Spotify vs. YouTube Music - Which is Better?

Which is better - Spotify or YouTube Music? How do their features compare? What devices are they available on? Pricing comparison? Unique features? Free vs. paid version?

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0:00 Intro
0:28 Devices supported
1:32 Free vs. paid versions
2:54 Music videos
3:09 Podcasts
4:17 UI similarities
5:14 Library tab comparison
6:24 Uploading music file support
6:51 Music discovery, playlists, & daily listening
9:52 Cast music to different devices
12:05 Pricing comparison
13:09 Recommendations

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[MonthsLater]

**Correction** We mistakenly said Sonos had Chromecast support, it does not.

Here are our full guides for using YouTube Music & Apple Music if you want to learn more about them: 

Also, YouTube Music has a student plan for $4.99 / month and there is a YouTube Premium student plan for $6.99 / month.

[DJ_Darkstar]

The biggest difference is that Youtube has a LOT more music. Uploaded remixes, mashups, unreleased versions, bootlegs, explicit language versions, music video audio with the scripting, karaoke versions, 12' or extended versions, imports... I can never find these versions on Spotify. They seem to only have radio versions. I like finding EVERYTHING not just canned radio.

[Mellow_Flow]

One thing: Youtube actually has a MUCH bigger selection than spotify. Spotify doesn’t even have some of my favorite albums

[preston]

At the end of the day... YouTube Music has a HUGE advantage that Spotify will never have and that's being coupled with YouTube. Some of the service needs refinement, but that comes with time and it will eventually become more refined. I think it's a matter of time before YouTube Music grows in popularity

[harolda]

I used Spotify and Apple Music for almost a decade and recently switched to YouTube Music. Subscribing to YouTube Premium is the best decision I've ever made.

[benireges]

YouTube music is superior and I say this as a Spotify user.

[Bruno]

"Spotify vs YouTube Music"
I clicked to the title and it shows an ad for Deezer 🤣🤣🤣

[CannibalJoy]

SO.... YouTube Premium for everything and Spotify free for podcasts. Got it.

[dtac__]

YouTube Music has better catalogue for non-English language songs. Recently YouTube Music has a new student plan, which is slightly cheaper than Spotify.

[Cascade]

Recently canceled Spotify after about a year and moved to YTM. Youtube music is better. I love that they allow you to upload all your purchased songs from your previous service. Uploaded all of my and my daughters songs from Itunes, our phones and computer. Plus YTM actually does have a much larger library of music. No contest.

[corellian]

Youtube premium also includes youtube music, so for only $5/month more, you get ad free and offline movies as well.

[Cookie_Wookie_]

"Spotify has more flexible plans for students" WTF it's the same price as YT music student plan

[kronstrand.]

I've been using Spotify for about 4 years now, what I like about it is that it (algorithm) knows me so much that pretty much every song it throws at me I ended up liking them. And the playlist suggestions are just genius and awesome. And I've been using YouTube Premium for about 3 months, and I like it but not as much as Spotify. YouTube music I think does not have an algorithm as powerful as Spotify as of right now.

[philliptran]

Can't believe I just found this channel. Randomly looking for Pixel 4 vids and arrived. Keep up the awesome content!

[thecasualreviewer]

I had Spotify for over 9 years.
At the moment I'm really enjoying YouTube Music.
I've cut the cord on Spotify at the moment.

[ravitejaknts]

The only thing I hate about Spotify is it mixes Podcasts with Songs.
I like to keep those both apps separate.

Moreover, I already pay for YouTube Premium which made using YouTube Music as a no brainer.

[joycesanjose]

I’m here after KakaoM deleted most of Seventeen’s songs on Spotify 😂😂😂

[lifetrinity]

YTM has all the songs I want to listen to, Spotify always has songs that are missing.

[noelalfaro]

Glad you covered this! I've been trying both for the past 2 months and I can't decide which one to land on. The UI on YouTube Music is so much better/smoother/prettier imo but Spotify is better at recommending new music

[luuketaylor]

This is the most informative, well paced, full featured video on these two services I've seen since last year when I first started wondering how these two stacked up against each other! I've been with Google Play Music for years but don't want YouTube integration at all. I'm seriously considering moving to Spotify, and this video has shown me that it may be the right choice.