Audio streaming service Spotify is planning to almost double its geographic footprint and launch into 85 more countries, adding 36 languages to its platform in the process, CNBC reports. In the next few days, Spotify will launch in countries like Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Samoa, Jamaica, Bahamas, and Belize. Following the expansion, Spotify will be available in over 170 countries. Spotify launched in 2008 just a year after the first iPhone was released and it has amassed 345 million monthly active users across 95 countries. While Spotify started out as a music streaming platform, it now allows people to listen to podcasts, audio books and meditations.

Source: The Standard February 23, 2021 10:02 UTC