Spotify is down and not working right now with thousands hit by mass outage.
If you’re trying to play a song on Spotify and it’s not working, you’re not alone. The popular app and music player is down, preventing thousands of people, including many in the UK, from accessing their playlists or listening to podcasts.
This highly frustrating issue appears to have started just after 5pm BST and is still ongoing almost an hour later. There’s no information on what’s causing the problem, but it seems to be a big one.
DownDetector, which tracks outages worldwide, reports a significant increase in the number of people complaining that Spotify isn’t working properly. In fact, there are now over 3,000 reports in the UK alone, meaning it’s a huge problem.
Many Spotify users are also now venting their anger on social media. A user called Arne said: “Spotify went down just before a 5 hour drive,” while music fan Samuel wrote: “Spotify was down on my Sunday list and I can’t believe I can cook without music,” while JD also posted: “On my way to the gym and Spotify went down.
Spotify has posted an update to “