Spotify says about two million users suppressing ads without paying
Spotify had 157 million active users as of Dec. 31, of which about 71 million were paid subscribers who access ad-free versions of the service. In a regulatory filing, Spotify said http://rrdoclib.amers.ime.reuters.com/doclibsite/EdgarView.aspx?_id=46530822 it previously included the 2 million users in calculations for some of its key performance indicators, including MAUs, ad-supported users, content hours, and content hours per MAU. The streaming music leader had filed this week for a direct listing of its shares, instead of a traditional IPO.
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