With Spotify being the go-to streaming service for most people, the top artist spots have become a major indicator of how popular artists and their songs are and how commercially successful they have become.

Even though Spotify has announced that they will now put warnings before Covid-19 related content, it will be interesting to see how the growing power of podcasts will influence how companies deal with the spread of fake news. With Spotify reacting to this by adhering to their request without releasing a statement, they seemed to have sided with Joe Rogan while many argue that this is due to the influence and profit Joe Rogan provides for the Swedish tech company. The most popular podcast host and Spotify exclusive “The Joe Rogan Experience” hosted a controversial anti-vaxxer and sparked a debate on the spread of false facts on the coronavirus, which caused music legend Neil Young as well as Jony Mitchell and other artists to request for their music to be removed from the platform of the streaming giant. As one of the main podcast providers Spotify saw itself involved in a controversy in early 2022. Since its foundation in 2006, the Stockholm-based company has provided a platform for a large variety of music content, as well as audiobooks and podcasts, establishing itself as the “go-to” option for many. The Swedish tech giant Spotify has been the music streaming service leader for the last years, leaving market competitors such as Apple Music or Amazon behind.

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