Spotify Introduces Audiobooks in India

Mumbai: A thriller on the local train. A memoir on the morning walk. Philosophy before lights out. From today, Spotify brings audiobooks to India, putting your music, podcasts and books in one place. India has always listened. Its epics travelled by voice, grandparents told stories at bedtime, and a new generation has made podcasts a daily habit.

Audiobooks on Spotify are the next chapter. With Audiobooks+, listeners get 15 hours a month, with an option to top up or buy individual titles, across a vast catalogue of classics, blockbusters and new discoveries, moving with them alongside their music and podcasts.

Amarjit Singh Batra, GM South Asia, Middle East, Africa & MD India at Spotify, said, “Storytelling in India has always been as much about listening as reading. By bringing audiobooks to Spotify, we are making books as accessible as the music and podcasts our listeners already enjoy. Our focus is on helping listeners in India discover their next book, and helping Indian authors, including independent and self-published voices through Spotify for Authors, reach new audiences in India and around the world.”

The world is listening too. Spotify's monthly audiobook listeners are up around 40% year on year, listening hours have grown more than 30%, and in the US, 18 to 34 year olds make up 57% of audiobook listeners on the platform. Spotify now carries more than 8,00,000 audiobooks from nearly 300 publishers and over 50,000 authors worldwide.

Choose from more than 3,50,000 English titles and almost 7,000 Indian-language audiobooks at launch, from global bestsellers to Indian voices. Audiences can delve into rich regional narratives across Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. The collection spans literary masterpieces such as Premchand’s Godaan, Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan, and Tagore’s Kabuliwala, along with celebrated works including Dharamvir Bharati’s Gunahon Ka Devta and Ami Ganatra’s Mahabharata Unravelled.