Why does Spotify keep getting blocked?
Spotify says it is not available in your country, or the network you are on will not let the app through. Either way, something between you and Spotify is reading your internet address and deciding what you can reach.
Speedify is an app that encrypts your internet traffic and sends it through a server in the country you choose. With two or more internet connections (Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink or satellite), Speedify carries that traffic over all of them at once, so music keeps playing without buffering; on a single connection it works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping.
This article explains why Spotify goes dark in some places, your options, and the five steps to get Spotify unblocked on your computer with Speedify.
Why Spotify Is Blocked in Some Countries
There is no single published answer. The likely cause is licensing: Spotify needs music rights and legal clearance in each country before launching there. You can ask the Spotify Community about availability in your country.
Ways to Get Spotify Unblocked in a Country Without Spotify
There are a couple of different ways to get Spotify unblocked:
- Travel to a country where Spotify is available and install the app as well as create your account there. However, you will only be able to use it for 14 days after leaving the country and returning home.
- [Android only] You can download a modified .apk file on your Android device. Be careful and do your research before installing an unknown app from an unknown source: modified apps can carry malware, and Speedify does not recommend this route.
When you’re in a country where Spotify is not available, downloading the app is difficult. It is not listed in Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store there because of geo-restrictions. The app is easier to download on Windows and macOS.
5 Steps to Get Spotify Unblocked on Your Computer
Here is what you have to do:
- Download Spotify. Get it here. In a country where Spotify is not offered, creating an account can still fail until you connect through Speedify, a VPN that combines internet connections, to a server in a country where Spotify is available.
- Download Speedify for free and install it; a free account includes 5 GB per month. Speedify lets you connect to a VPN server in a different country, which may let you reach Spotify to register and create an account.
- Open Speedify and select a server in a country where Spotify is available. Singapore is one example, but any country where Spotify is available will do.
- While connected to that Speedify server, open Spotify and create your account. Once you’ve created an account and logged in, close the Spotify app and connect Speedify to whatever server you usually use.
- Now open Spotify and sign in. If it still refuses, switch Speedify to another server. Spotify’s own rules on how long an account can be used outside its home country still apply.
How Speedify Unblocks Spotify by Changing Your Server Country
As a VPN, Speedify directs all your traffic to a VPN server in another country, and your IP becomes the IP of the server you connect to. Speedify is not designed to unblock geo-restricted content, but a server in a country where Spotify is available may make Spotify reachable. Spotify’s own terms and account checks still apply, so if one server is refused, try another.
On a school or work network that blocks Spotify, Speedify can help in the same way: the network sees an encrypted connection to a Speedify server instead of Spotify, so a filter that matches Spotify has nothing to match. A network that also blocks VPN connections can still stop it.
Combining internet connections is the other half of Speedify. Speedify can combine Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and satellite internet connections at the same time, so Spotify gets the bandwidth of all of them. If buffering or loading errors come from a bad Internet connection, the extra connections help, and if one connection drops, the music keeps playing over the others.
To get Spotify unblocked, use Speedify and follow the five steps above.
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