The music streaming platform received criticism for keeping the show for as long as it did.

Andrew Tate’s podcast titled “pimping hoes degree” has been removed from Spotify following reported complaints from internal staff at the platform, as well as a petition which has garnered tens of thousands of signatures.

Spotify has taken down Andrew Tate ’s “pimping hoes” podcast as it was found to be in breach of the company’s rules.

A petition calling for Spotify to remove the courses is picking up steam on the Change·org website, with nearly 33,000 signatures at the time of writing. The petition was launched by Renee Chopping, a trauma counsellor who works with survivors of sex trafficking.

Spotify has removed two Andrew Tate courses that were published on its platform instructing men on how to exploit women, but a third, called ‘Andrew Tate PHD (Pimping Hoes Degree)’, remains. A petition calling for all three courses to be removed has now passed 25,

Andrew Tate, who grew up in Luton, is under criminal investigation in three countries - Alexandru Dobre/AP