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Daniel Ek

@eldsjal
74 posts
2026-02-10
Q4 2025 was my final quarter as CEO of Spotify, and it was a strong one. Continued momentum, new records, and a lot of progress across the company. I'm grateful to the teams globally who made it possible and looking forward to seeing Spotify's next chapter with Alex and Gustav as
2026-02-10 View on X
Bloomberg

Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to €4.5B, MAUs up 11% to 751M, above estimates, and Premium users up 10% to 290M; SPOT closes up 14.75%

Spotify Technology SA, the Swedish music streaming giant, signed up significantly more users than analysts expected …

2025-09-30
An update from me 👇 [video]
2025-09-30 View on X
Spotify

Spotify says Daniel Ek will step down as CEO and become executive chairman in January 2026, and names CPTO Gustav Söderström and CBO Alex Norström as co-CEOs

Today, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) announced that Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek will transition to the role …

2025-09-15
We've heard the feedback about Spotify Free... what works, what doesn't, what it could be. So now we're giving it a real update for the first time since 2018. [video]
2025-09-15 View on X
TechCrunch

Spotify adds new features globally that let free users search for and play any song they want; the company reported 433M ad-supported MAUs out of 696M in Q2

Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too.

2025-07-29
Spotify's Q2 2025 results are here and it was another solid quarter for us. We hit over 100M subs in Europe, engagement increased, and we're laying the right foundation for long-term growth. People are coming to Spotify, and staying. Grateful to the @Spotify team for all their [video]
2025-07-29 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 11% YoY to 696M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 276M, and an €86M net loss; SPOT drops 9%+ after missing est.

The audio streaming service added more listeners than it had forecast, but reported a net loss for the second quarter

2025-04-29
Our Q1 2025 earnings results are out. We hit record subscriber growth in Q1, we rolled out several new features, and most importantly, we're moving faster than ever as we deliver the best experience for our users, artists, creators, and authors. Huge thanks to all @Spotify teams [video]
2025-04-29 View on X
Bloomberg

Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to €4.2B, operating income of €509M, below its €548M forecast, Q2 MAUs forecast below analysts' estimates; SPOT drops 8%+

Spotify Technology SA shares tumbled on Tuesday after the streaming company gave a muted outlook for profit and subscriber growth in the current quarter.

2025-02-04
Our Q4 results are out and Spotify hit some huge milestones, including our first full year of profitability. I'll share more detail on our investor call shortly, as well as a bit of what's coming in 2025. Also - Spotify's co-presidents Alex Norström & Gustav Söderström will be [video]
2025-02-04 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to €4.2B, MAUs up 12% YoY to 675M, subscribers up 11% YoY to 263M, and €1.14B in 2024 net income, vs. a €532M loss in 2023

Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal :

2024-09-04
Neko Health London is officially open for business. Incredible to reflect on how far we've come, considering the idea almost didn't happen. Back in 2018 I reached out to @HNilsonne , who wasn't exactly eager to dive into healthcare 🤣 fortunately, he eventually changed his mind [image]
2024-09-04 View on X
TechCrunch

Neko Health, which offers AI-based full-body scans and was co-founded by Daniel Ek and Hjalmar Nilsonne, launches in London, its first city outside Sweden

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :

2024-07-23
Q2 results are out and it was a strong quarter. Lots of reasons why it's such an exciting time for us. Here's a sneak peek, but I'll share more in a few minutes on our investor call. Congrats to the team and huge thanks to all the Spotify listeners around the world. [video]
2024-07-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.8B, MAUs up 14% YoY to 626M, subscribers up 12% YoY to 246M, above est., and €266M operating income; SPOT jumps 12%+

Spotify Technology SA shares surged to their highest in more than three years on Tuesday after the Swedish audio …

2024-04-23
Wanted to share a few quick thoughts on Q1 ahead of our investor call. Excited about all the progress. 2024 is shaping up to be another solid year and we're on track to achieving our goal of building a great business. Thanks to all Spotify teams around the world for their... [video]
2024-04-23 View on X
Bloomberg

Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 20% YoY to €3.6B, MAUs up 19% YoY to 615M, below 617.9M est., subscribers up 14% YoY to 239M, and a €168M operating income

- Subscribers to paid Spotify tiers jumped 14% to 239 million  — Swedish audio-streaming company posted record operating profit

2024-04-09
We just launched a new beta test - AI playlists. It's a feature that uses AI chat prompts to help you curate personalized playlists. It's still a work in progress but I'm excited for you to give it a try. We're starting with Premium users in the UK and AU, so let me know what you... [image]
2024-04-09 View on X
TechCrunch

Spotify debuts AI Playlist in beta for its Premium users in the UK and Australia, letting Android and iOS users generate and revise playlists using text prompts

Launches ‘AI Playlist’ Beta in UK & Australia Oliver Haslam / TweakTown : Spotify can now create your playlists from just a text prompt, but there's a catch Meera Navlakha / Mashab...

2024-02-06
Very cool to see how fast this was solved by the community. This makes me think - what are other problem domains that could benefit from a similar type of effort?
2024-02-06 View on X
Bloomberg

How researchers used AI to read the Herculaneum papyri, charred in 79 AD by Mount Vesuvius' eruption, potentially rewriting key parts of ancient world history

Well, make a 3D CT scan, use the images to virtually unfold, recognize the ink drops, and off you go.  Amazing work by three students (from Berlin, Nebraska and ETH Zurich). … X: N...

Q4'23 earnings are out. @Spotify had a very strong quarter, rounding out a great year of truly remarkable growth across the company. Thanks to the team for all your work. Looking forward to 2024! https://newsroom.spotify.com/ ... [image]
2024-02-06 View on X
Bloomberg

Spotify reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to €3.7B, MAUs up 23% YoY to 602M, subscribers up 15% YoY to 236M, a €75M operating loss, and expects 618M MAUs in Q1 2024

- Spotify posts second-largest gain ever for the quarter  — Company has been cutting costs in drive to become profitable

2024-01-29
For almost five years - 1,782 days - we have been asking the European Commission to take action against Apple. You can imagine my excitement when the DMA was created and passed into law because it was such a progressive step against Apple's App Store monopoly.
2024-01-29 View on X
Hardcore Software

Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise

an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-re...

Their reaction to the DMA is a masterclass in distortion.  They present a ‘simple’ choice: Stick with their current terms or switch to a convoluted new model that looks attractive on the surface but has potentially even higher fees.  Reality check: Apple's alternative is no alternative at all for some of the world's most popular apps.  It just repackages the old terms and the 30% IAP they want to protect.
2024-01-29 View on X
Hardcore Software

Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise

an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-re...

So where does that leave us? Under the new terms, we cannot afford these fees if we want to be a profitable company, so our only option is to stick with the status quo. The very thing we've been fighting against for five years.
2024-01-29 View on X
Hardcore Software

Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise

an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-re...

But of course, I was skeptical of Apple's intentions to comply after years of watching them get away with such extreme abuse with all the ways they skirt regulations around the world. Who wouldn't be? But the law is the law, right? Not if you are Apple...
2024-01-29 View on X
Hardcore Software

Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise

an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-re...

Sadly this is a classic move of an old, dominant company that believes the rules don't apply to them. Instead of adapting and innovating, they're twisting the situation, making it seem like the regulators are at fault. Or even worse, pretending this has to do with security when...
2024-01-29 View on X
Hardcore Software

Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise

an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-re...

After sitting with our legal team to parse through the fine print of Apple's DMA announcement (that took a while), which is, at best vague and misleading, I wanted to share my thoughts.  While Apple has behaved badly for years, what they did yesterday represents a new low, even for them.  See more info here:
2024-01-29 View on X
Hardcore Software

Apple has handled its response, including its proposed App Store changes, to the EU's DMA with aplomb, despite the law being an assault on Apple's brand promise

an important perspective from someone who had to comply with EU's regs at Microsoft. … Romain Dillet / @romaindillet@mastodon.social : Apple appears to be very insecure with DMA-re...

2024-01-28
So where does that leave us? Under the new terms, we cannot afford these fees if we want to be a profitable company, so our only option is to stick with the status quo. The very thing we've been fighting against for five years.
2024-01-28 View on X
Spotify

Spotify says Apple is “forcing developers to stay with the status quo” and calls on the EU to “reject this blatant disregard” of the EU's established principles

Apple is trying to frame it as dangerous.  —  Sadly it will only possible to run those browsers in the EU and browser makers need then to provide different browsers in the EU and o...

But of course, I was skeptical of Apple's intentions to comply after years of watching them get away with such extreme abuse with all the ways they skirt regulations around the world. Who wouldn't be? But the law is the law, right? Not if you are Apple...
2024-01-28 View on X
Spotify

Spotify says Apple is “forcing developers to stay with the status quo” and calls on the EU to “reject this blatant disregard” of the EU's established principles

Apple is trying to frame it as dangerous.  —  Sadly it will only possible to run those browsers in the EU and browser makers need then to provide different browsers in the EU and o...