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838 100840 - Disclosure - Issued Share Capital and Other Reserves - Summary of Other Reserves (Details) Network

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870 100850 - Disclosure - Share-based Payments - Additional Information (Details) Network

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902 100860 - Disclosure - Share-based Payments - Schedule of Activities in RSUs and RSAs Outstanding and Related Information (Details) Network

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936 100880 - Disclosure - Share-based Payments - Summary of Share Options Outstanding (Detail) Network

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948 100890 - Disclosure - Share-based Payments - Summary of Share Options Outstanding (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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963 100900 - Disclosure - Share-based Payments - Summary of Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Models (Details) Network

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974 100910 - Disclosure - Share-based Payments - Summary of Impact of Changes on Stock Options Expense for Options Granted (Details) Network

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990 100920 - Disclosure - Share-based Payments - Summary of Expense Recognized in Consolidated Statement of Operations for Employee Share Based Payments (Details) Network

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1001 100930 - Disclosure - Convertible Notes and Borrowings - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1030 100960 - Disclosure - Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities - Summary of Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities (Details) Network

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1048 100980 - Disclosure - Provisions - Summary of Changes in Groups Provisions (Details) Network

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1064 100990 - Disclosure - Provisions - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1074 101000 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1136 101010 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Liquidity Position in Terms of Available Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short Term Investments (Details) Network

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1137 Disclosure Of Liquidity Risk [Table] Table

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1147 101020 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Immediate Impact on Net Loss Before Tax (Details) Network

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1151 101030 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Notional Principal of the Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts by Hedged Line Item in Statement of Operations (Details) Network

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1152 Disclosure Of Financial Risk Management And Financial Instruments [Table] Table

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1165 101040 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Major Security Type, Financial Assets and Liabilities that are Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis and Category Using Fair Value Hierarchy (Details) Network

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1166 Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Table] Table

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1199 101050 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Changes in Long Term Investments (Details) Network

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1207 101060 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Weightings Applied to Valuation Method (Details) Network

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1219 101070 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of PWERM Valuations (Details) Network

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1237 101080 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Key Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value of Ordinary Shares and Contingent Options Using PWERM (Details) Network

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1247 101090 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Changes in Contingent Options Liability (Details) Network

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1248 Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Table] Table

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1256 101100 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Assumption Used to Estimate Fair Value of Warrants (Details) Network

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1257 Disclosure Of Significant Unobservable Inputs Used In Fair Value Measurement Of Liabilities [Table] Table

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1267 Risk free rate (%) Concept (Percent) For Period ck0001639920:InterestRateObservableInputsLiabilities
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1269 Share price (US$) Concept (Monetary) For Period ck0001639920:SharePriceSignificantUnobservableInputsLiabilities
1270 101110 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Changes in Warrants Liability (Details) Network

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1271 Disclosure Of Changes In Warrants Liability [Table] Table

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1277 Issuance of warrant for cash Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ck0001639920:IssuanceOfStockWarrantsForCash
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1279 Changes in fair value Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnFinancialLiabilitiesAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
1280 Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ck0001639920:EffectOfChangesInForeignExchangeRatesDerivativeLiability
1281 Ending balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ck0001639920:WarrantLiability
1282 101120 - Disclosure - Financial Risk Management and Financial Instruments - Summary of Changes in Convertible Notes (Details) Network

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1283 Implied Table Table

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1284 Disclosure Of Financial Instruments [Abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinancialInstrumentsAbstract
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1287 Changes in fair value Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ck0001639920:IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueOfConvertibleNotes
1288 Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ck0001639920:IncreaseDecreaseConvertibleNotesThroughChangesInForeignExchangeRates
1289 Issuance of shares upon exchange of Convertible Notes Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ck0001639920:IncreaseDecreaseConvertibleNotesThroughIssuanceOfSharesUponExchange
1290 Ending balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ck0001639920:ConvertibleNotes
1291 101130 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Non-cancellable Operating Leases (Details) Network

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1292 Disclosure Of Finance Lease And Operating Lease By Lessee [Table] Table

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1299 Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumLeasePaymentsPayableUnderNoncancellableOperatingLease
1300 101140 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1301 Commitments And Contingencies [Table] Table

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1308 Service Agreement Term Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ck0001639920:ServiceAgreementTerm
1309 Number of lawsuits on alleging unlawful practices Concept (Integer) For Period ck0001639920:NumberOfLawsuits
1310 101150 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Minimum Royalty Payments Associated With License Agreements (Details) Network

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1311 Disclosure Of Minimum Royalty Payments Associated With License Agreements [Table] Table

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1317 Minimum royalty payments associated with license agreements Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ck0001639920:MinimumRoyaltyPaymentsAssociatedWithLicenseAgreements
1318 101160 - Disclosure - Related Party Transaction - Summary of Related Party Transactions (Details) Network

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1319 Implied Table Table

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1320 Disclosure Of Transactions Between Related Parties [Abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesAbstract
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1322 Short term employee benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationShorttermEmployeeBenefits
1323 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationSharebasedPayment
1324 Post-employment benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationPostemploymentBenefits
1325 Termination benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationTerminationBenefits
1326 Total key management compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensation
1327 101170 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1328 Disclosure Of Transactions Between Related Parties [Table] Table

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1336 101180 - Disclosure - Group Information - Summary of Company's Principal Subsidiaries (Details) Network

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1337 Disclosure Of Significant Investments In Subsidiaries [Table] Table

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1342 Spotify Ltd Member ck0001639920:SpotifyLtdMember
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1345 Spotify GmbH Member ck0001639920:SpotifyGmbHMember
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1349 Spotify Australia Pty Ltd Member ck0001639920:SpotifyAustraliaPtyLtdMember
1350 Spotify Brasil Serviços De Música LTDA Member ck0001639920:SpotifyBrasilServicosDeMusicaLTDAMember
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1373 101190 - Disclosure - Events After the Reporting Period - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1374 Disclosure Of Nonadjusting Events After Reporting Period [Table] Table

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