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Spotify Outage Strands 20,000 Users Amid Streaming Frustration

4/19/2025

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Spotify faced a major outage on Wednesday, leaving over 20,000 users in the UK—and some in the US and Europe—unable to stream their favorite tunes or search for new ones. Frustrated fans took to social media to voice their complaints, while Spotify reassured users that they were working to resolve the issue and ruled out any security breach.

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Spotify faced a major outage on Wednesday, leaving over 20,000 users in the UK—and some in the US and Europe—unable to stream their favorite tunes or search for new ones. Frustrated fans took to social media to voice their complaints, while Spotify reassured users that they were working to resolve the issue and ruled out any security breach.