Spotify Global Outage: Music App Experiences Widespread Issues, Users Report Disruptions

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Spotify faced a significant outage on Monday, with thousands of users worldwide reporting issues accessing the music streaming service. According to outage tracking platform Downdetector.com, the peak of the outage in India occurred at 8:04 pm on December 15, with 1,185 users experiencing problems. The outage affected tens of thousands of people globally, with the United States reporting more than 31,200 issues, Canada with nearly 4,000 reports, and the UK with over 10,300 app issues. Spotify has acknowledged the issue, stating that they are aware of the problem and working to resolve it. As the outage unfolded, users took to social media platforms, including Reddit and X, to express their difficulties accessing the Spotify homepage and experiencing playback issues with their song queues. The outage is the latest in a series of global tech disruptions, following a similar issue on X last week and major outages affecting Cloudfare and Amazon's AWS in recent months.