'We’re aware of some issues right now' — live updates as Spotify confirms outage, with thousands of users reporting that they can't access the music streaming service

12 May 2026, 17:40 by https://www.techradar.com/uk/author/marc-mclaren · TechRadar

'We’re aware of some issues right now' — live updates as Spotify confirms outage, with thousands of users reporting that they can't access the music streaming service

Spotify is currently experiencing problems…

News By Marc McLaren last updated 12 May 2026

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Everybody panic! Spotify is currently experiencing issues, with thousands of reports that the app is not working.

The music streaming service has confirmed that "We’re aware of some issues right now with the app and are checking them out!", but there's no word yet on how widespread the problem is, or how long it might last.

This is a developing story…

Refresh Get notified of updates 2026-05-12T17:44:39.679Z

You can see in the screenshot below that the numbers climbed steeply, with more than 15,000 users reporting problems 20 minutes ago.

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2026-05-12T17:42:48.736Z

Okay, so what do we know? Well, outage reports started growing on Down Detector just under an hour ago.

Hi everyone. I'm going to dig into what's going on with Spotify, so stay tuned for updates as I get them.

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