This Monday, Spotify reached a milestone in expanding its audiobook service in France. But that’s not all! For the first time, our French-speaking friends will be able to dive into an incredible library of 15,000 titles. Because the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg also have access to it! Among the authors who are making the buzz, we find the Nobel Prize winner, Annie Ernaux, but also famous authors like Melissa Da Costa, Leila Slimani and Amélie Nothomb. It’s not just a new way of listening to books, it’s a real breath of fresh air for the literary industry in France, offering a great showcase to all these talented writers.
French-speaking authors in the spotlight
Spotify Met female voices in the spotlight, and this is reflected in its offer. Thanks to this new feature, listeners will be able to (re)discover essential authors like Mona CholletVirginie Grimaldi or Fred Vargas. These feathers, which make literature vibrate, find in Spotify a new showcase that allows them to reach a wider audience. And that’s not all! Of the international authors as Chimanda Ngozi Adichie and Camilla Läckberg enrich this functionality, adding literary diversity to the experience.
With this initiative, the platform is not satisfied to add titles to its catalog. It offers a truly immersive dive into powerful stories, where each history is told differently thanks to the audio format. More than just a platform, Spotify becomes a place of cultural exploration, where women writers finally find the space they deserve.
A dazzling success for audiobooks in French
Spotify does not just open access to a few works: with more 200,000 titles availableincluding 15,000 in French and 15,000 in Dutch and Flemish, the platform hits hard. Premium subscribers can enjoy up to 12 hours of audiobook listening included in their subscription, with the possibility of purchasing 10 additional hours for €9.99. And for those who use the free version, don’t panic: audio books are also available à la carte. This flexibility, which its competitors still struggle to match, allows Spotify to attract an ever-wider audience.
The success of this new feature cannot be denied. In Canada, the first bilingual market where Spotify launched its audiobook offering, listening to titles in French exploded by 2,461% since April 2024. This kind of growth suggests a promising future for the French-speaking market where demand for this type of immersive content is booming. So, there’s no longer any reason not to delve into a good book, whether by reading it or listening to it.
