Andrew Tate; the person who made a fortune off of trafficking and exploiting women and girls has hit the headlines yet again.
And this time, it’s because Spotify is refusing to take down his misogynistic and abusive content.
This bloke, if you aren’t aware, has bragged about meeting women, sleeping with them, and then “get her to fall in love with me to where she’d do anything I say and then get her on webcam so we could become rich together.” This quote has since been deleted from his website, but it demonstrates the manipulation tactics that this man was willing to go to in the name of making money.
He’s even bragged that at one point he had as many as 75 women doing things on webcams, through coercive control, which he profited from.
The Problem
Not content with keeping this knowledge to himself, Andrew Tate then took a dive into the online course world and decided to record his ‘knowledge’ which he made available on Spotify.
Despite the huge controversy and press attention gained by Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, Spotify did nothing to remove this content.
When people complained about the content, Spotify’s reply was that it didn’t violate any policies and warned users that misusing the reporting function could impact on their accounts.
Passive aggression, much?
Many people have taken to social media to state their intention to close their Spotify accounts out of protest. However, as Spotify has over 252 million monthly paying subscribers, even if 1 million of these people left the platform (and that’d be a big ask to find a million people willing to quit Spotify out of protest) this would mean that Spotify wouldn’t even lose 0.5% of their paid monthly subscribers.
I’m not saying not to quite the platform, but I am saying that it’ll take more than a few people voting with their feet to really make Spotify sit up and listen.
The Petition
On 27th February 2025, Rennee Chopping and Collective Shout launches a petition on change.org to have Andrew Tate’s disgusting content removed from Spotify.
“Spotify is cashing in on the exploitation of women and girls,” she wrote. “The platform is hosting courses by misogynist influencer and accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate – courses that actively teach men how to manipulate, control, and profit from the exploitation of women.”
Chopping continues by stating: “As a trauma counsellor supporting survivors of sex trafficking and working closely with young people in Australian schools, I’ve seen firsthand how content like this fuels global harm.”
She also acknowledges how this content is problematic for young males: “In classrooms, I’ve sat with young boys who admire influencers like Andrew Tate, believing that dominance, aggression, and entitlement define success and masculinity. I’ve also listened to young girls express the daily impact of these toxic ideals – how they feel pressured to meet unrealistic beauty standards, tolerate degradation and rape threats, and navigate a world where they are seen as objects rather than equals.”
So how does this all work?
Well, in the ‘courses’ (and I’ll admit, I’ve never listened and am very, very unlikely to part with my cash to listen to this disgusting tripe), but apparently if I were to listen, I’d learn exactly how to make a fortune by exploiting women.
How?
Simple. I’d learn how to make them love me and then abuse them.
Charming.
As described by Chopping: “Tate recruits women under the pretence of a romantic relationship, which is also known as the ‘loverboy’ or ‘romeo’ pimp method – manipulating victims into trusting him, only to later force or coerce them into sexual exploitation under the guise of love and care.”
And it seems that Andrew Tate has no limitations on how young you can start exploiting girls from: “I’ve counselled survivors – some trafficked as young as 9 – who have endured repeated abuse at the hands of men who used the same tactics Tate brags about. It takes years, if not a lifetime, of rehabilitative care to undo the damage, yet Tate boasts about profiting from their pain. And Spotify is helping him cash in.”
And herein lies the problem. Not only is a disgusting person touting these vile acts, but a global company worth $109 billion is letting him do this and you could argue, even encouraging him by not taking the content down of their own volition. After all, Andrew Tate has gained a whole lot of media attention over the last few months to say the least.
Despite multiple allegations of rape, sex trafficking, and abuse – including trafficking of minors – Spotify continues to give Tate a megaphone. His courses, some requiring a paid subscription to access, show men how to recruit and exploit women for pornography, under the guise of ‘business advice’. Spotify directly profits from these lessons in predation.”
You can add your name to the petition to get this content removed from Spotify here >> https://chng.it/QjD5KCCgHN.
Update
As of March 2025, Tate’s ‘Pimping Hoes’ ‘course’ has been removed from Spotify. They finally bowed to public pressure! But this isn’t enough. Lots of Tate’s content is still freely available on both Spotify and other platforms.
