For: US only
Enjoy 15 hours of listening time from our audiobook subscriber catalog every month, with ad-supported access to music and podcasts, available in the US only.
Notes:
- This plan doesn’t include any other Premium features. To see Premium plans that include audiobook listening time, check out Audiobooks subscriber catalog.
- This plan is currently not supported on certain devices including Apple Watch, Garmin, Samsung Watches, Tesla, and Car Thing.
Purchase Audiobooks Access plan
Note: If you’re currently subscribed to a Premium plan, you first need to cancel your plan and wait for your current Premium to end.
- Go to Spotify.com. Note: You need to be logged in to your Spotify account.
- Click Get Started.
- Choose your preferred payment method.
Want to cancel Audiobooks Access plan?
If you want to switch to a Premium plan, you need to cancel your current Audiobooks Access plan and wait for it to end.
- Log into spotify.com/account.
- Select Change plan.
- Choose Cancel.
Find audiobooks in the subscriber catalog
Audiobooks that are part of the subscriber catalog are labeled Included in your plan.
- Go to Search
. - Under Browse All, select Audiobooks.
- Browse featured titles, or scroll down to browse by category.
Do audiobook listening hours expire?
Your plan’s unused audiobook listening time expires on a monthly basis.
At the start of your next billing period:
- We renew the hours of audiobook listening time included in your plan; and
- Any unused audiobook listening time from the previous month can no longer be used.
Note: We don’t offer refunds for unused or expired audiobook listening time.
FAQs
Go into your subscription and sign up to premium individual by adding a card / PayPal to your account. This will give you access to the audiobooks. The issue is the system doesn't see you as having an active subscription.
How many hours of audiobooks do you get with Spotify Premium? ›
Now enjoy 15 hours of audiobook listening time on Premium, every month. Terms apply. Available to Premium Individual subscribers, and Duo and Family plan managers only.
How to access free audiobooks on Spotify? ›
To find free audiobooks on Spotify, start in the Audiobooks hub. You can also access audiobooks via the search bar within Spotify; simply search for the book you want to listen to, and if it's available in the Spotify catalog, it should pop up!
How do the 15 hours of audiobooks on Spotify work? ›
Audiobook listening time is an allotted amount of time, included on a monthly basis for certain Premium plans, that lets subscribers listen to audiobooks from our audiobooks subscriber catalog. As you listen to any of these audiobooks, the audiobook listening time remaining for that month decreases.
What is the audiobook limit on Spotify? ›
I basically see it as a nice perk if you're already paying for Spotify, but I wouldn't sign up for Spotify for the audiobooks alone. Spotify's audiobook program gives you 15 hours of audiobook listening per month.
Can you get audiobooks on Spotify without premium? ›
Note: Audiobook purchases are independent from Spotify Premium plans. You can pay for audiobooks with the following methods: Credit/debit card.
How does Spotify count audiobook hours? ›
Spotify counts the audiobook listening time used based on each playback of an audiobook at normal speed. This means: Adjusting the speed of the playback won't affect the amount of audiobook listening time included/remaining in your allocation; and.
How to check Spotify audiobook limit? ›
Go to your account page. Under Subscription, select Audiobook listening time.
How long do you have to listen on Spotify to count as a listen? ›
Streams are counted when users listen to a song for 30 seconds or more.
How many free audiobooks are on Spotify? ›
Spotify Premium subscribers in the US can now access the streaming platform's on-demand catalog of over 200,000 audiobooks, alongside 15 hours of listening each month for free. Ten hours of additional listening can be purchased for $12.99 if you need a top-up between billing cycles.
Audiobooks that are part of the subscriber catalog are labeled Included in Premium.
- Go to Search .
- Under Browse All, select Audiobooks.
- Browse featured titles, or scroll down to browse by category.
Only the Family plan manager has access to audiobook listening time. Plan members don't have access.
How big is a 10 hour audiobook? ›
The size of an audiobook file will depend on its length. On average, audiobook files are 28 MB per hour, and most audiobooks run for approximately 10 hours, or 280 MB. The longer your audiobook is, the larger the file will be.
How long is a 1 hour audiobook? ›
For example, One Hour of Audio = Approximately 100 pages.
What time does Spotify audiobook hours reset? ›
At the start of your next billing period: We renew the hours of audiobook listening time included in your plan; and. Any unused audiobook listening time from the previous month can no longer be used.
How do I activate audiobooks on Spotify? ›
After you've bought the audiobook, you can listen to it on Spotify by following these steps:
- On your Spotify app, go to your Your Library.
- Tap on the Audiobooks tab.
- Select your audiobook and tap on the Play button to start listening.
One significant factor contributing to the removal of audiobook purchases from Spotify is Apple's rules and guidelines for in-app purchases. Apple, the company behind the iOS App Store and Apple Music, has certain policies that affect how apps like Spotify can handle transactions within their iOS app.
What does the lock on Spotify audiobooks mean? ›
Right now, audiobooks that's available for purchase on Spotify can only be purchased in the Web Player - this might be why you're seeing that message in the app. However, you can listen to them in the app once you've unlocked a title in the Web Player.
Why are some audiobooks not available? ›
Books disappear from Audible mainly because of expired licensing agreements or when authors or publishers decide to remove their books from the service.
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