Spotify (SPOT): FY26 Q1 earnings call, Apr 28, 2026

Tue, Apr 28Earnings callSpeaker-labelled transcriptSpotify

On its Apr 28, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q1), Spotify said 5 of the 15 words Kalshi listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 15 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.

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15 words · 5 settled yes · our count agreed on 15 of 15

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityMarket
Retain / Retention Yes99✓88%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Monetization Yes44✓90%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Churn Yes22✓89%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
ChatGPT Yes22✓46%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Apple Yes11✓70%transcripts from the transcript model–
Game / Gaming No00✓61%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Headwind No00✓56%transcripts from the transcript model–
Physical No00✓50%transcripts from the transcript model–
Netflix No00✓43%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Bookshop / Bookshop.org No00✓40%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Award No00✓33%transcripts from the transcript model–
Meta No00✓25%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Message No00✓23%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–
Anna's Archive No00✓16%transcripts from the transcript model–
Lyric No00✓12%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

43 matches for “User”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Alex Norströmcompanyprepared

…growth we aim to achieve, and we saw healthy engagement from existing users, reactivations, and new users alike. Since the global rollout of our more…

Alex Norströmcompanyprepared

…our second-highest gross margin ever. All that reinforces this confidence in sustained user and subscriber growth, low churn, also continued progress on revenue and margin.…

Alex Norströmcompanyprepared

…we think about retention. Importantly, it acts as a proxy for how users value their time on Spotify. We look at many metrics, but the…

Alex Norströmcompanyprepared

…compounds this. This is how we grow the lifetime value of a user. Users who engage in this way, they stay longer or perhaps never…

Alex Norströmcompanyprepared

…we're unlocking your Spotify, your way, for three quarters of a billion users around the world. Yesterday's announcement around fitness is a natural extension of…

Where the listed words were said

Gustav Söderströmcompany“Retain / Retention” · qa

…we want to see. Obviously, we think that usage is a good proxy for retention, and retention is a good proxy for revenue long term.

Christian Luigacompany“Monetization” · prepared

…products and initiatives that we believe set us up well for future monetization potential. Moving to the operating income, we are guiding to EUR 630…

Christian Luigacompany“Churn” · prepared

…our guidance. We saw no surprises with respect to price increase related churn following our January U.S. price increase. Total revenue was EUR 4.5 billion,…

Bryan Goldbergcompany“ChatGPT” · qa

…our ubiquity strategy. You have integrated Spotify in leading AI applications already, ChatGPT last year and Claude more recently. Can you talk about what type…

Alex Norströmcompany“Apple” · qa

I know you love your TV and Apple TV, Rich, so, hopefully we'll see you know, using Spotify, pumping iron in front of the TV…

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