List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
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The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of April 2026, Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history. Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist.[1]
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Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Bad Bunny a record four times (2020–2022; 2025), being the only artist to do so in three consecutive years. Drake has topped the list three times (2015–2016; 2018), while Swift is the only female artist to have topped the list (2023–2024).
Most-streamed artists
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By year
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
| Year | Artist ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2013[3] | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Avicii | Daft Punk | Eminem | Imagine Dragons |
| 2014[4] | Ed Sheeran (860 million) | Eminem | Coldplay | Calvin Harris | Katy Perry |
| 2015[5] | Drake (1.8 billion) | Ed Sheeran | The Weeknd | Maroon 5 | Kanye West |
| 2016[6] | Drake (4.7 billion) | Justin Bieber | Rihanna | Twenty One Pilots | Kanye West |
| 2017[7] | Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion) | Drake | The Weeknd | Kendrick Lamar | The Chainsmokers |
| 2018[8] | Drake (8.2 billion) | Post Malone | XXXTentacion | J Balvin | Ed Sheeran |
| 2019[9] | Post Malone (6.5 billion) | Billie Eilish | Ariana Grande | Ed Sheeran | Bad Bunny |
| 2020[10] | Bad Bunny (8.3 billion) | Drake | J Balvin | Juice Wrld | The Weeknd |
| 2021[11] | Bad Bunny (9.1 billion) | Taylor Swift | BTS | Drake | Justin Bieber |
| 2022[12] | Bad Bunny (18.5 billion) | Taylor Swift | Drake | The Weeknd | BTS |
| 2023[13] | Taylor Swift (26.1 billion) | Bad Bunny | The Weeknd | Drake | Peso Pluma |
| 2024[14] | Taylor Swift (26.6 billion) | The Weeknd | Bad Bunny | Drake | Billie Eilish |
| 2025[15] | Bad Bunny (19.8 billion) | Taylor Swift | The Weeknd | Drake | Billie Eilish |
By decade
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
| Decade | Artist ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2010s[16] | Drake (28 billion) | Ed Sheeran | Post Malone | Ariana Grande | Eminem |
First 10 years
The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the availability of Spotify. While founded in 2006, the company officially launched in 2008.
| Years | Artist ranking | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 2008–2018[17] | Drake | Ed Sheeran | Eminem | The Weeknd | Rihanna | Kanye West | Coldplay | Justin Bieber | Calvin Harris | Ariana Grande |
First 20 years
The most streamed artists in the first 20 years of the existence of Spotify. While founded in 2006, the company officially launched in 2008, so in only 18 of the 20 years were artists available to listen to.
| Years | Artist ranking | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2006–2026[1] | Taylor Swift | Bad Bunny | Drake | The Weeknd | Ariana Grande | Ed Sheeran | Justin Bieber | Billie Eilish | Eminem | Kanye West | ||||||||||
Most monthly listeners
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As of June 2026, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd was the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the first female artist and second overall.[18] American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was the third and youngest artist to achieve the feat.[19] American rapper Kendrick Lamar was the first rapper to both achieve the feat and surpass the 110 million mark. Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the first Latin artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners.[20] The most recent artist that surpassed 100 million monthly listeners is Drake after the simultaneous releases of his studio albums Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour. British band Coldplay are the first group to reach every milestone from 60 million to 100 million.[21]
Most-followed artists
As of May 2026, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist and Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist on Spotify.[72]
Timeline of peak monthly listeners
This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public.[108]
By number of months
| Artist | Number (share) | Last month | First month |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Weeknd | 57 months (44.2%) | November 2025 | September 2015 |
| Justin Bieber | 18 months (14%) | May 2026 | November 2015 |
| Ed Sheeran | 17 months (13.2%) | October 2022 | February 2017 |
| Bruno Mars | 13 months (10.1%) | April 2026 | November 2024 |
| Drake | 8 months (6.2%) | May 2018 | May 2016 |
| Ariana Grande | 7 months (5.4%) | December 2025 | November 2018 |
| Taylor Swift | 3 months (2.3%) | December 2023 | November 2022 |
| Khalid | 2 months (1.6%) | May 2019 | April 2019 |
| Rihanna | 1 months (0.8%) | April 2016 | |
| Daddy Yankee | 1 months (0.8%) | July 2017 | |
| J Balvin | 1 months (0.8%) | June 2018 | |
| Billie Eilish | 1 months (0.8%) | August 2024 | |
| Total months | 129 | As of May 2026 | |
See also
- List of Spotify streaming records
- List of most-viewed YouTube channels
- List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
- List of most-followed Facebook pages
- List of most-followed TikTok accounts
- List of most-followed Twitch channels
- List of most-followed Twitter accounts
- List of most-followed Instagram accounts
Notes
- For the years 2019 to 2022, and 2024 to 2025, the most streamed artist of the year did not top the monthly listeners list.