Audio streaming platform Spotify said it has removed a podcast from influencer Andrew Tate for violating the company's policies.

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

More Andrew Tate podcasts could be removed from Spotify after the streaming platform took down content about “pimping hoes”, the PA news agency understands. Several of Tate’s podcasts were recently removed from the audio streaming service including a “pimping hoes degree” course,

Pretty vile that we’re hosting content,' one employee says on the audio streamer’s internal messaging platform.

Spotify made the wise decision to remove one of Andrew Tate’s podcasts from the platform after numerous complaints. The controversial figure’s “classes” taught men how to manipulate and control women,

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.

Earlier this week we reported on Spotify facing pressure to remove some 'courses' (actually podcasts) by Andrew Tate.

Andrew Tate’s podcast has been removed from Spotify after several complaints from both employees and an online petition garnering 92,000 signatures. The misogynist influencer has been de-platformed by both YouTube and TikTok previously.

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,

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.

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