Spotify expects three million new premium subscribers to open 2022

The number of paid subscribers had previously risen by eight million, from 172 million in Q3 of last year, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing

The Spotify App on a Samsung smartphone. File Picture: Lauren Hurley/PA

Spotify says it expects to welcome three million new premium subscribers in the first financial quarter of 2022, amid ongoing controversy over coronavirus misinformation on the platform.

Sharing its latest company figures, the streaming giant said it currently had 180 million paid subscribers and 406 million monthly active users at the end of 2021.