Spotify Ownership | Who Owns Spotify?

Spotify Ownership Summary

Spotify is owned by 65.75% institutional investors, 23.46% insiders, and 10.79% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 5.29% of SPOT shares. Vanguard International Growth Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.07% of its assets in Spotify shares.

SPOT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Spotify	65.75%	23.46%	10.79%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	42.83%	17.94%	39.23%
Industry	Internet Content & Information Stocks	41.13%	19.08%	39.79%
Idea	SaaS Stocks List	75.83%	6.55%	17.62%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	10.89M	5.29%	$5.00B
Baillie gifford	7.54M	3.67%	$3.68B
Morgan stanley	7.42M	3.61%	$3.41B
State street	4.63M	2.25%	$2.13B
Blackrock	4.25M	2.14%	$1.33B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	3.60M	1.75%	$1.65B
Wellington management group llp	3.11M	1.51%	$1.43B
Wcm investment management	2.84M	1.38%	$1.31B
Jennison associates	2.81M	1.37%	$1.29B
Fisher asset management	2.49M	1.21%	$1.22B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Technology crossover management xi	1.00M	88.48%	$487.38M
Exane asset management	22.25K	8.54%	$12.31M
Kps global asset management uk	106.52K	8.30%	$51.92M
Harding loevner lp	1.60M	6.97%	$741.50M
Gavilan investment partners	61.00K	6.82%	$28.01M
Atalan capital partners, lp	239.50K	6.75%	$109.96M
Palestra capital management	403.16K	6.28%	$185.10M
Spark investment management	7.00K	6.27%	$3.21M
Cadian capital management, lp	174.00K	6.05%	$79.89M
Sycale advisors (ny)	42.73K	6.02%	$19.62M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Harding loevner lp	1.60M	6.97%	1.60M
Norges bank	1.33M	0.06%	1.33M
Bamco inc /ny/	2.43M	1.68%	1.11M
Dz bank ag deutsche zentral genossenschafts bank, frankfurt am main	2.46M	0.87%	898.57K
Alyeska investment group	775.43K	0.92%	775.43K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock	4.25M	0.03%	-1.27M
Ubs asset management americas	6.90K	0.00%	-1.14M
Technology crossover management viii	-	-	-1.11M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	3.60M	0.17%	-1.01M
Morgan stanley	7.42M	0.18%	-961.91K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Harding loevner lp	1.60M	6.97%	1.60M	$741.50M
Norges bank	1.33M	0.06%	1.33M	$610.97M
Alyeska investment group	775.43K	0.92%	775.43K	$356.02M
Wt asset management	218.93K	1.73%	218.93K	$106.70M
Alkeon capital management	204.00K	0.13%	204.00K	$93.66M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Islay capital management	-1.00
Triumph capital management	-1.00
Highmark wealth management	-1.00
Country trust bank	-1.00
Halbert hargrove global advisors	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2026	1,323	-2.51%	135,255,917	0.82%	65	1.55%	615	-15.98%	482	20.20%
Mar 31, 2026	1,335	-3.96%	132,999,826	-1.92%	64	1.48%	716	12.58%	402	-24.86%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard International Growth Inv	2.21M	1.07%	-147.99K
MS INVF Global Opportunity Z	1.43M	0.70%	-42.67K
Goldman Sachs GQG Ptnrs Intl Opps Instl	1.42M	0.69%	1.42M
Baron Partners Retail	1.26M	0.61%	-23.34K
MS INVF Global Opportunity A	1.24M	0.60%	46.40K
Vanguard Wellington Inv	1.16M	0.56%	1.16M
iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF	1.12M	0.54%	-
WCM Inv Mgt Focused Growth Intl	1.08M	0.53%	1.08M
WCM Focused International Growth Instl	1.08M	0.53%	-4.72K
American Funds EUPAC A	1.07M	0.52%	424.67K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Oct 12, 2026	Soderstrom Gustav	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$3.32M
Oct 12, 2026	Soderstrom Gustav	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$963.93K
Oct 12, 2026	Soderstrom Gustav	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$572.38K
Oct 12, 2026	Soderstrom Gustav	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$2.15M
Oct 12, 2026	Soderstrom Gustav	Co-Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$884.69K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q4	-	8
2026 Q3	-	55
2026 Q2	-	9
2026 Q1	-	-
2004 Q1	-	-

SPOT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Spotify?

Spotify shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 65.75%, followed by 23.46% insiders and 10.79% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Spotify's industry, Internet Content & Information Stocks , is 41.13%, which Spotify exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Spotify?

Spotify’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (10.89M shares, 5.29%), Baillie gifford (7.54M shares, 3.67%), and Morgan stanley (7.42M shares, 3.61%). Together, they hold 12.57% 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 88.48% of its assets in 1M Spotify shares, valued at 487.38M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Spotify shares?

Vanguard International Growth Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Spotify shares, with 1.07% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.21M Spotify shares.

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