Spotify announced that by the end of the year it is expanding audiobooks from 22 to more than 180 markets. Bulgaria is on the list, but the announcement does not say exactly when or under which plan.
- 7 October 2026, Frankfurt Book Fair: Spotify promises audiobooks in more than 180 markets by the end of 2026, up from 22 today. Bulgaria is on the list.
- According to Spotify: more than 350,000 titles in more than 120 languages; three ways in - 12 hours a month in Premium, the Audiobooks+ add-on and direct purchase. Availability and pricing vary by market.
- When and through which route they appear in Bulgaria, the page does not say. There is no price.
Bulgaria is on the list. Between Brunei Darussalam and Burkina Faso, in a long run of countries that Spotify put at the very bottom of its 7 October announcement.
But the list says where, not how. Bulgaria is not among the ten countries for which Spotify explicitly says they get the 12 hours in Premium. Nor is it among the markets where Audiobooks+ is the main route: Africa, Asia and Argentina. What is left is "and more" and one sentence saying that availability and pricing vary by market.
So do not read it as "from today". The deadline is the end of the year, and there is no price. Bulgarian books are not promised either: the new catalogs Spotify names are in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Polish, and more.
Look at your app at the end of November and again at the end of December. When a section with audiobooks shows up in Bulgaria, the price will be there too, and then you will see whether you get in with Premium, with the add-on or only by buying.