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  "id": "spotify-500-million-users-streamed-video-podcast-2026",
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  "claim": "More than 500 million Spotify users have streamed a video podcast",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Video podcasts on Spotify\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Spotify",
    "title": "Spotify Levels Up Our Podcast Experience (May 21, 2026)",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "More than 500 million users have streamed a video podcast , up nearly 50% year over year.",
  "method": "Spotify internal data announced at its investor day.",
  "drift": [
    "Cumulative 'have streamed', not monthly viewers"
  ],
  "interest": "Spotify promoting its own platform.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Spotify said in May 2026 that more than 500 million users have streamed a video podcast on its platform, up nearly 50% year over year.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Spotify Newsroom — Investor Day podcast updates",
      "url": "https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-05-21/investor-day-podcast-features-updates/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "May 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}