Spotify And NPR Announce Global Distribution Deal

 This year, 2020, has seen legacy podcast networks like NPR expand their offerings and add listeners, while large, successful companies like Spotify have made an impact on podcasting.  In 2018, U.S. fans of NPR became able to stream select NPR shows on Spotify, making NPR’s offerings available in one convenient place. 

Spotify logo as NPR and Spotify share NPR programs

 

NPR and Spotify announced yesterday that some NPR shows will even be heard around the world, as Spotify makes NPR podcasts available in most countries around the world.

This distribution deal between Spotify and NPR will allow Spotify to distribute NPR’s content globally on Spotify, bringing NPR’s robust roster of podcasts to a global audience of 320 million Spotify users.  

 Now, listeners outside of the U.S. can also stream:

 

To celebrate this partnership, the two companies are sharing the top 5 most popular NPR podcasts on Spotify to date.

  1. NPR News Now
  2. TED Radio Hour
  3. Up First
  4. Short Wave
  5. Planet Money

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