Spotify announced a Family offering years ago; today, Premium Family is a single-household subscription for up to six separate Premium accounts at one address, with ad-free music and podcasts, on-demand playback, downloads, and standard Premium audio quality for each member (current Family features). In supported markets, Premium also includes a monthly allocation of audiobook listening hours (commonly 15 hours) that resets each month—availability and which Family members receive hours vary by country (Audiobooks in Premium). In the U.S., Family is priced at $19.99/month after the 2024 update (2024 U.S. price change). All members must live at the same physical address, and Spotify may require address verification at sign-up and periodically; providing false information or failing verification can lead to removal from the plan or loss of access (address checks, Family terms).
One of the biggest changes for families is enforceable control of explicit content. The plan organizer can block explicit tracks for any member from the Family hub (Spotify explicit-content controls) and can use the dedicated Spotify Kids app (where available) for a curated, age-appropriate experience. Apple approaches this differently: on Apple devices, parents use Screen Time to lock “Clean” music, block Music Videos, and restrict Music Profiles & Posts with a parent passcode (parental controls). Beyond Apple, YouTube Music ties controls to Google’s supervised accounts, letting parents set Explore tiers that limit what kids can access across YouTube and YouTube Music (YouTube supervised experiences); Deezer Family supports kids profiles and explicit filtering (Deezer filtering & Kids profile); while Tidal and Pandora offer user-level explicit filters but lack robust, parent-locked family enforcement (Tidal, Pandora).
In our review of the best streaming services, we highlight discovery and cross-device ease for families evaluating options. For context, Spotify reported 602 million monthly active users and 236 million Premium subscribers in Q4 2023, underscoring its global scale and reach across platforms (Spotify Q4 2023 results). Regulatory shifts also matter for iOS households: the European Commission fined Apple in 2024 for anti‑steering rules in music streaming, easing some frictions for third‑party services communicating offers to users (EU antitrust decision). For families specifically, Spotify enforces the same‑address rule with periodic verification (how checks work) while offering organizer‑managed explicit filters and a Kids app to support supervised, age‑appropriate discovery (explicit controls, Spotify Kids details).
The updated plan will also include a Family Hub feature that will allow the account owner to easily manage the family plan. You can add or remove family members from the plan, adjust parental controls, and update account info in one place.
If your family struggles to find music you can all agree on, this update could help. The Family Mix playlist will populate with music Spotify thinks the whole family will enjoy. Like other “made for you” playlists, it will update regularly.
The Spotify Premium for Family costs $19.99 per month in the United States after the 2024 price update and includes up to six Premium accounts at one address (Family overview, price change). Premium also now includes monthly audiobook listening hours in supported markets (typically 15 hours from the included catalog), which reset each month—check local coverage and allowances on Audiobooks in Premium. Across the industry, family-tier pricing and eligibility policies have been recalibrated since 2023, and the old $14.99 reference point is no longer typical in broader streaming; many ad‑free plans now cluster around $13.99–$16.99, and bundles shape value decisions (current streaming price landscape). If you’re weighing ecosystems, consider bundles like Apple One Family or cross‑service options like YouTube Premium Family alongside Spotify’s dedicated audio focus and household controls.