Spotify was founded in 2006 in Sweden. With more than 400 million active monthly users and 180 million premium subscribers, Spotify is considered the biggest music and podcast streaming service in the world. The Swedish tech company has recently made the headlines because its most popular and exclusive podcast was accused of spreading conspiracy theories and fake news.
FOA volunteers conducted the research using keywords such as Jew, Jewish, Hitler, Nazi, and so on, in a variety of languages. This research does not seek to be exhaustive, but rather to highlight the widespread availability of antisemitic content across platforms, as well as some of Spotify’s shortcomings in reporting and removing hateful content.