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For many, streaming is now the preferred way to listen to music. There are plenty of free music streaming services out there, and if you don't mind putting up with ads or only listening on shuffle, then you can't beat that price. But if you want the full ad-free, listen-as-you-please experience, you'll need to stump up for it.
Thankfully, if you're at university, Spotify Premium Student gives you one month free, then £6 a month off after that, making it £5.99 a month (Premium Individual costs £11.99 a month following the recent Spotify price hikes). You'll only get the one month free if you've not tried Premium before.
What is Spotify Premium?
Spotify Premium lets you listen ad-free, download albums, tracks and playlists to listen to offline, listen on demand, skip as much as you want and listen in higher-quality audio. For more on what the various plans available offer, see Which Spotify plan to get.
Are you eligible for Spotify Premium Student?
Spotify says the deal is only open to "students at accredited university-level educational institutions". To be able to get it you'll need to submit info that enables Spotify to verify that you're a student, including you name, educational institution, email address, date of birth and possibly "other documents". For full details, see the section '2.3 Student-user Paid Subscriptions' in the Spotify T&Cs.
You'll be able to get Spotify Premium Student for up to four years, but you'll need to re-verify that you're a student every 12 months. When the four years is up, or if you don't re-verify, you'll automatically be transferred to Spotify Premium Individual and charged £11.99 a month. If you don't want that to happen, take note of when you need to re-verify and/or when the four years is up.
Looking for more ways to save as a student? Then check out our Student checklist for 50+ MoneySaving tips and our round-up of Student discounts & deals for the latest offers and promotions.
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Spotify Free is, as you might have gathered from the name, free to use as long as you don't mind adverts interrupting your listening and not being able to listen offline, plus on mobile, only be able to listen on shuffle and only being able to skip tracks six times an hour. For more info on what it does (and doesn't) offer, see Get Spotify for free.
If you want to listen without ads and offline, and be able to select whatever track you want and skip as much as you want on mobile, you'll have to pay for Spotify Premium, which starts at £11.99 a month following the recent Spotify price hikes. But to help you save money and get the most out of it, here are our top three tips and tricks:
Check if you can get Spotify Premium for free
If you've not subscribed to Spotify Premium before, look out for short-lived promos offering Spotify Premium Individual for free to newbies, usually for one month or three months. We'll usually list offers like those on this page, but it's always worth checking Spotify's site before signing up.When the free period ends, you'll be automatically be charged £11.99 a month. You can cancel at anytime though, so remember to do so before the free period ends if you don't want to keep it.
Never pay for more than one Spotify Premium plan per household
If you don't live alone, and at least one other person in your household uses Spotify Premium, it's almost NEVER worth paying for more than one subscription.
If there are two or more of you and you're OK using one Premium account between you, the cheapest option is to share a single Premium Individual account costing £11.99 a month, but this means sharing libraries, playlists, recommendations and so on too.
If there are two of you and you each want your own Premium account, you can save by subscribing to Spotify Premium Duo. This is designed for two users living at the same address and costs £16.99 a month, saving you £3.50 each a month (£42 each a year) on having two separate Spotify Premium Individual plans.
If there are three or more or you and you each want your own Premium account, you can save with Spotify Premium Family. This is aimed at up to six users living at the same address and costs £19.99 a month, so you can save up to £8.66 each a month (up to £104 each a year) compared with each person paying for Spotify Premium individual.
For more info on costs and features, see Spotify Premium prices & plans.
Check if alternatives are cheaper
While it's the biggest name about when it comes to streaming music and podcasts, Spotify's far from the only option. There are several big-name alternatives that can be cheaper –for example, Amazon Music Prime is 'free' as part of an Amazon Prime membership, which costs £8.99 a month. See our full list of Spotify alternatives.
Looking for more ways to save on streaming music? See our full Spotify MoneySaving guide and our Free music streaming guide.
Latest Expired Deals
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Three months' FREE Spotify Premium for newbies
Or £12 if you've had it before. Normally £36
ExpiredThe cost of music streaming has been on the rise in recent years, but here's a way to slash the cost of popular streaming service Spotify, for both newbies and some returning users...
New to Spotify Premium? It's offering three months of Premium Individual for FREE (normally £11.99 a month, so £35.97 for three) to new users who sign up by Tuesday 17 September.
Subscribed to Spotify Premium before? If your Spotify Premium access ended over 30 days ago, you can get three months for £11.99 (the price of one month) if you sign back up by Tuesday 17 September – you'll need to be logged into your account to see the deal. If you've taken up a welcome offer similar to the one above in the last 24 months you won't be eligible for this deal, sadly.
Important. You'll need to enter payment details and once your offer period ends, you'll automatically be charged £11.99 a month from then on, unless you cancel. You can cancel at any time, so if you don't want to keep Premium, either cancel as soon as you've activated the offer or make a note to do so at a later date (you'll see the first ongoing billing date when you sign up). If you cancel, you'll be able to use Spotify Free instead, which has ads and listening restrictions, and can only be used when online.
This deal is only available on the Premium Individual plan, which is intended for one person. Students who are new to Spotify can get one-month free Premium Student.
What is Spotify Premium? Unlike Spotify Free, Premium allows you to listen to music without ads, download it to listen to offline, and listen on-demand, without any restrictions on what you select or how many times you skip. For more info on what's on offer, see our Spotify plan help.
For more ways to save on music streaming, see our 12 Spotify MoneySaving tips and Free music streaming guide.
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Get Spotify Premium FREE for three months
If you're a newbie. Normally £12 a month
ExpiredNot subscibed to Spotify Premium before? Then here's a deal worth listening to... Spotify is again offering three months of Premium Individual for FREE (normally £11.99 a month, so £35.97 for three) to new users who sign up by Tuesday 21 May 2024.
The free three months is only available on the Premium Individual plan, which is intended for one person. Spotify isn't currently offering a similar deal on Premium Duo (for two people) or Premium Family (for up to six), but it is offering one-month free on Premium Student (although this is only available to newbies who are students at an "accredited higher education institution".
Important. You have to enter your payment details to get the free period, and if you don't cancel your subscription before it ends you'll automatically be charged £11.99 a month from then on. You can cancel at anytime, so if you don't want to keep Premium, either cancel as soon as you've activated the offer or make a note to do so at a later date (you'll see the first billing date when you sign up). If you cancel, once the three months are up you'll be able to use Spotify Free instead, which has ads and listening restrictions, and can only be used when online.
What is Spotify Premium? Unlike Spotify Free, Spotify Premium allows you to listen to music without ads, download it to listen to offline, and listen to it on-demand, without any restrictions on what you select or how many times you skip. For more info on what's on offer, see our Spotify plan help.
Can existing or former Spotify Premium subscribers get three months free? Although there's plenty of info about on how to take advantage of offers like this if you're not a new user, Spotify's T&Cs state "you must be a new subscriber to any and all paid subscriptions and not have subscribed to, or accepted a trial of, a paid subscription at any time in the past" and that it "reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate a trial at any time and for any reason". So if you sign up despite not being a newbie, you could find the free period gets cancelled.
For more ways to save on music streaming, see our 12 Spotify MoneySaving tips and Free music streaming guide.
Related: Spotify is hiking prices by up to £24 a year – here's what's happening.
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