Why am I getting ads on Spotify Premium?

[Jkenny]

Why am I getting ads on Spotify Premium Podcasts? Literally breaks in the podcast with ads posted in from Spotify. The whole point of paying for premium is to avoid this. 

Plan

Premium

Country

UK

Device

iPhone

[Billy-J]

Hey @Jkenny, 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!

[Raunigel]

Hi Billy-J! If I try to start a podcast, a standalone audio track starts playing which is also labeled as an ad. After that the podcast starts. I also have a premium account. Can you pleas answer this? Thanks in advice.

[Billy-J]

Hey @Raunigel,

Thanks for the reply! In my last reply, I explained that some podcasts may include sponsored messages and advertisements that are not controlled by Spotify, but the podcast host/owner. If you see ads while listening to music, please let me know and I’ll see what to suggest. 

Hope this clears things up. Let me know if you have any further questions!

[andreasntr]

What does this reply mean? This is clearly not an ad inside the podcast itself but a normal ad. The fact that the creator chose it is just an excuse, send ads only to free users and that'it. this is ridiculous