arenga mu 2020.