{
  "id": 10709188,
  "title": "Spotify is down for many right now —here's what we know about the outage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/spotify-is-down-for-many-right-now-heres-what-we-know-about-the-outage",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-29T14:29:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/news/live/spotify-down-september-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Spotify is experiencing an outage affecting thousands of users, with error messages and playback difficulties reported. According to Downdetector, the issues started around 10:32am ET / 2:32pm GMT, with over 15,500 reports in the US and over 3,600 in the UK.\n\nThe outage is impacting core functions, including search, with a \"Something went wrong\" error message appearing for some users. However, ongoing music playback seems to be working for many, although searching for new tracks or accessing playlists that aren't downloaded may not be possible. Spotify Connect is also affected, and some users have reported being logged out of the app.\n\nThere has been no official statement from Spotify about the cause or extent of the outage. The issues are mostly affecting the mobile app, according to TechRadar.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "It’s not just you, Spotify is down in partial outage this morning",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/its-not-just-you-spotify-is-down-in-partial-outage-this-morning",
        "published": "2026-09-29T14:05:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Spotify outage cause: Why isn't Spotify working right now? Music streaming app down for thousands of users",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/spotify-outage-cause-why-isnt-spotify-working-right-now-music",
        "published": "2026-09-29T15:12:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Spotify is down for tens of thousands of users amid widespread app outage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/spotify-is-down-for-tens-of-thousands-of-users-amid-widespread-app",
        "published": "2026-09-29T17:30:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}