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  "id": "spotify-777-million-users-300-million-subscribers",
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  "claim": "Spotify has 777 million users, including 300 million subscribers, in 184 markets",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Spotify has over 750 million users\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Spotify",
    "title": "Spotify — Company Info",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "We are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with 777 million users, including 300 million subscribers, in 184 markets.",
  "method": "Company-reported monthly active users and paying subscribers.",
  "drift": [
    "Spotify updates the figure each quarter; check the date"
  ],
  "interest": "Spotify reports its own user numbers.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Spotify reports 777 million users, including 300 million paying subscribers, in 184 markets (company info page, checked October 2026).",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Spotify — Company Info",
      "url": "https://newsroom.spotify.com/company-info/",
      "primary": true
    }
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  "as_of": "Company info page as checked Oct. 16, 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/"
}