Spotify is bringing its audiobook service to Pakistan as part of a major global expansion that will make audiobooks available in more than 180 markets by the end of 2026, up from the 22 markets where the feature is currently available. Pakistan appears on Spotify’s official list of markets scheduled to receive audiobook access before the year ends, giving the platform’s Pakistani users access to a catalog of more than 350,000 titles spanning over 120 languages as part of an expansion that touches virtually every market where Spotify currently operates across its base of 750 million users worldwide.
Users in newly supported markets including Pakistan will be able to access audiobooks through three distinct channels. Audiobooks are available as part of a Premium subscription, through Audiobooks+, or through direct purchase of individual titles. Spotify’s partnerships with authors under the expanded service will remain non-exclusive, meaning authors and publishers are free to distribute their content through other platforms simultaneously. The company is also expanding its audiobook catalog with new titles in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and Polish as part of the broader rollout, reflecting an effort to serve non-English speaking audiences more comprehensively than competing audiobook platforms have historically managed.
Audiobooks+, Spotify’s standalone audiobook subscription tier, has already crossed one million subscribers and generates more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue, a milestone that underlines the commercial viability of the format and Spotify’s confidence in expanding it aggressively. Starting in November, Student plan subscribers in Ireland, Belgium, Austria, and Finland will gain the ability to purchase additional listening hours through Audiobooks+, with further market expansions expected to follow. The growth of Audiobooks+ alongside the broader catalog expansion positions Spotify to compete more directly with dedicated audiobook platforms such as Audible in markets where audiobook consumption has been growing steadily.
Spotify is also upgrading its Page Match feature, which was introduced in February and allows readers to switch between a printed or digital book and its audiobook counterpart while keeping their place in the text. More than one million readers have already used the feature since launch. The update being rolled out adds support for page numbers, allowing users to scan a book’s International Standard Book Number barcode and enter a specific page number to locate the corresponding position in the audiobook, making it easier to transition between reading formats mid-book. For Pakistani users, the arrival of Spotify audiobooks by the end of 2026 extends the platform’s offering well beyond music and podcasts, adding a third major content category to a service that has already established a substantial user base in the country.
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