Spotify has launched audiobooks in India, adding more than 350,000 English titles and nearly 7,000 Indian-language audiobooks to its platform as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. The service places books alongside music and podcasts within the same app.
The audiobook offering is available through a subscription called Audiobooks+, priced at ₹199 per month, which gives listeners 15 hours of listening time. Users can top up hours or purchase individual titles. The plan is accessible to both Free and Premium Spotify users.
The Indian-language catalogue spans Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam, and includes titles such as Premchand’s Godaan, Kalki’s Ponniyin Selvan, and Tagore’s Kabuliwala.
A notable feature called Page Match allows users to scan a physical book’s ISBN barcode and have the audiobook begin from the corresponding page. The feature has been used by more than one million listeners globally since its February launch.
Spotify is also opening its Spotify for Authors programme to writers in India, enabling self-published and independent authors to distribute audiobooks on the platform, access listener data, and use marketing tools, while retaining rights to distribute elsewhere.
Globally, Spotify reports monthly audiobook listeners have grown approximately 40 per cent year-on-year, with listening hours up more than 30 per cent. The platform carries over 800,000 audiobook titles from nearly 300 publishers worldwide.
Published on November 12, 2026
