“We Backed Up Spotify:” Pirates Claim To Have Scraped 300TB Of Music
Spotify leak claims 300TB of music scraped by Anna’s Archive. Alleged backup includes 86M tracks—99.6% of Spotify’s most-streamed songs.
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“We Backed Up Spotify:” Pirates Claim To Have Scraped 300TB Of Music
Spotify Leak Sparks Digital Preservation Debate as Pirates Claim 300TB Music Archive In a move that’s stunned both cybersecurity experts and the music industry, the shadow library Anna’s Archive claims to have scraped nearly all of Spotify’s most-listened content—amassing a staggering 300TB “music preservation” archive. The group says it has backed up 86 million tracks, representing 99.6% of total listens on the streaming giant. But is this an act of digital vigilantism or large-scale piracy? And what does it mean for artists, labels, and listeners in 2025? Credit: Google What Anna’s Archive Claims to Have Collected According to a blog post published on December 22, 2025, Anna’s Archive—best known for distributing pirated academic papers and e-books—has now turned its sights on music. The group says it bypassed Spotify’s digital protections to extract metadata and audio files at scale, using undisclosed technical methods. So far, it has released a 200GB torrent containing metadata for 256…
