Where is Spotify blocked?

Spotify is blocked, restricted or age-gated in 7 countries and territories — 6 complete bans and 1 age-verification requirement in total.

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Eritrea

Complete ban Since: Ongoing Reported

Islamic Republic of Iran

Complete ban Since: Longstanding Reported Wikipedia

Unavailable due to a combination of Spotify's compliance with US sanctions and local internet censorship.

North Korea

Complete ban Since: Forever Reported Wikipedia

People's Republic of China

Complete ban Since: Never launched In force Spotify support

Spotify has never opened a mainland People's Republic of China service and does not list the territory among its supported markets. The site is also unreachable from Chinese networks rather than merely absent: OONI recorded anomalies in about 96% of measurements of spotify.com from People's Republic of China.

Russia

Complete ban Since: 11/04/2022 In force Spotify newsroom

Spotify fully suspended its streaming service in Russia on 11 April 2022, citing new media laws that restricted free expression and put staff and listeners at risk after the invasion of Ukraine. The company had already closed its Russian office earlier that March.

Turkmenistan

Complete ban Since: Never launched In force Spotify support

Spotify is unavailable in Turkmenistan and is not on the company's own list of supported markets, unlike Central Asian neighbours Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which are all covered.

United Kingdom

Age verification Since: August 2025 Reported Computing

Spotify introduced facial age checks (via Yoti) for United Kingdom users in August 2025 to comply with the Online Safety Act, gating 18+ content such as explicit music videos.