Spotify status: is it down right now?
Our own check of spotify.com from Europe and the US, every 3 minutes, with recent history.
spotify.com responded. The page answered normally in 255 ms.
spotify.com responded.
The page answered normally in 255 ms.
Checked (1 minute ago) from Europe and the US, automatic every 3 minutes.
Follow Spotify's public website. Free 10-minute checks, no card. This does not check every feature.
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This checks the response from spotify.com. It does not test playback, login or every Spotify feature.
Spotify status history
Our own checks from Europe and the US. Green means every check passed, amber means some checks failed, red means most checks in that period failed.
Outages our checks detected
None since Oct 4. A problem has to fail two checks in a row before we record it.
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About Spotify
Spotify streams music and podcasts to hundreds of millions of users across web, desktop, mobile, smart speakers, TVs and cars. Outages rarely take the whole service down but frequently affect specific subsystems: playback fails on certain tracks (licensing or CDN issue), search returns empty results, playlist sync lags between devices, or the login flow loops. Podcast hosts on Spotify for Podcasters see separate incidents around upload and episode processing. Because clients aggressively cache recently-played music, users may not realise Spotify is degraded until they try to search for or start a new track.
Spotify does not publish a reliable public status dashboard for every outage. The community outage reference below can help with extra context, but independent monitoring is still the safer signal.
outage patterns
Why Spotify outages cluster around peak usage
Social platforms like Spotify experience their loudest outages during peak engagement windows: evenings, weekends, and major news events. The pattern is predictable: capacity that handles average load fine starts to struggle when the entire user base logs in at once, and the failure mode is partial degradation rather than total outage.
The live tool above checks public spotify.com reachability from EU and US. It cannot publish a post, load a personalized feed, or verify notification delivery, so use it as one signal alongside the provider status reference and a direct feature test. Business and Agency monitors can repeat the public-endpoint check every minute.
Common signs Spotify is having issues
- Feeds loading but new posts not appearing for minutes after publish
- Direct messages sending but not arriving, or arriving in batches after a delay
- Notifications missing entirely or arriving 15+ minutes late
- Login or password reset endpoints throwing intermittent 5xx errors
What to do when Spotify is degraded
During suspected Spotify outages, the social signal is usually faster than the official status page. If multiple independent monitors (yours, ours, third-party check tools) all report problems for spotify.com and the user community is also complaining, treat it as a real incident and tell stakeholders so before the platform confirms it.
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why independent monitoring
Provider status references
and endpoint checks answer different questions.
Independent endpoint evidence
The regional check can show that a public endpoint is failing before or after a provider posts broader incident context. It does not validate every product subsystem.
Scheduled alerts
Monitor Spotify on your plan interval and route confirmed endpoint failures through the notification channels available to your workspace.
Multi-region verification
EU and US results can reveal a regional difference in public-endpoint reachability. Confirm the exact workflow and provider region you use.
Historical data
Track Spotify uptime over time. See trends, identify recurring issues, and make informed decisions about your dependency.
Frequently asked questions
Is Spotify down right now?
See the latest check of spotify.com and its timestamp at the top of this page. If Spotify is down, you can also check the community outage reference for extra context.
How do I check if Spotify is having issues?
This page checks the public Spotify endpoint from EU and US. You can also monitor that endpoint on a schedule and receive confirmed-failure alerts through the channels available on your plan. Test the exact provider feature you use for a complete diagnosis.
How can I get alerted when Spotify goes down?
Set up a free monitor for spotify.com on Visual Sentinel for 10-minute checks with email and push alerts. Paid plans add checks as fast as 60 seconds and more notification channels.
Where can I find Spotify outage context?
Spotify does not publish a reliable public status dashboard for every outage. The community outage reference below can help with extra context, but independent monitoring is still the safer signal. Visual Sentinel checks the public Spotify endpoint independently from EU and US. Paid Business and Agency plans support 60-second uptime checks.
Why does my downloaded music play but new tracks will not load on Spotify?
Spotify caches downloads locally for offline playback. When online playback is degraded, cached tracks still work but anything not in the cache has to hit the streaming service and fails. This is a common sign of a Spotify CDN issue.
Do Spotify outages affect Spotify Connect to speakers?
Yes. Spotify Connect uses Spotify cloud services to relay playback commands between your phone and the speaker. A Spotify outage breaks the handoff even though your network and speaker are both fine.