Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
83
/100
Trajectory Rank
Business
Music streaming service
Founded
20 years ago
Apr 23, 2006
Employees
7,000
TrueUp
Rank
#144
Valuation
$94 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#75
Company type
Public$SPOT
Spotify is a Music streaming service company with 110 job openings. It is currently valued at $94 billion as a public company. 7,000 people work at Spotify. The company was founded in 2006.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
🚀
🐢
😊
😟
Jobs
Open jobs
110
TrueUp
Rank
#401
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
38
(35%)
2.
Marketing & Growth
28
(25%)
3.
Artificial Intelligence
16
(15%)
4.
Business Development & Partnerships
10
(9%)
5.
Legal
8
(7%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
39
(35%)
2.
🇺🇸 New York City
36
(33%)
3.
🇬🇧 London, UK
35
(32%)
4.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
35
(32%)
5.
🌎 Remote
29
(26%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Java
15
(14%)
2.
LLM
13
(12%)
3.
Python
13
(12%)
4.
PyTorch
12
(11%)
5.
Google Cloud
11
(10%)
Financials
Revenue growth (vs. same quarter last year)
8.2%
TrueUp
Rank
#339
MULTIPLES
Valuation per employee
$13.5 million
TrueUp
Rank
#378
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
77%
1,000+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 74% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Daniel Ek
77%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
7,000
Source: Public data
Spotify Org Chart
Rankings and awards
Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Brands #78
2026
TIME100 Most Influential Companies
Entertainment
2026
Fortune Most Admired
2026
Coatue Fantastic 40
2025
Layoffs
Jun 2025 · 1 year ago
15 impacted
Jul 2024 · 2 years ago
40 impacted
Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
1,500 impacted17%
Jul 2023 · 3 years ago
+6 more layoff events
Open source
Top open source projects
backstage
33.6 K
Policies
Remote work policy
Remote work is common
Open jobs that are remote
26% (29 jobs)
Same pay everywhere?
(same work, same pay)
Yes
H1B sponsorships (2025)
90
TrueUp
Rank
#122
External research
Top posts
History
Associated billionaires(Sources: Forbes, Bloomberg, Wikipedia)
Martin Lorentzon
$9.9 B
Daniel Ek
$9.1 B
Security incidents
IPO date
Apr 3, 2018
8 years ago
Top owners at IPO
25.7% - Daniel Ek
13.2% - Martin Lorentzon
7.5% - Tencent
6.9% - Tiger Global
5.7% - Sony Music
5.4% - TCV
Founder ownership at IPO
38.9%
Implied founder equity split
66% - Daniel Ek
34% - Martin Lorentzon
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