Spotify is down - live updates on music streamer outage
Entertainment Streaming Music Streaming Spotify is down - live updates on music streamer outage Every version seems to be down News By Scott Younker Last updated 5 August 2026 0 Comments Join the conversation When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The app works, but it's very slow and doesn't always get where we want it to go. This usually indicates that a service is truly down since it drowns out the people actually reporting what's wrong with their version.
- ▪Entertainment Streaming Music Streaming Spotify is down - live updates on music streamer outage Every version seems to be down News By Scott Younker Last updated 5 August 2026 0 Comments Join the conversation When you purchase through links
- ▪The app works, but it's very slow and doesn't always get where we want it to go.
- ▪This usually indicates that a service is truly down since it drowns out the people actually reporting what's wrong with their version.
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| Publication time | Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:13:55 +0000 |
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Entertainment Streaming Music Streaming Spotify is down - live updates on music streamer outage Every version seems to be down News By Scott Younker Last updated 5 August 2026 0 Comments Join the conversation When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: © Shutterstock) Starting around 8:45 am Pacific, the music streaming platform Spotify suddenly spiked on the outage tracking site Down Detector with nearly 2,000 reports of listeners claiming the app, website and desktop app were all down.Anecdotally, we found that the browser version won't load. The app works, but it's very slow and doesn't always get where we want it to go.
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