Apple Replay vs Spotify Wrapped 2025: Your music stats and the new data war
We break down Apple Replay 2025 and Spotify Wrapped, what each shows you, and what this year’s data race reveals about streaming power and privacy.
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Kabza De Small named the most streamed South African artist on Spotify in 2023
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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson joined Trevor Noah on the inaugural episode of 'What Now? with Trevor Noah' podcast, revealing his struggles and victories.
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Tyla is the most streamed South African artist on Spotify
Tyla dethroned the likes of DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small to become the most streamed South African artist on Spotify.
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Makhadzi unveiled as Spotify’s ‘EQUAL Africa’ ambassador
Makhadzi joins a stellar lineup of multitalented African female artists, including Tayla, Qing Madi, and Khanyisa, as part of the EQUAL Africa initiative.
Technology
Spotify moves song lyrics behind paywall: Here’s what it means for free-tier users
Despite its impressive overall user growth, Spotify's paid subscriber base is not growing at the same rate as its free listeners.
News
Trevor Noah set to launch podcast on Spotify: Here’s everything we know
Trevor Noah is set to launch his very own podcast on Spotify, CEO Daniel Ek confirmed. Here's everything we know about the deal.
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2022 Spotify Wrapped South Africa: Here are this year’s top-performing artists
K.O., more than 17 years into his music career, still bosses as the industry's top-performing artist. Here's a look at SA's 2022 Spotify Wrapped.
Technology
Spotify audio enhancement feature is a boost for podcasters – Here’s why
Spotify has launched an Audio Enhancement feature for podcasters.
Technology
Likely cause to Spotify, Discord outage revealed
The outages left millions of users around the world locked out of their accounts.
Technology
Spotify to prefix COVID-19 content with disclaimer, Joe Rogan reacts
Spotify chose Joe Rogan in the 'dog fight' about COVID-19 misinformation.
Local
Top 10 Cape Town artists with the highest Spotify monthly listeners
The Cape Town music scene is still on the rise and GoldFish commands the tank with a formidable monthly listenership on Spotify.
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South African artists with the highest Spotify monthly listeners
Black Coffee leads the pack of South African artists with the highest active monthly listeners on Spotify.