topic Re: Ads in Subscriptions

GEAZILIMA — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:52:52 GMT

Podcasts have an excessive number of ads for those who are subscribers. We pay ourselves to have no ads. It doesn't make sense to have ads

Re: Ads

MattSuda — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 23:51:57 GMT

Hey @GEAZILIMA

The Premium subscription gives you ad-free music, however podcasts will still have ads.

Here's a Spotify employee post I've linked with more info:

"Podcasts usually include some advertising. This has been the case since the early days of podcasts, and continues to be true today, including on Spotify. Even as a Premium user, you may receive advertising or sponsored messages when playing a podcast. If you are a Premium user, you will still enjoy an ad-free music listening experience but this doesn't apply to podcasts. We don't offer premium podcast subscriptions."

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Podcasts-Partners-etc/Why-do-i-have-ads-on-my-podcasts-even-with-premium/m-p/6925141/highlight/true#M123787

The support article for each plan also mentions that ad-free is specifically for music listening:

https://support.spotify.com/article/premium-individual/

Re: Ads

michaelfahey — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:47:54 GMT

I'm paying $11.00+ for premium and continue to receive disgusting ads. What up??????

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PaddyLaddy — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:18:14 GMT

Just received 5 ads in a row before my podcast started and I have premium. WTH. This hasn’t happened before, did they change another small print section of their agreements to give us ads on top of paying for premium? This is ridiculous

Re: Ads

c1ndy — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:00:48 GMT

Im here cause I just got ads playing as well, I understand that podcasts have sponsors but there are ads playing separately from the podcast because they were specific to the area I moved to recently. Spotify, you aren't slick.

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Cshorefox — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:14:17 GMT

I have always gotten ads in the podcasts themselves but recently there have been ads as a separate track in-between my podcasts which never happened before. Why is this suddenly a thing?

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mrswoop — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:03:39 GMT

I am also (starting recently) receiving Spotify ads between Podcasts (as a paying subscriber)... not cool, Spotify. When will this be fixed?

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WishUponATardis — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:34:34 GMT

No, something is up. I've been listening to a certain podcast for a month now and have had no non-podcast ads. I had to cancel my Spotify due to a lack of job, but then reactivated it, and now am having the podcast PAUSE, no time movement, in the middle of what they're discussing, to get Tim Hortons ads and 3 others played. Sketchy af. This is not solved, please look at.

Re: Ads

Nasthaa3 — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:18:20 GMT

Sorry to jump on this, I tried creating my own thread but it's having none of it.

The last 2 days I've started getting Spotify ads in between and during podcast episodes. Not the usual ads by sponsors of the podcasts, actual Spotify ads (see attachment).

I've never had this before and frankly is winding me right up considering I subscribe!

Re: Ads

ksharpe — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 18:49:34 GMT

I'd like to know why some podcast have add and others don't... I have been watching other stuff for literally days. And now the ads... What gives?

Re: Ads

sonnic34 — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:31:06 GMT

I've been getting ads for months as well and have been meaning to reach out to Spotify. 2026 is going to be my year of unsubscribing from things and Spotify might be next. If ads are going to be forced upon me when I am paying for Spotify premium, what is the point of paying? Fix this issue, Spotify!