Spotify lost 1.5 million subscribers. He denies any confusion with Joe Rogan is to blame

The legendary guitarist was fed up with anti-vaccine content published by Rogan – an American celebrity, presenter and podcaster who gave space to anti-vaccineers in his program. A cup of bitterness overflowed when Rogan invited Robert Malone, an anti-vaccine guru often falsely portrayed as the creator of mRNA technology banned on Twitter for spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and virus resistance.

in this dispute chose Joe Rogan, with whom. The platform removed Young’s profile, but you can still find some works there that the artist does not have the rights to. The scandal was widely publicized, which could suggest that the company recently lost 1.5 million subscribers because of this. However, the truth is different.

Spotify is dropping subscribers, but Joe Rogan is not the reason

CFO Paul Vogel explained that controversy will always affect the number of subscriptions, but added that the real reason for the churn is the war in.

In response to the invasion, Spotify closed its offices in Russia and withdrew the propaganda content of the Kremlin media – Russia Today and Sputnik from the platform. They are only visible to users with.

Russia with a small share of Spotify’s profits

At the end of 2021, Spotify announced that over 406 million people use the service per month, of which 180 million use the paid version. Paul Vogel said the Russian market accounted for a percentage of Spotify’s revenues.

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