Is Spotify down for you? Here’s what’s going on (Update: Back up)

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Users are reporting that Spotify is down. There are over 1,500 reports of the service not working. Several major cities are impacted, including New York, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Seattle.

Update: August 5, 2026 (3:59 PM ET): The number of reports on Downdetector has dropped drastically, suggesting that the outage is likely over. Original article: August 5, 2026 (12:43 PM ET): Right as Anthropic brings Claude back online, another outage is underway. It appears that Spotify is the affected app this time.

The music streaming service is currently experiencing issues.