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# TOP POSTS – Last week’s most read posts on Hypebot: Spotify, TikTok, WMG & more
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/top-posts-last-weeks-most-read-posts-on-hypebot-spotify-tiktok-wmg-more/
- Published: 2024-02-12T13:17:41.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-12T13:17:45.000Z
- Description: Catch up on what everyone is talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from Spotify milestones, UMG vs. TikTok, WMG layoffs, indies at the Grammys, and more…
- Author: Alana Bonilla
- Tags: Music Business, music, music industry, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

Catch up on what everyone is talking about with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from Spotify milestones, UMG vs. TikTok, WMG layoffs, indies at the Grammys, and more…

- [**85% of TikTok and 84% of YouTube videos include music**](https://www.hypebot.com/85-of-tiktok-and-84-of-youtube-videos-include-music/)
- [**Spotify paid the music industry $9 billion in 2023**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-paid-the-music-industry-9-billion-in-2023/)
- [**35% of top TikTok tracks were removed by UMG, but fans & savvy artists find workarounds**](https://www.hypebot.com/35-of-top-tiktok-tracks-were-removed-by-umg-but-fans-find-workarounds/)
- [**Four big music takeaways from Spotify’s earnings call**](https://www.hypebot.com/four-big-takeways-for-music-from-spotifys-q3-earnings-call/)
- [**Spotify passes 602 Million Monthly Active Users**](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-passes-603-million-monthly-active-users/)
- [**WMG has the strongest quarter ever, tips 10% layoffs, Uproxx & HipHopDX sale to invest $200M in core music business**](https://www.hypebot.com/wmg-has-strongest-quarter-ever-tips-10-layoffs-sale-of-uproxx-hiphopdx-to-invest-200m-more-in-music/)
- [**Half of all Grammy 2024 winners were independent!**](https://www.hypebot.com/half-of-all-grammy-2024-winners-were-independent/)
- [**TikTok UMG music takedowns have begun and will happen in 3 phases**](https://www.hypebot.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=81401&action=edit)