Update 9:12 a.m. PT: Spotify appears to be back online, and the official Spotify Twitter/X account has confirmed the issue has been resolved:
All clear – thanks for your patience. Get in touch with @SpotifyCares if you still need help.
— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) April 16, 2025
Original story continues below:
Heads up: music streaming service Spotify seems to be down this morning.
According to IGN's sister site Downdetector, Spotify outages began being reported around 6 a.m. PT today, and at the time of this piece were still flooding in. We ourselves were unable to access the service for much of the morning, and when we were able to get the app to open, it wouldn't play music.
Spotify has acknowledged the issues and says it's "working to resolve it as soon as possible." The company also confirmed that reports of the outage being related to a security hack were false.
We are aware of the outage and working to resolve it as soon as possible. The reports of this being a security hack are false.
— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) April 16, 2025
IGN will continue to monitor the situation and post updates as they happen.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.
