There was something going on with Spotify, but it was short lived. The popular music and podcast streaming service wasn't working as expected, with thousands of users flocking to Downdetector to report problems, but the reports dropped off quickly.

For its part, Spotify never acknowledged the issue. The company's SpotifyCares X account is telling users to restart the app, but it never said there was a widespread issue.

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2026-04-29T14:26:05.049Z

Working for most

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Based on the Downdetector comments, it appears that Spotify is working again. I'm currently listening to the new Black Veil Brides song without any issues over here, so I think this was just a quick outage that's been sorted.

2026-04-29T14:20:08.115Z

Leveling off?

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The outage could be leveling off, as we're seeing the reports go down.…