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Spotify ads even on Premium

Lucasfcastillo — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:36:51 GMT

I’m paying premium and still getting Spotify ads on podcasts. And I’m not talking about ads within the podcast audio it self, I understand that the podcaster might contain or promote a product, I’m talking about Spotify ads that interrupt the audio completely. I’m already paying to Spotify, this is clearly soft scamming customers…

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Maxim — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:05:05 GMT

Hey @Lucasfcastillo,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community.

Spotify advertises that Premium allows users to enjoy ad-free music listening, which is one of its key benefits (as mentioned here). However, it’s worth noting that podcasts, whether you’re on Free or Premium, may still include ads. These can range from host-read endorsements and sponsorships to audio ads within the podcast itself.

Some podcasts also use a feature that dynamically inserts ads into the stream. This is managed by the podcast publishers, giving them more flexibility to add value to their content on Spotify.

It’s understandable that this can cause some confusion since Premium removes ads from music but doesn’t extend to podcasts. I hope this clears things up a bit regarding what’s included with Premium and why you may hear ads in podcasts.

Feedback from users is incredibly valuable, and Spotify is always working to improve transparency and provide more clarity about these features.

Let me know if you have any other questions 🙂

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Luro — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:31:41 GMT

I am newly having the same issue with dynamic ads interrupting a podcast that I've listened to for quite some time. And it has only started this last week. The podcaster usually inserted their own ads, promos, which I was fine with. But the Dynamic ads are very abrupt (mid-word) and constantly happen just prior to the podcast host throwing to a break. So double the ads. I understand that the semantics state ad free music on premium, but its Very annoying that I'm now getting twice as many on podcasts.

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Amethyst92 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:50:56 GMT

I thought I was going crazy! I pay for premium but also pay for ad free content on certain podcasts. In the middle of a ad free episode I get Spotify ads. I should not have to skip Spotify ads to listen to the content I pay for. It’s bad enough Spotify doesn’t let me resubscribe to ad free content no matter what payment method I use 🙄

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Amethyst92 — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:53:47 GMT

Pretty sure this is what they are talking about. It is one thing when the ad is intergrated seamlessly in to a podcast episode but it’s another when it’s an actually Spotify ad that interrupts the flow.

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

scrrapped — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:09:42 GMT

This is an absolute scam - if you are paying got premium, there should not be dynamic ads from Spotify in podcasts. It is making me reconsider my membership.

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Mehhem — Fri, 15 May 2026 07:10:46 GMT

This isn’t confusion. It’s dissatisfaction. We pay a monthly subscription - you should pay the artists/podcasters better remuneration and ban adds of any kind in audio files. Sadly the beginning of the end, as hopefully another platform that offers a better product will start up in the next few years.

Re: Spotify premium family but still publicity

dajotrol — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:16:25 GMT

Still have publicity?

what to do

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Finchingtons — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:15:53 GMT

This is a joke. Just payed for noisier+ to stop the ads and now I’m getting Spotify ads too. I’m going to cancel my premium

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

444534 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:09:46 GMT

I’m still gettting adds after contacting you ?

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

iPayToNotHaveAd — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:26:35 GMT

How is this a solution. When i registered for spotify it was ad free experience. Then spotify tried to push this**bleep** around 3 yeats ago. Same**bleep** explanation. Now ita trying it again. I am not paying to listen to 5-6 adds with increased volume every 30m just because you reworded what ad free means. Is this a permanent decision done by spotify to keep ads in podcasts? This makes the app for me worthless.

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Avramids — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:16:43 GMT

I second that. I just experienced this myself and woke up from a loud ad. They are just splitting hairs with what ad free is and they rebranded it to “it’s the creators not us”. Ad free means ad free.

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

NSBooklady — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:03:30 GMT

I understand about ads in podcasts. Most ARE read by the presenters but, even if it's not, lately they have a pop-up that overlays the screen and stops the play then won't go away and it happens every couple of minutes on some podcasts. If it stopped the pay and then went away as soon as it's finished, I wouldn't have an issue. Since it's a recent development, I'm hoping it's a glitch that goes away. I've actually dropped a couple of podcasts that it was really bad on

Re: Spotify ads even on Premium

Vasil — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:43:24 GMT

Hey @NSBooklady,

The issues you're describing in your post are making me think there's something off with how ads are being displayed in general. In any case, sorry to see your playback has been affected.

You've mentioned this is new, recent development. Could you let us know when it has roughly started for you? Has it been after a specific event like an app or OS update?

As for troubleshooting steps, we can give these a try:

Clear the app's cached data as shown here and try playing an episode online.
Download an affected episode and see if that would make a difference when viewing it.

If the abovementioned doesn't help out, you can try going for a complete clean reinstall of the app. This will ensure there are no files left from the previous installation.

Should the issues remain, let us know the following details:

The title(s) and specific episode name(s) of the affected podcasts + links to them
Platform & Spotify app version (e.g., iOS 26 + 9.1.x, Android 12 + 9.1.x)
Device model & your region/ country

Much appreciated! Keep us posted on how things go 🙂