Spotify Down: Users Vent Their Rage on Social Media

This episode is about the recent Spotify outage that occurred on Friday night, which left thousands of users furious. The outage tracking website, Downdectector.com, reported that over 38,000 users, mostly from the United States, were affected at the peak of this disruption. Users took to social media to vent their anger, complaining that the music suddenly stopped playing and that they were unable to log in to the app. We take a look at the different user reports and complaints, and how Spotify acknowledged the issue on their social media platforms. We also explore the cause of the outage and the last time when a wide outage was noticed for Spotify.