YouTube Music Vs Spotify

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If you stream music online, chances are that you have used Spotify or YouTube music before. Yes, we are talking about YouTube Music, not YouTube; however, they use the same library and statistics. With that out of the way, let’s take a look at the two music streaming giants Spotify head-to-head against YouTube Music to find out which is better.
However, first, let’s first define them before finding their differences.

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What is YouTube Music?

YouTube Music is YouTube’s music streaming service designed by Google. The platform is available both for free and premium subscriptions. The Premium version involves subscription-based ad-free access to the world of YouTube videos including YouTube Music. Unlike most Google products, YouTube operates like other music platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.

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YouTube music

What is Spotify?

Spotify is among the world’s biggest music streaming services with more paid subscribers than any other. The streaming service managed to gather all audio entertainment from music to podcasts, videos, and everything in between to fit inside our pockets. The Swedish music streaming service boasts access to millions of songs and content from creators all over the world.

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Spotify

Differences Between Spotify and YouTube Music

Best Content | Spotify – YouTube is the second most popular search engine in the world, after Google of course. This makes it have more content than Spotify, except it has no podcasts. Spotify, on the other hand, does offer podcasts for the millions of people who like to listen to them with some exclusive ones from celebrities like Barack Obama.

Best Music Discovery | Both – This feature is what keeps most people hooked to the streaming platforms; both Spotify and YouTube Music offer excellent music discovery features. YouTube relies on your previous searches and plays while Spotify relies on the similarity between your searches and plays. However, Spotify organizes these better than the Google app.

Best Streaming Quality | Spotify – Both YouTube Music and Spotify offer a streaming quality threshold based on whether you’re on a free plan or paid subscription. However, free YouTube Music offers less streaming quality (128 kbps) on a free plan as compared to Spotify (160 kbps). Additionally, Spotify uses fewer internet data to provide good sound quality in comparison to YouTube Music.

Best Pricing | Both – This has an equal rating for the two apps since they cost approximately the same price for monthly subscriptions. including the family and student plans. While Spotify Premium costs you $9.99 per month, YouTube Music Premium costs an extra $2 a month, which includes YouTube Premium. So, an additional $2 for two services is worth the deal.

In conclusion, the best choice for streaming music would be YouTube music, whilst an excellent option for podcasts would be Spotify. These solutions matter the most if you’re aiming at spending on premium subscriptions. Otherwise, both services can be used interchangeably. We hope we helped you make a choice between YouTube Music and Spotify.