Spotify Launches Audiobook Charts for US and UK, the company was announced on Friday. Similar to the streaming giant’s Music and Podcast charts, the Audiobook charts will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre. Those rankings are based on listening behavior and engagement with the streaming service, the company says.
The new charts are accessible to both free and paying users within the audiobook hub. You can find them by pressing the search button in the app and selecting the “Audiobooks” tile to enter the hub. Then you have to scroll down to the Deep Dive section to find the charts.
The move marks Spotify’s latest investment in the audiobook space, following its official support for the format in 2022.
Since then, Spotify has continued to invest in audiobooks with additional features, such as the recently launched “Page Match” tool, which allows users to scan a page from a physical book to jump instantly to that point in the audiobook, and “Book Recaps,” which are short audio summaries to catch you up on what you’ve already read so far.
Spotify says the new Audiobook charts will benefit both readers and authors by giving listeners a reliable way to discover popular titles, while also creating new opportunities for authors and the publishing industry to reach a wider audience.
“As we’ve proven with music charts and podcasts, when content is easier to access, discover and enjoy, demand grows,” said Duncan Bruce, Spotify’s director of Audiobook Partnerships and Licensing. blog post. “We’re excited to now bring this to audiobooks, to provide even more ways for users, publishers and authors to discover what’s trending on Spotify and make books more connected to culture in real time.”
It’s worth noting that Spotify isn’t just interested in audiobooks, as the streaming giant has recently been selling physical books as well. Spotify announced earlier this month that users in the US and UK will soon be able to purchase physical copies of books directly within the app through a partnership with Bookshop.org.
