🆚 Audible vs. Spotify

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
Audible
Spotify

Type

Audiobook service
Audio streaming service

About

Audible is an Amazon-owned online service for audiobooks, podcasts, and original spoken-word content.

It offers a large library of audiobooks, offline downloading, cross-device syncing, a credit-based subscription model, and exclusive Audible Originals available in over 50 languages.

Spotify is a digital music-streaming service that gives users access to a large online library of music tracks and podcasts.

It offers over 100 million songs and around 7 million podcast titles, supports cross-platform playback across mobile, desktop, and smart devices, allows offline downloads of up to 10,000 tracks on each of up to 5 devices for Premium users, and provides AI-powered personalized recommendations.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Stockholm, Sweden

Website

audible.com #543
spotify.com #22

Pricing

Free version ❌Free 30-day trial
Plus$7.95/month
Premium Plus$14.95/month
Free version ✔️Ads between tracks, no offline listening
Premium
Student$5.99/month
Individual$11.99/month
Duo$16.99/month
Family$19.99/month

Categories

Audiobooks › Rank #2
Audio Streaming › Rank #15
Audio Streaming › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Spotify audio streaming service is 63 times more popular than Audible.
Total websites

Market share

Audio Streaming

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Spotify is more popular than Audible in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Brazil
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
France
Australia
Poland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Spotify is more popular than Audible in all market segments.
Entertainment
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
General News
Sports
Internet Services
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#5,417
#18,852
#60,767
#65,531
#68,590
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Name
Rank
#22
#84
#140
#156
#166
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See also

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