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Germany

6 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 18, 2023 by Daniel Ek · said 99 times in 22 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Rosenthal (66), Ben Gilbert (19), Doug DeMuro (6), Daniel Ek (6), Packy McCormick (1), Dara Khosrowshahi (1)

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2026 8 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
2025 15 mentions in 6 episodes 3 per episode
2024 30 mentions in 5 episodes 6 per episode
2023 42 mentions in 5 episodes 8 per episode
2022 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Germany, oldest first

May 18, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ek: German music labels uploaded audiobooks onto Spotify using catalog rights
“For instance, in Germany, unbeknownst to us, but one of the sort of crazy things that ended up happening was just people started uploading audio books because it turns out that these music labels actually own a bunch of audio book rights.”
Daniel Ek May 18, 2023 ▶ 4:52 Spotify CEO Daniel Ek · Acquired
Jun 27, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
In the 1930s, 2% of Germans Owned Cars Versus 30% of Americans
“Apparently only two percent of Germans owned a car versus 30% of Americans by the 19 thirties.”
Doug DeMuro Jun 27, 2023 ▶ 8:55 Porsche (with Doug DeMuro) · Acquired
Sep 30, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ek: German labels hacking Spotify to upload audiobooks prompted podcast expansion
“What happened in Germany is all the record companies started uploading audiobooks to the service. So they started hacking the system for all these other things, and when they ran out of that, they actually started uploading podcasts.”
Daniel Ek Sep 30, 2024 ▶ 19:22 Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg) · Acquired
Nov 18, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Germany remains IKEA's largest market, surpassing Sweden and the US
“And actually, do you know what IKEA's largest market is still to this day? It is not Sweden. It's not the US. It's not China. It's Germany.”
David Rosenthal Nov 18, 2024 ▶ 7:48 IKEA (Audio) · Acquired
Nov 24, 2025
Assertion Supported
Sprite actually originated in Germany as 'Fanta Clear Lemon' before US rebranding
“Sprite is Fanta clear lemon from Germany. That they brought over to America and rebranded it as Sprite.”
David Rosenthal Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 3:19:29 Coca-Cola: The Complete History & Strategy (Audio) · Acquired
Nov 24, 2025
Assertion Supported
Fanta originated in WWII Germany when bottlers lacked Coca-Cola ingredient supplies
“They would change the formula and they would launch it in the U S later in 1960, but Fanta has its origins as we can't get real Coca-Cola in Germany during World War II.”
Ben Gilbert Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 1:48:52 Coca-Cola: The Complete History & Strategy (Audio) · Acquired
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