Spotify launches a subscription reserved for audiobooks

has . This time around, he’s offering a package that doesn’t have much to do with music. The Audiobook Access Tier (which is US-only for now) offers 15 hours of audiobook listening each month for $10. You will have access to Spotify’s library of over 200,000 tracks. You can of course still listen to ad-supported music through Spotfy’s free tier.

At first glance, it might seem odd that Spotify would offer an audiobook-only tier at this price. Spotify Premium, which costs $11 per month, offers the same 15 hours of audiobook listening plus other benefits. However, listening to audiobooks often takes between seven and 11 hours.

As such, Spotify is undercutting to some extent. This platform offers one audiobook credit per month for $15. So for $5 less with Spotify, you might be able to listen to about two books a month (unless you prefer to enjoy epic novels with 1,000+ pages in print). However, keep in mind that unused listening time does not carry over to the next month.

Spotify noted that since it began premium subscriptions at no extra cost in November, there has been a 45 percent increase in the number of people on the free tier searching for and interacting with audiobook material each year. day (the company also sells audiobooks on its web player). This surge in interest is reason enough for Spotify to try an audiobook-only subscription tier.