Spotify Ownership | Who Owns Spotify?

Spotify Ownership Summary

Spotify is owned by 45.56% institutional investors, 23.41% insiders, and 31.03% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 5.65% of SPOT shares. Vanguard International Growth Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.17% of its assets in Spotify shares.

SPOT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Spotify	45.56%	23.41%	31.03%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	26.03%	16.24%	57.73%
Industry	Internet Content & Information Stocks	24.23%	16.10%	59.68%
Idea	SaaS Stocks List	48.24%	6.71%	45.05%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	11.60M	5.65%	$6.74B
Baillie gifford	8.22M	3.99%	$3.99B
Morgan stanley	6.60M	3.21%	$3.83B
Fmr	5.22M	2.54%	$3.64B
State street	4.62M	2.25%	$3.23B
Blackrock	4.25M	2.14%	$1.33B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	3.72M	1.81%	$2.60B
Capital world investors	2.86M	1.39%	$1.66B
Jennison associates	2.78M	1.35%	$1.35B
Fisher asset management	2.59M	1.26%	$1.26B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Technology crossover management xi	1.00M	83.37%	$484.91M
Styrax capital, lp	210.05K	10.78%	$146.62M
Kps global asset management uk	150.00K	10.66%	$87.11M
Spark investment management	7.00K	10.12%	$4.06M
Visualize group lp	42.58K	9.95%	$29.72M
Totem point management	14.57K	9.07%	$10.17M
Paradigm financial partners	98.90K	8.67%	$47.96M
Emmett investment management, lp	14.26K	7.37%	$9.99M
Rivermont capital management lp	38.77K	7.15%	$27.06M
Hyperion asset management	365.38K	7.11%	$255.03M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	1.23M	0.08%	1.23M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	3.72M	0.28%	1.19M
Ubs asset management americas	1.25M	0.15%	1.16M
Janus henderson group	1.13M	0.26%	861.23K
Barclays	963.71K	0.13%	645.57K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Millennium management	67.39K	0.01%	-2.73M
Blackrock	4.25M	0.03%	-1.27M
Technology crossover management viii	-	-	-1.11M
D. e. shaw	295.08K	0.10%	-1.01M
Wellington management group llp	940.98K	0.12%	-917.33K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	1.23M	0.08%	1.23M	$711.46M
National pension service	544.64K	0.23%	544.64K	$316.28M
Cantillon capital management	439.35K	1.42%	439.35K	$213.05M
Vanguard asset management	350.28K	0.15%	350.28K	$169.85M
Generation investment management llp	332.93K	1.34%	332.93K	$193.34M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Moisand fitzgerald tamayo	-1.00
Highmark wealth management	-1.00
Kohmann bosshard financial services	-1.00
Country trust bank	-1.00
First pacific financial	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	963	-32.47%	93,598,751	-29.92%	45	1.08%	423	-44.42%	389	-7.60%
Sep 30, 2025	1,025	-24.85%	89,646,604	-30.04%	43	1.12%	563	-28.46%	304	-16.48%
Jun 30, 2025	1,362	13.12%	136,710,160	1.93%	66	1.55%	777	17.02%	368	5.75%
Mar 31, 2025	1,193	6.90%	133,072,361	-0.30%	65	1.56%	657	6.48%	347	13.77%
Dec 31, 2024	588	-39.13%	63,491,477	-49.71%	30	0.82%	331	-33.40%	151	-46.26%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard International Growth Inv	2.41M	1.17%	104.44K
Goldman Sachs GQG Ptnrs Intl Opps Instl	1.42M	0.69%	1.42M
MS INVF Global Opportunity Z	1.32M	0.64%	-84.46K
MS INVF Global Opportunity A	1.24M	0.60%	46.40K
American Funds EUPAC A	1.18M	0.57%	65.28K
Capital Group EUPAC Composite	1.18M	0.57%	65.28K
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	1.12M	0.54%	1.38K
Vanguard US Growth Investor	1.03M	0.50%	437.38K
UniGlobal Vorsorge	955.40K	0.46%	-
State St Russell Sm/Mid Cp® Indx SL Cl I	940.74K	0.46%	16.28K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 05, 2026	Soderstrom Gustav	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$8.97M
May 05, 2026	Norstrom Alex	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$2.35M
Apr 01, 2026	Soderstrom Gustav	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$9.86M
Apr 01, 2026	Norstrom Alex	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$2.61M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	4
2026 Q1	-	-
2004 Q1	-	-
2003 Q4	-	-

SPOT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Spotify?

Spotify shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 45.56%, followed by 23.41% insiders and 31.03% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Spotify's industry, Internet Content & Information Stocks , is 24.23%, which Spotify exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Spotify?

Spotify’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (11.6M shares, 5.65%), Baillie gifford (8.22M shares, 3.99%), and Morgan stanley (6.6M shares, 3.21%). Together, they hold 12.85% of Spotify’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Spotify?

Yes, BlackRock owns 2.14% of Spotify, totaling 4.25M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.03% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.33B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.275M shares, a -23.09% change.

Who is Spotify’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Technology crossover management xi is Spotify’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 83.37% of its assets in 1M Spotify shares, valued at 484.91M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Spotify shares?

Vanguard International Growth Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Spotify shares, with 1.17% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.41M Spotify shares.

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