World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs

December 23, 2025

TL;DR

Anna's Archive claims to have backed up Spotify, releasing 300 terabytes of metadata and music files.
The archive states its data represents over 99 percent of Spotify listens and 37 percent of available songs.
Spotify is investigating the scale of the alleged scraping and whether illicit tactics were used.
Anna's Archive aims to preserve music heritage and create a comprehensive list of all produced music.
The archive is reportedly funded by AI developers and has offered high-speed data access to AI labs.
Users on platforms like Hacker News and Reddit are debating the archive's motives, the usefulness of the data, and its potential legal risks.
Spotify has implemented new safeguards against scraping and is working with industry partners to protect creators.
Concerns are raised about Anna's Archive's ability to survive potential legal actions, drawing parallels to the Internet Archive's past legal struggles.

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