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  "id": 12589817,
  "title": "Spotify to bring audiobooks to India in November",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/spotify-to-bring-audiobooks-to-india-in-november",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T08:43:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/spotify-to-bring-audiobooks-to-india-in-november-four-years-after-us-launch/articleshow/134760750.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Spotify plans to introduce its audiobook service in India on November 12, 2026, nearly four years after initially launching the feature in the United States in September 2022. The expansion will mark Spotify's most significant growth in its audiobook business since entering the market three years ago. Initially available in just 22 markets, the service will now be accessible in more than 180 countries, potentially reaching over 750 million people by the year's end.\n\nFor Indian users, Spotify will provide access through an Audiobooks+ add-on for its Premium plans, allowing subscribers to enjoy up to 15 hours of audiobook listening per month. The service will offer over 350,000 titles in more than 120 languages. While Spotify has not yet disclosed the price of the add-on, it is expected to vary by market. Users can also purchase individual audiobook titles separately.\n\nAudiobooks+ has already accumulated over one million subscribers globally, generating more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue. Spotify aims to leverage the service to strengthen its presence in India, one of its largest markets by monthly active users. At its 2026 Investor Day, the company revealed that its subscriber base in India had grown sevenfold since the previous Investor Day, driven by localization, local partnerships, and payment integrations.\n\nIn addition to the India launch, Spotify is updating its Page Match feature, which allows users to switch between physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks from the same point in a story. Since its introduction in February, over one million readers have used the feature. Spotify claims that the audiobook business has seen rapid growth, with monthly listeners rising nearly 40% over the past year and listening hours increasing by more than 30%.",
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