YouTube Music vs. Spotify: Which Is the Better Streaming Music Service?
                     YOUTUBE MUSIC VS. SPOTIFY: WHICH IS 
THE BETTER STREAMING MUSIC SERVICE?
Introduction
• Spotify and YouTube Music are the best music streaming 
platforms, offering a large pool of songs and playlists, 
along with a customized collection made for national 
users. 
• Both look almost the same, but there are many 
differences. They have libraries of different sizes and can 
provide music, additional content, various streaming 
features, and more.
• These differences are important and should be an 
important factor in deciding which streaming service to 
subscribe to.
Price
• Spotify and YouTube Music offers free music streaming 
with advertisements in the basic version. 
• To remove ads, you need to upgrade to this subscription-
based premium version. Spotify offers the ability to choose 
between monthly and yearly subscriptions.
• Spotify Premium subscription Rs 119 per month or Rs 999 
per year. Spotify also offers a prepaid recharge plan for 
those who don’t want a monthly or yearly subscription. 
• This plan is available for Rs 7 per day, Rs 25 per week, 
and Rs 119 per month. YouTube Music subscription can be 
purchased at Rs 99 per month. 
• As part of the introductory offer, Spotify and YouTube 
Music are offering three-month and two-month free 
subscriptions for individual premium subscribers.
Multi Platform Support
• New era music streaming services streams music to 
laptops, tablets, game consoles, and portable devices as 
all music users does not listen to music on Smartphone’s 
only. 
• YouTube Music app is available on both iOS and 
Android devices, so it is compatible with most tablets 
and Smartphones. However, there are no desktop-only 
applications. 
• On the other hand, Spotify is compatible with all major 
platforms. Spotify is not only available as an app on iOS 
and Android devices, it also has a dedicated app for 
Windows computers, and is compatible with many other 
clients including PlayStation and Xbox. 
Sound Quality
• Currently, YouTube Music’s audio quality can reach 
256kbps, and Spotify offers streaming audio quality up to 
320kbps through Spotify Premium’s “Extreme” audio 
quality option. 
• YouTube Music offers stricter audio quality settings in 
Android Central for future updates, but it is not yet 
available. Fortunately, all services are compatible with 
Android Auto. Currently, YouTube Music sounds fine 
with a few glitches.
Playlist
• Spotify has tons of playlists for any genre and mood. 
Whether you use it on your phone or on a PC, it’s easy 
to find the music of your choice. Besides this, it also 
provides charts listing more than 60 of the most popular 
songs. 
• YouTube Music offers three types of custom playlists. 
First is Discover Mix which provides you with 50 little-
known tracks per week, next is New Release Mix with 
the latest songs from your favorite artists, and the last is 
a variety of mixes to suit your listening preferences.
• You can also use Google services to browse playlists by 
mood or genre. The problem, however, is that the 
choices are limited.
Podcast
• There are many ways to create podcasts, but not all are 
the same. In addition to its long history of streaming 
music games, Spotify also introduced podcasts to its app 
a few years ago. 
• Spotify is also an exclusive service to produce your 
originals and listens to creators.
• Whereas, Google offers a podcast app, but it cannot be 
integrated with YouTube Music. There are not even 
exclusive offers.
•  Using two apps, one for your music and one for 
podcasts is a challenge when a service like Spotify does 
a great job of bringing them together into one app.
Conclusion
• Overall, Spotify is the best service. From an extensive 
library of content to feature-rich applications, podcast 
integration, and cross fade support.
• There are still reasons to choose YouTube Music 
instead of Spotify. You can access covers, remixes, 
originals, and more. YouTube app can also play 
videos, which makes it a unique platform. There are 
no other services that match this.
• Choose Spotify if you want a simple music streaming 
service that can work on any device. If you enjoy 
watching remixes, mixes, and remakes alongside the 
original soundtracks, try YouTube Music.