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Spotify layoffs

We've tracked 3 rounds of Spotify layoffs between Jan 2023 and Dec 2023, affecting 2,300 people in total. None of these cuts were publicly blamed on AI. Headcounts are what was reported at the time, and some may have changed since.

People affected

2K

Across tracked announcements

Announcements

3

Jan 2023 → Dec 2023

AI-attributed

0%

Of affected people

Every tracked announcement

  1. −1,500(17% of workforce)

    Third cut of 2023, about 17% of staff (roughly 1,500 per CNBC); CEO Daniel Ek wrote that the cost structure was still too big after expanding the team in 2020 and 2021.

    Source: Company letter

  2. −200(2% of workforce)

    Spotify laid off 200 people in its podcast unit and merged the Parcast and Gimlet studios.

    Source: CNN

  3. −600(6% of workforce)

    First of three cuts in 2023.

    Source: Company letter

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