topic Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan in Subscriptions

Ads in Basic Family Plan

triple_twintig — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:14:18 GMT

Plan

Basic Family

Country

Netherlands

Device

Fairphone 4

Operating System

Android 15

My Question or Issue

After reinstallation of the app (after resetting my phone to factory settngs), I am getting ads when listening to podcasts. Before reinstall I did not have any ads. Howcome? The rest of my family (withing the same Plan) does not get ads.

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

Billy-J — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:16:08 GMT

Hey @triple_twintig, thanks for reaching out to the Community!

Spotify doesn’t play ads that interrupt the music listening experience, however, some podcasts may include advertising, host-read endorsements, or sponsorship messages. There’s more info about this here.

I hope this helps. I'll be here if you need a hand with anything else!

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

triple_twintig — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:18:52 GMT

I know. Thx for your response. But I went to Portugal on holidays, and
there the Ads were in Portuguese. Since it is a Dutch podcast, I am almost
sure it is not the podcast-ad, but it it the Spotify-ad.

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

Billy-J — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:40:38 GMT

Hey @triple_twintig,

Thanks for the reply. I can confirm this for you. Can you send me a screenshot the next time you see this when listening to a podcast? Make sure to hide sensitive info when posting to the Community.

Looking out for your reply!

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

triple_twintig — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:33:43 GMT

This is a screenshot of today. It says my podcast will continue after the
break.

And it shows a seperate progress bar of 8 secs in total.

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

Billy-J — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:57:14 GMT

Hey @triple_twintig,

Thanks for the screenshot. I can confirm that this is expected as some podcasts do include advertising and that has been the case since the early days of podcasts. I will make sure to pass your feedback on to the right folks as Spotify aims to improve the experience. As I mentioned before, you can learn more info about this here.

Let me know if you need help with anything else!

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

boyouandistabij — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:24:43 GMT

I’m having the same problem since the beginning of this week, i started having ads after the podcast ended and went onto the next one even though i have a basic family plan… this podcast doesn’t upload anymore so its weird

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

triple_twintig — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:04:52 GMT

Great, I am not he only one! Now also my daughter has ads between her
podcast tracks. She listened the podcast for about 30 shows without having
ads, and last week it started. And I do believe it is a Spotify thing,
because of tho reasons:
- I went on Holiday to Portugal, and got portuguese ads. If ads were
incorporated in the podcast, it would have been in Dutch (which is my
native languageand the language of the podcast
- I clearly see another, shorter time frame counter at the bottom of my
screen, which tells me it is a seperate audio track, and not eeited into
the podcast.

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

triple_twintig — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:35:52 GMT

Now I get a short anouncement before the ads. I says "short commercial
intervention". And there is a clear distinction between in-podcast-ads and
those I am complaining about. I can tel the difference myself.

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

oooxxx — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:11:41 GMT

I have had the same issue for a couple of days. I'm getting some Shopify ads in Polish (I'm located in Poland, using the app in Polish) when listening to a British podcast. There is no visual indication that an ad is played, so I cannot really prove it. But it definitely does not sound like the ads are put there by the podcast authors.

Re: Ads in Basic Family Plan

triple_twintig — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:25:03 GMT

Yes, it is very annoying. Asked Spotify itself, but no response. Asked the
podcast itself, but no response.