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Spotify has launched Audiobooks+ in Pakistan from November 4, giving Free and Premium users access to over 100,000 English titles as part of its push into 180 markets by the end of 2026.
For years, Pakistani Spotify users could stream music and podcasts but had to look elsewhere for audiobooks. That has now changed. Spotify has launched audiobooks in Pakistan, and from November 4 both Free and Premium users can buy a monthly allowance of audiobook hours through an add-on subscription called Audiobooks+.
Subscribers get access to more than 100,000 titles from Spotify’s global English-language catalogue. The app now has a dedicated Audiobooks tab where listeners can search, browse and explore the library in one place. The Express Tribune reports that audiobooks can also be downloaded for offline listening, with progress synchronised across supported devices.
Getting started is simple. Users update the Spotify app, open the Audiobooks hub or search for a title, choose a book and add Audiobooks+. Plans can be managed from the account page on Spotify’s website.
The Pakistan launch is part of a much larger move. At the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 7, Spotify announced a global expansion that will take audiobooks from 22 markets to more than 180 by the end of 2026. ProPakistani had flagged in early October that Pakistan was on the list of countries due to receive the service, and Spotify says the rollout will give more than 780 million people access to stream or buy audiobooks on the platform.
The business case is clear. Spotify says Audiobooks+ has passed one million subscribers and generates more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue, according to figures reported alongside the expansion. Pakistan, with its large and young mobile audience, is a natural next market.
Spotify executives framed the launch around reading habits. Owen Smith, the company’s VP of Audiobooks, said “Books change how we see the world, and the people in it.” He added that for many people audiobooks are how they find their way back to reading, whether on a commute, on a walk or at the end of a long day.
For Pakistan, the launch also raises a question about content. The catalogue is English-language, so the real test will be whether listeners who are used to Urdu and regional-language storytelling take to it, and whether Spotify adds local titles over time. For now, the commute just got a lot more interesting for anyone who prefers a book to a playlist.
