Spotify unlimited ad-supported?

[lkschee]

Hey,

I got this lovely supprise today suggesting that the spotify unlimited will now be ad-supported. Can someone confirm this one for me?

[David]

Hello,

As far as I'm aware, Unlimited will remain advert free. However, that does look a little unclear. I'll try and get some clarification for you.

[Jude]

Indeed, there are absolutely no plans at all to introduce ads into the Unlimited service on the Desktop.

That does beg the question as to why the Premium service explicitly says "ad-free", while the Unlimited service doesn't.

In the US we're able to offer a mobile radio service to Spotify Free users. This isn't quite the same as the radio for Premium service that is offered in all markets. Mobile free radio is ad-supported, and isn't "on-demand" - you get a limited number of skips. Naturally, Mobile free radio is also available to Unlimited customers too. Thus, it's easy to argue that a part of the Unlimited service is actually ad-supported. So, it would be unfair to explicitly state that Unlimited is "ad-free".

I guess that this formulation of the Terms is presented everywhere, to leave room for the introduction of mobile free radio in other markets, should we be able to do this at a later stage.

Does this make any sense ?

[lkschee]

It's nice to have an explination, I think that anyone who would read the Terms and Conditions of Use would also like to have this clarification.

So, can you clarify that the desktop experience for spotify unlimted is ad-free in all countries.

[Jude · Accepted solution]

I can confirm that Unlimited is ad-free on the desktop everywhere.

[worldaml]

I just upgraded to premium but I am still hearing ads every few songs? When do those go away? Thx

[Peter__]

Hey! Welcome to the community 🙂

I would suggest you have a read at and try the steps outlined in this post.

Peter