Spotify reaches 83 million paying subscribers
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-spotify-million-subscribers.html
Spotify attributed the growth to inroads into emerging markets, particularly Latin America and Southeast Asia, and the popularity of its family packages, which nonetheless earn less revenue than individual plans.
In year-to-year terms, Spotify's base of paying subscribers has jumped 40 percent from the same time in 2017.