Spotify CEO Says Service Has 30 Million Paying Users

He hopes to expand into previously untapped markets.

March 21, 2016
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President Obama is in the middle of an historic visit to Cuba, and Daniel Ek, who heads Spotify, is excited—this is a country potentially full of future music-streamers. "We have 30 million @Spotify subscribers," he wrote today on Twitter. "But none of them are in Cuba... yet. So cool to see Cuba opening up!"

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Spotify reportedly hit 20 million users last summer. Lately the platform has been the subject of several lawsuits related to unpaid royalties.

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Spotify CEO Says Service Has 30 Million Paying Users