![]() “I think a lot of people are grouping us and Netflix together,” Ek told investors. On the company’s earning call, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tried to discourage comparisons between his company and Netflix, which in Q1 posted its first decline in subscribers in more than a decade and signaled that the company may be bumping up against a growth ceiling. Spotify forecast 187 million paid subscribers for Q2, which was below Wall Street expectations of 188.9 million for the period, per FactSet. The decline included a loss of about 1.5 million Premium subs stemming from the company’s ceasing operations in Russia - and Spotify claimed that, excluding Russia, paid user growth was above expectations.Ĭlick here to sign up for Variety’s free Strictly Business newsletter covering earnings, financial and investment news, and more. ![]() That was lower that the expected 3 million net adds on the paid-user front, while Spotify topped forecasts for overall monthly users (both free and paid). Investors appeared to react to Spotify adding just 2 million Premium subscribers, to reach 182 million, in the first quarter of 2022. ![]()
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