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Here you will find the list of the most streamed tracks ever on Spotify, with their up to date statistics.
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More about the top Spotify tracks
How it works
This ranking is very straightforward, providing you with the list of most streamed tracks on Spotify. The page aims to list all tracks with over 500 million streams, do not hesitate to drop a comment if you notice a song that is missing.
If you are looking for a ranking which combines together all versions of a same song, the Most Streamed Songs page is available.
The most-streamed song of all time, through the years
Only 9 songs have been identified at some point as the most streamed track of all-time on Spotify, starting with Coldplay's Viva La Vida. Two of them, Human by The Killers (1,318) and Shape of You by Ed Sheeran (1,928) held the throne for over a thousand days. The latter is the only one with more than one leader, as Thinking Out Loud dominated the list during 2015.
- 01/01/2023 to now - Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
- 09/21/2017 to 12/31/2022 Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
- 10/18/2016 to 09/20/2017 One Dance - Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla
- 11/11/2015 to 10/17/2016 Lean On - Major Lazer ft. MØ & DJ Snake
- 05/22/2015 to 11/10/2015 Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
- 01/01/2014 to 05/21/2015 Wake Me Up - Avicii
- 08/30/2012 to 12/31/2013 Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
- 01/21/2009 to 08/29/2012 Human - The Killers
- 10/31/2008 to 01/20/2009 Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Ever growing numbers
When we first introduced this page, hitting 500 million was still a major milestone. Not as big as previously of course, as in 2015 when Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud became the very first to crack this number in October 11, 2015.
Barely a year later, on December 15, 2015, One Dance became the first billionaire ever. Shape Of You led for so long that it became both the first song to hit 2 billion (December 10, 2018) and 3 billion (December 22, 2021). On January 12, 2024, Blinding Lights passed 4 billion, now poised to reach 5 billion during 2025.
The density is now also very high. It will soon require 3 billion streams to be inside the top 20. The full top 100 claims over 2 billion streams. And while reaching a billion was the ultimate goal, even songs at the bottom of the top 1,000 won't last long until they get there. As for tracks over 500 milion, this page reveals more than 2,500 entries, with new songs added virtually every day.
Record breakers
Fortnight by Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone posted the largest debut and 1-day score of all-time, with 25,204,472 filtered streams on April 19, 2024. Among non-debuts, the biggest scores are 23,701,697 for a Christmas song, inevitably from Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You, and 18,424,325 for non-holiday material, a record secured by Miley Cyrus' Flowers a week into its run.
Flowers and Fortnight are also 1 and 2 among the most weekly streams, at 115,156,896 and 102,878,399 streams, respectively. They are the only songs to ever record weekly streams in 9 digits.
Longevity-wise, another woman rules, this time Tones and I with Dance Monkey. The 2019 smash ruled the Spotify daily chart for 120 days. Post Malone ft. 2 Savage hit Rockstar does better in the weekly chart, leading for 17 weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
The most streamed track of all-time on Spotify is Blinding Lights by The Weeknd, closing in 5 billion streams.
The most played female track is Dance Monkey by Tones & I.
The most streamed track by a band is Sweater Weather by American band The Neighbourhood.
The most streamed non-English song is Dákiti by Bad Bunny & Jhayco. It is also the most streamed Latin song of all-time.
We have more for you
Hi guys! Here is a new page to play with as part of the new automated background that I've mentioned in the last article with upcoming news.
This is a direct/flat most streamed tracks ranking, which enables to go much deeper than the top Songs without too many data administration. Be aware that the "Year" under which a track is listed has been automatically retrieved through Spotify, it is not always correct. A system has been set so that we can override it, I've fixed a few of them but let me know if you see other erroneous years.
The ranking overall should be fairly complete, obviously if you notice a track missing let us know!
Stay by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber is missing from the most streamed tracks list? Should be at No. 9 I believe.
I hope that ALL versions of the song should be added together.
E.g Adele Make You Feel My Love. Adele over 900 million Spotify streams, but versions of Billy Joel, Ane Brun, Garth Brooks, Michael Buble, Michael Bolton and of course Bob Dylan himself, hundred versions.
Checking the transmission of older songs,House of The Rising Sun by The Animals appear as a 1987 song.
Agreed, if the sense is to formulate a list of the most popular tracks on Spotify it makes the most sense to combine -- it's a lot more indicative of how actually popular and consumed a song is to combine versions
callaita by bad bunny is not a 2022 song, it was released in 2019 then included in his 2022 album UVST. please fix it
