{
  "id": 12708819,
  "title": "Spotify starts rolling out audiobooks to more than 180 markets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/spotify-starts-rolling-out-audiobooks-to-more-than-180-markets",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:19:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Mac",
    "slug": "9to5mac",
    "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/07/spotify-starts-rolling-out-audiobooks-to-more-than-180-markets/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Spotify has announced a worldwide expansion of its audiobooks section, making the content accessible to users in over 180 markets and over 750 million people globally. This rollout, which began today and will continue through the end of 2026, marks a significant step forward for the company, as it has taken four years to expand beyond the United States and gradually introduced the service to select countries.\n\nWith this update, Premium subscribers in countries like Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, Chile, Norway, Peru, Italy, Spain, and Portugal will receive 12 hours of audiobook listening per month as part of their existing subscription. Spotify is also enhancing its Audiobooks+ add-on, which provides subscribers with additional listening hours each month. This service will serve as the primary way to access audiobooks in markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, such as Argentina.\n\nIn addition to the expanded availability, Spotify is also introducing an update to its Page Match feature, which allows users to switch between physical or digital books and their audiobook versions. By scanning a book's ISBN barcode and entering a specific page number, users can now easily locate the corresponding point in the audiobook. This feature now supports more than 30 languages.\n\nSpotify's Audiobooks+ add-on has already surpassed 1 million subscribers since its launch just over a year ago, generating over $100 million in annual recurring revenue. According to the company, monthly audiobook listeners have grown nearly 40% over the past year, while total listening hours have increased by more than 30%.\n\nSpotify's full announcement is available at the provided link.",
  "summary": "Spotify today announced a global rollout of its audiobooks section, giving users in more than 180 markets access to over 350,000 titles spanning more than 120 languages. Here are the details. more…",
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  "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."
}