Spotify Premium is getting another price increase in 2026. At $12.99 per month, is it still worth it? See how it stacks up against Apple Music and Apple One bundles.

Spotify subscribers — prepare for a price hike, as the company has announced another increase for users in the U.S., Estonia, and Latvia driving the cost notably above Apple Music.

Music streaming now accounts for over $19 billion in revenue annually, according to IFPI's Global Music Report 2024. Spotify and Apple Music are two of the biggest streamers globally – the former dominates, with a 31 per cent market share, while Apple ...

From the second I started paying to stream music, it was Spotify for me. Not only was the ability to instantly stream songs mind-blowing for someone who’d spent years in the harrowing trenches of peer-to-peer music piracy,

The music streamer announced that subscribers in the US, Estonia and Latvia will be seeing a higher price for Spotify Premium later this month. It's the third price hike since 2023 and the fourth since 2021.

Spotify offers a similar function, relegating your local music files to a separate tab, but you can’t access your local music via broad searches as you can with Apple Music. Where once Apple Music won this category, with the addition of Audiobooks, Spotify has narrowly nudged ahead.

I've been an Apple Music subscriber since day one. That means I've seen the platform evolve over this past decade, including the early days when I'd lose my entire music library regularly because the service was such a mess. Over the years, Apple Music ...

Spotify’s music discovery capabilities are driven by sophisticated algorithms that provide a highly personalized listening experience. Features like “Discover Weekly” and “Release Radar” analyze your listening habits to recommend songs and ...