9 Best Articles on Spotify
The most useful articles on spotify from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Spotify Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on spotify by Refind users in 2023 so far.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on spotify—all under 10 minutes.
The Economics of Spotify
Spotify’s recent Joe Rogan controversy has also deepened a rift between the platform and artists over pay.
How Spotify's podcast bet went wrong
Inside Spotify's turn away from podcasting, which has triggered a harsh winter for the small studios it helped support as they consolidate and lavish narrative productions wane.
Spotify is going to war with Apple after the App Store rejected its big new feature
Spotify is looking to give Apple a good bruising in the press.
Lessons from Spotify – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Spotify has a marginal cost problem, but while the cause is unique to Spotify, the challenges are more applicable than it seems.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on spotify.
Spotify, Netflix, and Aggregation
The original definition of Aggregation Theory emphasized the importance of commoditized supply; that makes Spotify more of an Aggregator than Netflix
Exclusive: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Apple, Facebook, Netflix–and the future
An intimate look inside the mind of the CEO bending the music industry into his vision for it.
Spotify’s playlist for global domination
Spotify is currently the world’s most valuable music company. It still doesn’t make a profit, but it leaves its much better-resourced competitors behind when it comes to the size of its user base. Behind the Swedish company’s meteoric rise is 35-year-old co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek, whom Robert Safian profiles in an article for Fast Company.
Inside the booming black market for Spotify playlists
A new type of Payola is taking place on Spotify, with artists using third-party services to get added to influential playlists, and the company is inadvertently paying for it.
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