Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artists ever on Spotify with 105,944,825,439 streams as of July 21, 2025.
Streaming dominates the music industry, accounting for a whopping 69% of global recorded music sales, with Spotify claiming the lion's share.
Earning a spot among the top Spotify artists ranking isn't just impressive, it marks global superstardom.
This constantly updated ranking highlights the most listened-to artists on Spotify since its launch, based on lead artist streams.
Check in daily for the latest stats and shifting positions.
Rank
Artist
Streams
1 Taylor Swift 105,944,825,439 2 Bad Bunny 91,714,770,651 3 Drake 89,238,155,414 4 The Weeknd 70,969,250,791 5 Ariana Grande 55,593,074,458 6 Ed Sheeran 54,314,361,138 7 Eminem 51,389,541,259 8 Justin Bieber 50,076,543,576 9 Billie Eilish 49,720,205,384 10 Kanye West 47,874,323,323 11 Post Malone 46,022,171,612 12 BTS 43,272,194,487 13 Travis Scott 40,260,556,041 14 Coldplay 40,172,137,545 15 Rihanna 39,645,079,591 16 Kendrick Lamar 38,370,237,494 17 J Balvin 38,340,710,410 18 Bruno Mars 38,193,423,713 19 Dua Lipa 36,958,339,025 20 Imagine Dragons 36,131,391,386 21 Juice WRLD 35,554,845,878 22 David Guetta 33,670,178,794 23 XXXTENTACION 33,023,995,818 24 Lana Del Rey 32,365,421,235 25 KAROL G 31,221,803,898 26 Maroon 5 31,139,862,621 27 Ozuna 30,871,566,739 28 Lady Gaga 30,674,893,206 29 Future 29,335,872,419 30 Calvin Harris 29,094,625,738 31 Khalid 28,602,605,179 32 Rauw Alejandro 28,461,003,682 33 Beyoncé 28,044,226,712 34 Shawn Mendes 26,815,126,575 35 Linkin Park 26,504,994,082 36 Sam Smith 26,197,064,201 37 Queen 26,145,319,210 38 One Direction 25,638,619,796 39 Adele 25,332,630,240 40 Harry Styles 25,164,273,464 41 SZA 25,075,501,602 42 Anuel AA 25,033,172,457 43 Metro Boomin 24,977,024,633 44 Shakira 24,822,436,304 45 Chris Brown 24,754,389,512 46 J. Cole 24,602,111,310 47 Daddy Yankee 24,208,051,686 48 Arctic Monkeys 24,085,994,643 49 Peso Pluma 23,826,795,311 50 Doja Cat 23,777,389,954 51 Feid 23,218,739,637 52 Morgan Wallen 23,117,372,707 53 Arijit Singh 23,010,044,135 54 Olivia Rodrigo 22,976,432,370 55 The Beatles 22,932,644,192 56 Katy Perry 22,108,185,794 57 Nicki Minaj 21,469,448,226 58 Selena Gomez 21,416,421,085 59 21 Savage 21,395,101,931 60 Maluma 21,361,736,873 61 The Chainsmokers 21,354,679,249 62 Pritam 20,887,928,343 63 Marshmello 20,875,954,311 64 Sia 20,700,914,389 65 Lil Uzi Vert 20,602,576,902 66 Tyler, The Creator 20,105,511,158 67 Halsey 19,439,692,057 68 Twenty One Pilots 19,331,115,419 69 Junior H 19,274,224,402 70 Miley Cyrus 19,044,988,088 71 Myke Towers 18,768,547,686 72 Lil Baby 18,670,115,339 73 Red Hot Chili Peppers 18,478,974,878 74 Avicii 18,419,262,157 75 OneRepublic 18,222,467,520 76 Fuerza Regida 17,743,020,674 77 $uicideboy$ 17,465,115,027 78 Michael Jackson 17,233,939,247 79 Frank Ocean 17,178,328,143 80 Kygo 17,172,874,679 81 Farruko 17,154,176,228 82 Camila Cabello 17,002,300,451 83 Sabrina Carpenter 16,391,557,539 84 Mac Miller 16,381,406,150 85 Pitbull 16,266,300,945 86 Natanael Cano 16,003,163,654 87 Elton John 15,987,138,407 88 Lil Peep 15,955,726,828 89 The Neighbourhood 15,951,809,468 90 Metallica 15,791,815,008 91 Jason Derulo 15,254,541,659 92 Zach Bryan 15,248,704,301 93 Charlie Puth 15,236,611,993 94 Luke Combs 14,984,138,047 95 Gunna 14,919,641,483 96 Romeo Santos 14,734,328,664 97 AC/DC 14,573,680,062 98 Hozier 14,551,147,250 99 Luis Miguel 14,461,966,374 100 BLACKPINK 14,394,529,141 101 Lil Wayne 14,347,105,956 102 Demi Lovato 14,305,488,704 103 James Arthur 14,300,658,853 104 Alan Walker 14,261,133,232 105 Ellie Goulding 14,140,284,613 106 Pop Smoke 14,104,198,321 107 P!nk 14,090,056,874 108 YoungBoy Never Broke Again 13,960,847,671 109 Tiësto 13,933,039,248 110 Playboi Carti 13,855,564,533 111 Nirvana 13,726,891,996 112 A$AP Rocky 13,638,811,836 113 Henrique & Juliano 13,389,250,225 114 DJ Snake 13,376,810,753 115 Carin Leon 13,364,755,725 116 Young Thug 13,258,714,337 117 Nicky Jam 13,227,461,832 118 Disney 13,052,306,402 119 Fleetwood Mac 13,040,803,347 120 Green Day 13,010,441,622 121 Bizarrap 12,991,671,961 122 Bob Marley & The Wailers 12,916,753,488 123 Sech 12,878,510,297 124 Tate McRae 12,849,468,734 125 Fall Out Boy 12,786,365,301 126 DaBaby 12,736,861,753 127 Trippie Redd 12,673,987,205 128 Black Eyed Peas 12,632,881,552 129 Manuel Turizo 12,585,721,378 130 Lewis Capaldi 12,545,846,242 131 The Kid LAROI 12,423,187,835 132 Wiz Khalifa 12,417,153,091 133 50 Cent 12,344,200,992 134 Britney Spears 12,343,955,581 135 Diplo 12,329,204,586 136 NF 12,306,436,485 137 Radiohead 12,305,844,740 138 Lil Nas X 12,298,025,871 139 Martin Garrix 12,278,196,221 140 G-Eazy 12,242,037,389 141 Cardi B 12,223,302,027 142 Panic! At The Disco 12,221,788,766 143 Don Omar 12,086,087,318 144 Justin Timberlake 12,085,236,658 145 Sebastian Yatra 11,954,613,185 146 JAY-Z 11,865,357,401 147 Duki 11,654,359,322 148 Bebe Rexha 11,641,261,440 149 A Boogie Wit da Hoodie 11,614,695,562 150 Guns N' Roses 11,547,629,437 151 Macklemore 11,546,462,739 152 Joji 11,475,722,074 153 Marília Mendonça 11,463,346,325 154 Pink Floyd 11,403,018,898 155 Major Lazer 11,345,504,286 156 Stray Kids 11,301,878,583 157 2Pac 11,265,772,511 158 John Mayer 11,252,115,573 159 Gorillaz 11,251,976,468 160 Anirudh Ravichander 11,220,985,103 161 ZAYN 11,114,136,958 162 Jack Harlow 11,109,733,679 163 Christian Nodal 11,105,157,423 164 Kodak Black 11,104,943,254 165 Tyga 11,075,689,444 166 The Rolling Stones 11,040,610,297 167 Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga 10,996,061,744 168 Ava Max 10,992,623,310 169 Quevedo 10,946,004,377 170 Lauv 10,914,521,398 171 5 Seconds of Summer 10,910,531,201 172 Usher 10,901,956,074 173 Morat 10,828,720,316 174 Mariah Carey 10,787,830,908 175 Anne-Marie 10,778,050,726 176 System Of A Down 10,699,051,935 177 Michael Bublé 10,632,204,927 178 Machine Gun Kelly 10,623,460,420 179 Enrique Iglesias 10,617,102,528 180 ABBA 10,600,689,051 181 Childish Gambino 10,591,609,949 182 Rels B 10,583,383,387 183 Flo Rida 10,563,108,472 184 Grupo Frontera 10,515,113,276 185 Polo G 10,498,837,053 186 A.R. Rahman 10,420,317,004 187 Little Mix 10,396,077,141 188 Becky G 10,300,031,898 189 Tame Impala 10,277,913,973 190 Zedd 10,249,374,011 191 Don Toliver 10,246,089,456 192 Anitta 10,236,942,317 193 TWICE 10,203,350,285 194 Tory Lanez 10,199,848,076 195 Melanie Martinez 10,178,447,815 196 Migos 10,176,303,090 197 Logic 10,126,417,508 198 Cigarettes After Sex 10,121,767,664 199 DJ Khaled 10,097,184,023 200 Kid Cudi 10,037,587,414 201 Robin Schulz 9,996,961,045 202 Jorge & Mateus 9,947,544,570 203 Zara Larsson 9,918,449,661 204 Kali Uchis 9,900,038,755 205 Elvis Presley 9,899,849,587 206 Camilo 9,879,173,264 207 Frank Sinatra 9,797,854,869 208 Arcangel 9,788,934,965 209 Creedence Clearwater Revival 9,641,889,744 210 Madonna 9,568,605,302 211 Gusttavo Lima 9,558,234,104 212 Lorde 9,541,865,280 213 Jhayco 9,488,288,631 214 Rammstein 9,472,880,238 215 blink-182 9,463,079,106 216 Clean Bandit 9,460,186,015 217 Meghan Trainor 9,443,900,839 218 Lil Tecca 9,434,975,844 219 Paramore 9,431,360,442 220 Foo Fighters 9,403,549,668 221 Slipknot 9,399,663,746 222 Snoop Dogg 9,350,333,199 223 David Bowie 9,298,810,011 224 blackbear 9,283,880,507 225 Reik 9,279,192,353 226 Noah Kahan 9,262,956,700 227 The Killers 9,247,503,155 228 Russ 9,238,778,004 229 Sean Paul 9,203,396,763 230 Jul 9,153,538,716 231 Mitski 9,147,499,577 232 Bon Jovi 9,143,671,226 233 Eladio Carrion 9,138,703,174 234 Labrinth 9,137,163,136 235 Jung Kook 9,132,950,090 236 Mora 9,062,918,066 237 Luis R Conriquez 9,056,152,522 238 Lil Durk 9,001,355,874 239 Ty Dolla $ign 9,000,668,014 240 The 1975 8,973,366,705 241 Grupo Firme 8,912,434,070 242 PARTYNEXTDOOR 8,902,518,987 243 ROSALÍA 8,880,058,534 244 Paulo Londra 8,820,990,187 245 Daft Punk 8,793,803,799 246 Oasis 8,785,999,156 247 The Notorious B.I.G. 8,728,956,523 248 Daniel Caesar 8,722,025,864 249 Brent Faiyaz 8,718,236,037 250 Led Zeppelin 8,703,744,624 251 Cris Mj 8,688,797,509 252 Aventura 8,643,689,349 253 The Lumineers 8,641,488,234 254 Zé Neto & Cristiano 8,597,912,642 255 Luis Fonsi 8,588,383,736 256 Bastille 8,578,583,808 257 Måneskin 8,565,478,037 258 Charli XCX 8,525,039,918 259 Conan Gray 8,498,017,049 260 Bryson Tiller 8,490,167,559 261 Bring Me The Horizon 8,460,256,899 262 My Chemical Romance 8,453,446,360 263 Jonas Blue 8,445,452,870 264 U2 8,407,391,642 265 Wisin & Yandel 8,399,111,436 266 Troye Sivan 8,272,961,584 267 Nickelback 8,246,161,017 268 Maria Becerra 8,026,710,068 269 Maná 8,023,202,813 270 Summer Walker 7,990,448,920 271 Alok 7,978,187,710 272 Matheus & Kauan 7,965,254,011 273 Muse 7,962,928,058 274 Mac DeMarco 7,958,347,326 275 Chris Stapleton 7,948,538,228 276 Florida Georgia Line 7,948,255,044 277 Central Cee 7,936,352,365 278 Skrillex 7,899,108,939 279 Akon 7,881,617,014 280 Ne-Yo 7,860,576,425 281 Megan Thee Stallion 7,841,659,262 282 Lil Tjay 7,795,330,446 283 Roddy Ricch 7,774,787,620 284 Steve Lacy 7,761,977,305 285 Miguel 7,728,797,038 286 Jack Johnson 7,686,615,000 287 Dr. Dre 7,684,431,911 288 Niall Horan 7,642,596,108 289 John Legend 7,640,393,546 290 Glass Animals 7,640,382,873 291 Chase Atlantic 7,637,752,522 292 Whitney Houston 7,614,817,348 293 Luke Bryan 7,612,537,597 294 Florence + The Machine 7,612,426,778 295 Billy Joel 7,610,258,683 296 Tito Double P 7,603,207,530 297 Alicia Keys 7,594,682,669 298 Bruce Springsteen 7,580,998,150 299 Vishal-Shekhar 7,572,255,396 300 Lost Frequencies 7,559,265,282 301 Meek Mill 7,555,030,038 302 La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho 7,497,031,842 303 Alessia Cara 7,495,651,979 304 Avril Lavigne 7,442,074,149 305 Hans Zimmer 7,416,479,037 306 SEVENTEEN 7,414,863,112 307 Big Sean 7,410,771,219 308 Danny Ocean 7,359,924,675 309 Yeat 7,355,839,518 310 Kings of Leon 7,341,113,942 311 French Montana 7,321,790,471 312 Felix Jaehn 7,262,817,103 313 Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda 7,240,003,461 314 Cartel De Santa 7,207,252,534 315 The Script 7,205,656,634 316 Ninho 7,168,508,276 317 Gucci Mane 7,136,012,084 318 Dalex 7,133,666,347 319 The Offspring 7,122,898,544 320 Jimin 7,120,825,565 321 Vance Joy 7,114,982,058 322 Yandel 7,098,715,085 323 Benson Boone 7,069,895,549 324 Alejandro Fernández 7,067,532,516 325 Lenny Tavárez 7,052,543,889 326 Miracle Tones 7,047,545,669 327 Gabito Ballesteros 6,980,152,211 328 Disclosure 6,967,745,267 329 Pharrell Williams 6,963,645,308 330 Kelly Clarkson 6,952,891,167 331 Gracie Abrams 6,937,094,442 332 Kane Brown 6,872,892,139 333 Stevie Wonder 6,871,285,960 334 Alfredo Olivas 6,856,543,533 335 Bee Gees 6,856,331,949 336 NAV 6,850,694,918 337 Rae Sremmurd 6,828,817,531 338 Jess Glynne 6,827,218,505 339 Phil Collins 6,805,242,465 340 Aerosmith 6,801,612,334 341 Joan Sebastian 6,796,542,305 342 Amy Winehouse 6,796,330,980 343 Backstreet Boys 6,788,356,926 344 The Strokes 6,744,175,131 345 Five Finger Death Punch 6,737,104,138 346 Eagles 6,733,608,410 347 Disturbed 6,716,234,391 348 Ricardo Arjona 6,682,184,300 349 Kesha 6,676,200,625 350 Oscar Maydon 6,667,242,019 351 Eslabon Armado 6,662,138,294 352 Calibre 50 6,647,070,086 353 Avenged Sevenfold 6,641,883,682 354 Rod Wave 6,638,793,840 355 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 6,622,206,331 356 NLE Choppa 6,621,121,103 357 Los Ángeles Azules 6,617,460,563 358 Tove Lo 6,613,998,211 359 Pearl Jam 6,608,841,741 360 TV Girl 6,549,134,972 361 Ryan Lewis 6,509,848,338 362 6LACK 6,506,119,390 363 Three Days Grace 6,486,488,853 364 Christina Aguilera 6,486,409,606 365 Bibi Blocksberg 6,482,411,974 366 The Police 6,480,504,226 367 NewJeans 6,478,687,770 368 Dave 6,474,502,417 369 Bazzi 6,455,474,003 370 Vicente Fernández 6,445,606,950 371 Mumford & Sons 6,442,109,984 372 Rita Ora 6,434,776,774 373 Tainy 6,413,304,346 374 Dire Straits 6,410,358,193 375 6ix9ine 6,405,456,333 376 Tanishk Bagchi 6,399,751,535 377 Plan B 6,383,340,473 378 TINI 6,378,023,848 379 Ana Castela 6,375,908,982 380 Rex Orange County 6,342,078,768 381 R3HAB 6,310,749,096 382 Céline Dion 6,310,466,373 383 Deftones 6,309,435,048 384 Jennifer Lopez 6,299,471,821 385 Jonas Brothers 6,299,089,279 386 The Smiths 6,284,876,005 387 Jason Mraz 6,283,443,722 388 Piso 21 6,274,883,018 389 Alec Benjamin 6,256,242,925 390 Johnny Cash 6,255,773,050 391 Dean Lewis 6,241,437,388 392 benny blanco 6,239,589,857 393 Kehlani 6,234,415,962 394 Thomas Rhett 6,228,296,862 395 Alejandro Sanz 6,219,763,871 396 Jay Wheeler 6,186,023,766 397 Wesley Safadão 6,171,198,454 398 Armin van Buuren 6,145,699,793 399 Jason Aldean 6,143,097,951 400 Chance the Rapper 6,120,197,689 401 Prince Royce 6,115,836,242 402 Sachin-Jigar 6,110,276,597 403 LANY 6,102,621,453 404 Calum Scott 6,100,293,327 405 Lizzo 6,067,343,986 406 RAF Camora 6,047,502,224 407 Tom Odell 6,046,878,722 408 Kevin Gates 6,040,204,554 409 YNW Melly 6,006,250,614 410 Train 5,966,305,764 411 Maiara & Maraisa 5,965,267,454 412 Hailee Steinfeld 5,964,545,804 413 Teddy Swims 5,957,773,547 414 Bryan Adams 5,955,365,529 415 Galantis 5,949,852,864 416 Chappell Roan 5,944,492,649 417 Marc Anthony 5,928,009,378 418 George Ezra 5,898,695,113 419 TOMORROW X TOGETHER 5,879,964,290 420 H.E.R. 5,877,206,441 421 Justin Quiles 5,869,092,634 422 Korn 5,803,266,958 423 Nelly 5,759,861,166 424 Lil Yachty 5,734,803,072 425 Outkast 5,732,234,585 426 The Cure 5,728,911,826 427 Grupo Marca Registrada 5,674,945,819 428 Clairo 5,660,988,508 429 Lin-Manuel Miranda 5,654,433,825 430 Sidhu Moose Wala 5,652,727,501 431 Natti Natasha 5,647,370,942 432 Burna Boy 5,631,513,428 433 Glee Cast 5,624,588,423 434 League of Legends 5,623,469,763 435 Bonez MC 5,611,502,517 436 Los Temerarios 5,593,585,891 437 Fifth Harmony 5,574,199,812 438 Nicki Nicole 5,564,598,635 439 Swae Lee 5,535,775,395 440 Juan Gabriel 5,535,469,828 441 Mark Ronson 5,510,402,999 442 Cage The Elephant 5,510,021,909 443 Nelly Furtado 5,504,334,183 444 Alesso 5,496,521,835 445 Bibi und Tina 5,486,588,955 446 MEDUZA 5,485,606,234 447 John Williams 5,478,298,502 448 Jhené Aiko 5,461,359,173 449 El Alfa 5,456,372,540 450 Soda Stereo 5,442,513,766 451 Luan Santana 5,436,199,055 452 Baby Keem 5,431,101,430 453 ENHYPEN 5,429,531,504 454 Jeremih 5,416,219,469 455 Beéle 5,405,995,446 456 GIMS 5,397,850,025 457 Marvin Gaye 5,388,328,570 458 Journey 5,382,027,541 459 James Bay 5,370,672,200 460 Los Tigres Del Norte 5,370,537,581 461 Flume 5,369,471,969 462 Tiago PZK 5,340,686,944 463 Zion & Lennox 5,333,975,806 464 Becky Hill 5,333,926,532 465 Limp Bizkit 5,329,766,180 466 Fetty Wap 5,295,596,762 467 Nio Garcia 5,257,880,003 468 Pablo Alborán 5,238,715,231 469 Daya 5,226,054,365 470 Jessie J 5,223,909,937 471 Dan + Shay 5,214,119,411 472 KHEA 5,210,666,697 473 RAYE 5,201,132,539 474 José José 5,185,962,355 475 Tones And I 5,182,405,270 476 Lord Huron 5,177,966,848 477 JENNIE 5,176,455,864 478 YG 5,172,659,902 479 Karan Aujla 5,161,271,183 480 Depeche Mode 5,157,075,755 481 The Cranberries 5,137,411,488 482 AJR 5,128,298,796 483 Foster The People 5,126,281,159 484 Bob Dylan 5,126,270,026 485 Tyler Childers 5,112,560,066 486 Carlos Vives 5,109,697,889 487 Capital Bra 5,102,007,132 488 Skillet 5,098,855,995 489 Offset 5,089,608,260 490 d4vd 5,079,813,401 491 Ricky Martin 5,077,745,370 492 Milo j 5,077,328,506 493 Trueno 5,070,518,521 494 Weezer 5,070,014,679 495 Cheat Codes 5,066,784,650 496 Jesse & Joy 5,058,875,629 497 Morad 5,053,294,011 498 Chencho Corleone 5,040,942,397 499 Swedish House Mafia 5,038,321,239 500 Dominic Fike 5,020,716,397 501 Atif Aslam 5,003,490,110 502 Quavo 4,979,470,736 503 Passenger 4,971,445,712 504 Luciano 4,968,999,064 505 Luísa Sonza 4,967,080,900 506 Sfera Ebbasta 4,966,714,684 507 Blessd 4,954,526,215 508 Iron Maiden 4,944,328,101 509 Ludovico Einaudi 4,943,641,571 510 V 4,930,987,394 511 Bryant Myers 4,925,263,609 512 Daryl Hall & John Oates 4,907,393,716 513 Zac Brown Band 4,907,178,268 514 Lukas Graham 4,873,570,367 515 Aitana 4,872,978,659 516 PNL 4,861,808,658 517 MC Ryan SP 4,861,509,079 518 TOTO 4,851,262,877 519 Steve Aoki 4,847,623,625 520 Marco Antonio Solís 4,840,055,656 521 Anderson .Paak 4,815,384,471 522 Bon Iver 4,806,954,606 523 NIKI 4,796,018,031 524 MARINA 4,795,608,973 525 Wisin 4,788,098,376 526 James Blunt 4,778,139,986 527 Earth, Wind & Fire 4,775,010,015 528 Ryan Castro 4,770,979,587 529 Neton Vega 4,768,193,185 530 Jax Jones 4,765,910,774 531 Rema 4,760,025,400 532 Gera MX 4,752,491,171 533 Lil Skies 4,750,060,252 534 24kGoldn 4,743,912,812 535 The Doors 4,738,002,152 536 Julia Michaels 4,736,341,580 537 LUDMILLA 4,734,849,317 538 girl in red 4,721,403,740 539 Carly Rae Jepsen 4,715,121,172 540 R.E.M. 4,712,517,133 541 AP Dhillon 4,697,211,615 542 C. Tangana 4,689,746,476 543 Lil Pump 4,679,937,735 544 Giveon 4,678,600,564 545 Pentatonix 4,677,909,060 546 King Von 4,668,849,846 547 Matuê 4,661,149,847 548 bbno$ 4,661,107,944 549 Jelly Roll 4,658,908,917 550 Papa Roach 4,653,475,037 551 Ovy On The Drums 4,640,921,983 552 The Black Keys 4,636,280,811 553 ILLENIUM 4,633,176,707 554 The Beach Boys 4,621,532,794 555 Ski Mask The Slump God 4,617,276,685 556 Los Tucanes De Tijuana 4,615,597,074 557 Young Miko 4,610,979,051 558 Shiloh Dynasty 4,601,755,923 559 Ice Cube 4,596,894,398 560 Tim McGraw 4,587,292,569 561 George Michael 4,542,595,565 562 Jeremy Zucker 4,528,124,221 563 Black Sabbath 4,527,761,075 564 Lil Mosey 4,514,100,763 565 Blake Shelton 4,501,376,393 566 TKKG 4,496,930,688 567 Milky Chance 4,495,065,457 568 Noah Cyrus 4,492,377,445 569 YOASOBI 4,491,430,662 570 El Fantasma 4,483,914,674 571 LE SSERAFIM 4,477,528,204 572 Hillsong Worship 4,458,860,088 573 Sigala 4,447,534,375 574 Mrs. GREEN APPLE 4,441,077,766 575 Evanescence 4,431,932,822 576 Lynyrd Skynyrd 4,429,116,331 577 Kacey Musgraves 4,420,096,806 578 Laufey 4,411,879,399 579 Imanbek 4,399,481,026 580 Damso 4,396,080,783 581 Santa Fe Klan 4,390,636,300 582 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike 4,370,416,617 583 Juanes 4,368,738,861 584 Sam Feldt 4,355,154,081 585 alt-J 4,350,155,134 586 PinkPantheress 4,349,993,485 587 Melendi 4,348,115,224 588 Rise Against 4,348,111,701 589 Noriel 4,344,795,176 590 Simon & Garfunkel 4,335,975,093 591 ScHoolboy Q 4,328,785,077 592 Shaggy 4,325,924,205 593 Elevation Worship 4,320,860,884 594 Dermot Kennedy 4,317,332,636 595 Lunay 4,310,518,280 596 Destiny's Child 4,308,078,227 597 Chief Keef 4,307,695,891 598 DJ Nelson 4,300,723,438 599 Christina Perri 4,299,806,362 600 White Noise Radiance 4,292,298,462 601 Mike Posner 4,289,944,380 602 Sam Hunt 4,284,953,745 603 Gerardo Ortiz 4,284,571,190 604 Norah Jones 4,273,795,713 605 2 Chainz 4,268,584,644 606 Dean Martin 4,266,521,279 607 CNCO 4,262,581,582 608 Boyce Avenue 4,262,471,909 609 aespa 4,250,851,753 610 Joel Corry 4,250,574,773 611 Trey Songz 4,248,500,652 612 Van Morrison 4,246,250,112 613 Keane 4,242,918,943 614 Kenny Chesney 4,235,954,765 615 Zoé 4,233,459,816 616 Birdy 4,215,873,367 617 Hugo & Guilherme 4,215,457,622 618 Rudimental 4,209,840,882 619 Latto 4,206,256,847 620 Bill Withers 4,205,614,407 621 Charlie Brown Jr. 4,203,894,910 622 George Strait 4,192,249,150 623 Sleepy Hallow 4,186,273,782 624 MGMT 4,184,533,501 625 MF DOOM 4,180,226,717 626 Stromae 4,178,033,489 627 Van Halen 4,174,514,978 628 Filipe Ret 4,162,648,260 629 Eric Clapton 4,154,772,765 630 Maren Morris 4,154,188,872 631 Robbie Williams 4,153,777,054 632 Mon Laferte 4,150,840,038 633 Madison Beer 4,149,340,961 634 Eric Church 4,140,465,996 635 A$AP Ferg 4,125,554,271 636 Breaking Benjamin 4,121,404,186 637 Moneybagg Yo 4,119,472,250 638 (G)I-DLE 4,118,809,774 639 The Game 4,115,863,117 640 Sade 4,111,640,427 641 Aleman 4,105,865,859 642 Diljit Dosanjh 4,103,287,801 643 De La Ghetto 4,090,681,298 644 EXO 4,080,905,599 645 keshi 4,074,795,778 646 Hillsong UNITED 4,070,630,045 647 T-Pain 4,069,074,907 648 Chino Pacas 4,057,828,215 649 The Smashing Pumpkins 4,057,482,251 650 Tears For Fears 4,054,299,258 651 LISA 4,052,499,860 652 The Goo Goo Dolls 4,043,790,892 653 Key Glock 4,040,121,516 654 D-Block Europe 4,035,978,539 655 Mau y Ricky 4,034,360,436 656 Ruth B. 4,031,330,917 657 Ke Personajes 4,022,031,373 658 Sublime 4,020,997,415 659 Banda El Recodo 4,013,520,473 660 KISS 4,010,943,931 661 Bradley Cooper 4,009,738,338 662 Scorpions 4,007,688,787 663 Empire of the Sun 4,007,494,063 664 Apache 207 4,006,522,097 665 Sabaton 3,999,072,006 666 Los Bukis 3,986,935,636 667 Alan Jackson 3,984,810,022 668 Nas 3,982,045,820 669 Emilia 3,977,145,697 670 Ufo361 3,975,166,452 671 B.o.B 3,968,937,151 672 Jay Chou 3,957,486,127 673 The Fray 3,954,233,258 674 Rage Against The Machine 3,947,152,548 675 DJ Luian 3,943,803,955 676 Darshan Raval 3,942,311,661 677 T.I. 3,938,732,654 678 Tulus 3,931,368,464 679 La Oreja de Van Gogh 3,931,358,351 680 Why Don't We 3,930,762,668 681 JVKE 3,926,482,751 682 Leon Bridges 3,925,530,880 683 Ha*Ash 3,923,613,654 684 The White Stripes 3,921,369,498 685 beabadoobee 3,920,085,023 686 Julieta Venegas 3,919,661,420 687 ROSÉ 3,918,006,771 688 Shinedown 3,916,970,019 689 Ghost 3,910,505,361 690 Stormzy 3,907,692,674 691 Topic 3,907,416,554 692 Aya Nakamura 3,900,126,991 693 Ella Henderson 3,898,558,842 694 Rod Stewart 3,894,635,564 695 Yuvan Shankar Raja 3,885,932,429 696 X Ambassadors 3,882,443,076 697 Red Velvet 3,880,315,836 698 SAINt JHN 3,879,458,640 699 Sum 41 3,878,039,000 700 Kim Petras 3,875,569,082 701 Volbeat 3,875,290,778 702 Bruno & Marrone 3,870,260,128 703 Canserbero 3,869,011,246 704 Alice In Chains 3,864,164,646 705 The Vamps 3,855,033,455 706 Ñengo Flow 3,846,470,135 707 KK 3,845,377,712 708 Mc IG 3,829,607,469 709 Shubh 3,829,063,718 710 Lofi Fruits Music 3,822,706,076 711 Chayanne 3,805,403,765 712 Fred again.. 3,795,768,645 713 Jorja Smith 3,787,656,369 714 Ozzy Osbourne 3,783,273,937 715 Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 3,781,537,747 716 Jon Pardi 3,776,968,517 717 Jimi Hendrix 3,759,957,396 718 BROCKHAMPTON 3,759,215,729 719 Carrie Underwood 3,758,492,436 720 Enya 3,750,429,646 721 Dolly Parton 3,750,184,353 722 Yuridia 3,750,158,740 723 Mambo Kingz 3,750,065,302 724 Dilsinho 3,744,180,314 725 Shania Twain 3,742,769,229 726 Gazo 3,738,588,017 727 Carlos Rivera 3,715,540,411 728 Wham! 3,703,422,477 729 Calmly 3,690,882,438 730 Oliver Tree 3,690,650,503 731 FloyyMenor 3,687,282,303 732 Prince 3,678,290,370 733 Johann Sebastian Bach 3,678,010,112 734 Normani 3,677,305,539 735 Mabel 3,671,767,917 736 Electric Light Orchestra 3,669,160,911 737 Cosculluela 3,660,065,923 738 Amitabh Bhattacharya 3,659,722,829 739 Rick Ross 3,659,690,982 740 Brytiago 3,659,037,865 741 JP Cooper 3,658,257,933 742 MC Kevin o Chris 3,658,050,326 743 Years & Years 3,657,210,072 744 Ms. Lauryn Hill 3,656,974,250 745 Gwen Stefani 3,655,873,324 746 Mc Don Juan 3,654,499,362 747 Axwell 3,654,416,504 748 3 Doors Down 3,651,575,783 749 All Time Low 3,649,760,910 750 Liam Payne 3,647,529,402 751 Kevin Kaarl 3,625,527,375 752 Irshad Kamil 3,623,460,310 753 Aretha Franklin 3,612,848,711 754 Cody Johnson 3,611,815,472 755 Xavi 3,602,312,354 756 Mithoon 3,601,448,779 757 a-ha 3,585,088,132 758 Nat King Cole 3,583,046,816 759 Sido 3,579,979,008 760 Timbaland 3,578,077,687 761 Falling In Reverse 3,567,942,458 762 Os Barões Da Pisadinha 3,566,653,037 763 Andy Grammer 3,565,536,732 764 Intocable 3,564,706,313 765 Aminé 3,558,161,762 766 Sebastian Ingrosso 3,557,984,579 767 A Day To Remember 3,557,313,552 768 Danna Paola 3,556,566,948 769 M83 3,552,447,522 770 Mother Mother 3,545,389,688 771 Seeb 3,545,146,367 772 WILLOW 3,544,500,872 773 Ferrugem 3,543,611,710 774 Stephen Sanchez 3,535,677,946 775 BONES 3,529,170,787 776 Pierce The Veil 3,509,775,458 777 Gustavo Mioto 3,488,744,161 778 Mötley Crüe 3,485,855,512 779 Roxette 3,482,423,848 780 Hungria Hip Hop 3,482,024,085 781 Beach House 3,477,010,659 782 DNCE 3,474,497,773 783 Rag'n'Bone Man 3,470,530,664 784 Annie Lennox 3,457,631,307 785 AURORA 3,452,933,836 786 La Adictiva Banda San José de Mesillas 3,446,948,252 787 Guilherme & Benuto 3,444,065,770 788 Bethel Music 3,440,721,690 789 Los Enanitos Verdes 3,439,036,448 790 Cavetown 3,431,739,071 791 Vishal Mishra 3,429,521,874 792 PLK 3,420,656,317 793 Gryffin 3,418,778,925 794 Keith Urban 3,418,501,843 795 Marilyn Manson 3,418,378,559 796 Young Dolph 3,407,006,333 797 Kylie Minogue 3,396,027,599 798 Sufjan Stevens 3,394,262,142 799 WALK THE MOON 3,393,334,783 800 Die drei !!! 3,392,050,291 801 Mari Fernandez 3,388,807,929 802 Joey Bada$$ 3,388,332,499 803 Hollywood Undead 3,387,588,851 804 Background White Noise 3,381,419,916 805 Kodaline 3,378,998,835 806 Bronco 3,376,988,442 807 Timmy Trumpet 3,376,484,843 808 Santana 3,370,987,993 809 The Clash 3,357,507,156 810 WizKid 3,353,341,369 811 Badshah 3,345,648,750 812 Darell 3,343,871,493 813 Frédéric Chopin 3,337,553,214 814 Tems 3,332,593,207 815 CRO 3,330,946,251 816 Of Monsters and Men 3,330,201,458 817 Kontra K 3,328,548,433 818 Sorriso Maroto 3,326,413,954 819 Queens of the Stone Age 3,325,184,283 820 Baby Sleeps 3,324,757,532 821 Natalia Lafourcade 3,321,376,587 822 Amit Trivedi 3,320,819,710 823 Udit Narayan 3,319,343,994 824 Ice Spice 3,317,794,868 825 Benjamin Blümchen 3,315,583,400 826 Samra 3,314,583,220 827 Ezhel 3,312,068,268 828 Camila 3,307,396,010 829 Los Dos Carnales 3,306,679,905 830 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3,302,085,597 831 Louis Armstrong 3,294,973,841 832 Shreya Ghoshal 3,282,812,023 833 Goodboys 3,278,549,509 834 Israel & Rodolffo 3,277,067,981 835 Ivan Cornejo 3,276,588,754 836 *NSYNC 3,275,724,779 837 The xx 3,275,672,335 838 RÜFÜS DU SOL 3,272,970,608 839 BoyWithUke 3,270,530,932 840 Lazza 3,267,530,065 841 NCT DREAM 3,265,981,787 842 Westlife 3,264,654,651 843 Jordan Davis 3,260,442,916 844 Cyndi Lauper 3,256,147,413 845 Joyner Lucas 3,255,735,821 846 Sin Bandera 3,254,657,525 847 Phoebe Bridgers 3,252,896,702 848 Iggy Azalea 3,250,209,035 849 Rascal Flatts 3,248,907,337 850 Denzel Curry 3,245,763,139 851 Murilo Huff 3,244,340,426 852 Mustard 3,241,876,070 853 Veigh 3,234,504,107 854 Ken Car$on 3,233,740,768 855 Nick Jonas 3,224,879,931 856 Sezen Aksu 3,222,861,555 857 Sting 3,220,986,472 858 Sean Kingston 3,213,354,585 859 David Bisbal 3,213,341,700 860 Boney M. 3,209,633,711 861 LUCKI 3,208,352,863 862 Sleeping At Last 3,207,050,802 863 Ali Gatie 3,202,921,564 864 ODESZA 3,195,646,724 865 Jaani 3,194,673,182 866 Taio Cruz 3,192,787,699 867 IU 3,189,813,270 868 Jubin Nautiyal 3,189,395,987 869 Two Feet 3,189,344,471 870 Wallows 3,189,138,114 871 ATEEZ 3,184,671,354 872 UZI 3,179,786,095 873 Ella Mai 3,177,918,264 874 Powfu 3,177,499,132 875 Niska 3,174,769,206 876 Vintage Culture 3,169,649,051 877 Yo Yo Honey Singh 3,166,965,438 878 Booba 3,164,577,386 879 Paul McCartney 3,162,178,965 880 Two Door Cinema Club 3,161,849,853 881 Gigi D'Agostino 3,161,064,211 882 Eyedress 3,152,927,755 883 Selena 3,152,784,354 884 Pedro Capó 3,149,431,040 885 Jesús Adrián Romero 3,149,396,794 886 Diego & Victor Hugo 3,146,655,803 887 Eden Muñoz 3,144,888,544 888 Lauana Prado 3,141,696,814 889 ITZY 3,141,238,892 890 ANAVITÓRIA 3,137,427,068 891 Juan Magán 3,135,965,046 892 MC Cabelinho 3,135,164,477 893 Ella Fitzgerald 3,133,634,826 894 The Pussycat Dolls 3,126,771,489 895 Gabry Ponte 3,125,204,138 896 Lee Brice 3,115,478,305 897 Jon Bellion 3,115,104,060 898 Dread Mar I 3,114,034,558 899 KayBlack 3,112,859,257 900 BigXthaPlug 3,109,201,881 901 S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 3,108,027,986 902 DMX 3,104,863,640 903 Ofenbach 3,097,703,047 904 Orochi 3,093,561,098 905 Fergie 3,092,281,781 906 The Marías 3,088,312,721 907 Official HIGE DANdism 3,085,858,361 908 Regard 3,084,535,427 909 Beret 3,079,285,524 910 Sid Sriram 3,078,208,531 911 Yung Gravy 3,073,200,678 912 Tee Grizzley 3,071,477,455 913 j-hope 3,070,264,031 914 La Santa Grifa 3,066,229,692 915 Incubus 3,065,373,411 916 L7NNON 3,059,972,372 917 Old Dominion 3,055,008,611 918 Owl City 3,052,387,180 919 Agust D 3,052,055,753 920 Casper Magico 3,032,782,247 921 Thiaguinho 3,025,615,167 922 Lionel Richie 3,021,546,427 923 Cazzu 3,021,382,319 924 Kenia OS 3,019,950,967 925 Alex Rose 3,018,399,087 926 Hombres G 3,017,727,399 927 FISHER 3,009,999,139 928 Dadju 3,006,872,657 929 Ciara 2,999,904,715 930 NEFFEX 2,997,001,139 931 Lata Mangeshkar 2,995,748,243 932 Miranda Lambert 2,993,484,037 933 iann dior 2,992,943,197 934 Axwell /\ Ingrosso 2,988,643,842 935 Kid Ink 2,983,060,051 936 Tina Turner 2,981,752,770 937 KALEO 2,980,952,275 938 Bing Crosby 2,978,821,507 939 Calle 24 2,976,851,260 940 Colbie Caillat 2,976,040,749 941 Cali Y El Dandee 2,975,042,360 942 Kevin Roldan 2,972,618,045 943 Snow Patrol 2,972,338,491 944 Kungs 2,970,481,873 945 Yusuf / Cat Stevens 2,965,062,207 946 Gloria Trevi 2,961,703,527 947 Kany García 2,959,897,025 948 Nekfeu 2,959,823,879 949 Toby Keith 2,956,233,003 950 Ghostemane 2,955,110,597 951 Lenny Kravitz 2,953,772,981 952 Saweetie 2,952,867,578 953 Karsten Glück 2,951,184,817 954 Simone Sommerland 2,950,209,667 955 Matoma 2,949,053,895 956 John Newman 2,947,979,725 957 Die Kita-Frösche 2,943,478,841 958 Tracy Chapman 2,942,116,636 959 YSY A 2,938,152,290 960 Louis Tomlinson 2,936,106,262 961 PEDRO SAMPAIO 2,930,952,862 962 Amaal Mallik 2,929,848,972 963 Sachet Tandon 2,926,937,039 964 RADWIMPS 2,922,656,563 965 The Kooks 2,920,848,664 966 Seether 2,920,249,721 967 Bad Gyal 2,914,783,742 968 Carla Morrison 2,909,964,460 969 Don Diablo 2,901,864,831 970 Rvfv 2,900,325,197 971 ZZ Top 2,898,012,009 972 Semicenk 2,895,045,682 973 Calle 13 2,893,334,919 974 Toby Fox 2,890,317,771 975 Wale 2,889,469,954 976 KYLE 2,885,034,566 977 João Gomes 2,878,322,842 978 Rvssian 2,876,282,528 979 Cardenales De Nuevo León 2,873,292,728 980 Portugal. The Man 2,872,318,929 981 Felipe Amorim 2,872,113,556 982 Pixies 2,870,639,651 983 Geolier 2,869,390,607 984 Foreigner 2,867,860,541 985 Hindia 2,867,640,234 986 IVE 2,866,031,163 987 David Kushner 2,865,884,818 988 Harris Jayaraj 2,858,305,522 989 Mary J. Blige 2,856,510,787 990 Loud Luxury 2,849,673,011 991 SCH 2,849,069,292 992 Deorro 2,847,793,094 993 The Who 2,847,763,043 994 Gustavo Cerati 2,846,836,070 995 Otis Redding 2,846,516,563 996 Astrid S 2,845,331,318 997 Odetari 2,843,780,575 998 Capo Plaza 2,842,028,621 999 Ben&Ben 2,840,718,879 1000 Shiva 2,834,132,948
Most-streamed artists on Spotify: Top 1,000
Lead Streams
1
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift Up to date data
105,944,825,439
488
18
249
394
436
1,107,437,818
Solo - Female
English
Pop
United States of America
2
Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny Up to date data
91,714,770,651
210
22
169
203
204
11,645,442,480
Solo - Male
Spanish
Reggaeton
Puerto Rico
3
Drake
Drake Up to date data
89,238,155,414
339
17
215
325
328
26,984,188,182
Solo - Male
English
Hip-hop
Canada
4
The Weeknd
The Weeknd Up to date data
70,969,250,791
257
24
99
191
248
12,477,098,148
Solo - Male
English
Pop
Canada
5
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande Up to date data
55,593,074,458
289
21
105
181
239
3,560,108,270
Solo - Female
English
Pop
United States of America
6
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran Up to date data
54,314,361,138
334
14
79
221
287
4,314,605,173
Solo - Male
English
Pop
United Kingdom
7
Eminem
Eminem Up to date data
51,389,541,259
350
12
97
266
312
6,728,079,162
Solo - Male
English
Hip-hop
United States of America
8
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber Up to date data
50,076,543,576
248
13
77
192
219
14,916,244,147
Solo - Male
English
Pop
Canada
9
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish Up to date data
49,720,205,384
80
14
69
76
77
577,536
Solo - Female
English
Alternative
United States of America
10
Kanye West
Kanye West 1 day(s) old data
47,874,323,323
316
9
105
228
286
8,982,806,796
Solo - Male
English
Hip-hop
United States of America
11
Post Malone
Post Malone Up to date data
46,022,171,612
148
13
73
125
132
4,891,019,379
Solo - Male
English
Pop
United States of America
12
BTS
BTS Up to date data
43,272,194,487
295
5
124
230
295
954,094,613
Group - Male
Korean
K-Pop
South Korea
13
Travis Scott
Travis Scott Up to date data
40,260,556,041
178
5
89
140
170
17,824,446,804
Solo - Male
English
Hip-hop
United States of America
14
Coldplay
Coldplay Up to date data
40,172,137,545
333
12
50
210
310
12,696,595
Group - Male
English
Alternative
United Kingdom
15
Rihanna
Rihanna Up to date data
39,645,079,591
380
12
57
122
227
11,197,538,143
Solo - Female
English
Pop
Barbados
16
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Up to date data
38,370,237,494
142
10
75
131
139
13,873,569,213
Solo - Male
English
Hip-hop
United States of America
17
J Balvin
J Balvin Up to date data
38,340,710,410
300
5
77
185
272
10,913,079,629
Solo - Male
Spanish
Reggaeton
Colombia
18
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars Up to date data
38,193,423,713
92
15
39
62
81
7,290,967,727
Solo - Male
English
Pop
United States of America
19
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa 1 day(s) old data
36,958,339,025
284
12
45
109
233
475,033,491
Solo - Female
English
Pop
United Kingdom
20
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons Up to date data
36,131,391,386
262
11
52
149
223
108,802,665
Group - Male
English
Alternative
United States of America
21
Juice WRLD
Juice WRLD Up to date data
35,554,845,878
152
7
80
144
149
6,444,046,369
Solo - Male
English
Hip-hop
United States of America
22
David Guetta
David Guetta Up to date data
33,670,178,794
992
4
60
218
577
2,576,051,432
Solo - Male
English
Electronic
France
23
XXXTENTACION
XXXTENTACION Up to date data
33,023,995,818
155
10
53
120
154
4,198,279,580
Solo - Male
English
Hip-hop
United States of America
24
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey Up to date data
32,365,421,235
202
4
73
159
192
3,046,673,749
Solo - Female
English
Alternative
United States of America
25
KAROL G
KAROL G Up to date data
31,221,803,898
142
8
62
129
135
748,870,469
Solo - Female
Spanish
Reggaeton
Colombia
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Understanding Spotify’s top artists rankings
Most-streamed artists vs monthly listeners
When it comes to measuring an artist’s popularity on Spotify, there’s often confusion between different metrics. For example, publications like Guinness World Records frequently highlight the artist with the most monthly listeners as the “most streamed” or “most popular” on the platform.
In reality, the most-streamed artists on Spotify are those who have amassed the highest total playcounts, reflecting their cumulative success over time. This distinction is significant because Spotify does not publicly share total stream counts for artists, focusing instead on monthly listeners, a metric that comes with technical limitations .
Spotify also uses a popularity index that ranks artists based on recent streams, but this data isn’t openly available. As a result, the true cumulative impact of artists on the platform often goes unnoticed.
Since 2020, this page has provided a clear and updated view of the artists who have generated the most streams on Spotify. With a daily refreshed top 1,000 list, it offers insight into long-term streaming trends rather than short-term fluctuations.
A brief history of Spotify’s artists’ milestones
Back in late 2015, EDM artist Kygo made waves by becoming the first artist to reach 1 billion streams in a year, a record-breaking achievement at the time. Fast forward to today, and streaming milestones have reached unprecedented heights, with several artists now closing in on the remarkable 100 billion streams mark.
For years, Drake led the pack, becoming the first artist to achieve 30 billion streams in April 2020, followed by 40 billion in August 2021 and 50 billion in September 2022. By December 2023, his total had surpassed 70 billion.
However, in February 2024, Taylor Swift claimed the title of Spotify’s most-streamed artist ever. Her meteoric rise has been nothing short of extraordinary: from 11.9 billion streams in 2020 to over 90 billion by late 2024. Notably, she was still trailing Ariana Grande among female artists as recently as a few years ago.
Today’s top three is rounded out by Bad Bunny , the leader among Latin artists, whose dominance reflects the global reach of reggaeton and Latin music. Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny have also consistently alternated as the platform’s most popular daily artists for several years.
More top artists
Among groups, BTS leads with their exceptional success in K-pop. In the realm of legacy acts, rock legends Queen remain the top performers, demonstrating the enduring appeal of classic hits.
When it comes to averages, Harry Styles stands out. Despite releasing only 36 distinct songs across his solo career, each one has exceeded 100 million streams, securing him a place among the top 40 most-streamed artists overall.
Most-streamed artists across all on-demand audio platforms
While Spotify dominates the streaming conversation, it’s important to note that other major platforms, such as Apple Music and Amazon Music, are relevant as well. Yet, they don’t share playcount data publicly.
To bridge this gap, we’ve set up advanced algorithms to estimate comprehensive on-demand audio streams across platforms. These calculations provide a broader view of an artist’s streaming footprint worldwide.
This ranking is a reflection of years of analysis, consistently validated against certified results. It offers fans and industry professionals alike a reliable snapshot of streaming achievements across the globe.
Explore the full ranking below to see where your favorite artist stands and gain a deeper understanding of the streaming world.
Audio streams
1
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift Up to date data
186,012,134,916
Solo - Female
Pop
English
United States of America
2
Drake
Drake Up to date data
174,497,738,491
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
Canada
3
Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny Up to date data
130,225,041,071
Solo - Male
Reggaeton
Spanish
Puerto Rico
4
The Weeknd
The Weeknd Up to date data
120,885,379,854
Solo - Male
Pop
English
Canada
5
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande Up to date data
96,131,745,913
Solo - Female
Pop
English
United States of America
6
Kanye West
Kanye West 1 day(s) old data
91,798,306,607
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
United States of America
7
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran Up to date data
88,034,531,618
Solo - Male
Pop
English
United Kingdom
8
Post Malone
Post Malone Up to date data
87,531,345,899
Solo - Male
Pop
English
United States of America
9
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber Up to date data
87,220,311,503
Solo - Male
Pop
English
Canada
10
Eminem
Eminem Up to date data
87,147,105,706
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
United States of America
11
BTS
BTS Up to date data
84,845,321,171
Group - Male
K-Pop
Korean
South Korea
12
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish Up to date data
83,605,831,954
Solo - Female
Alternative
English
United States of America
13
Travis Scott
Travis Scott Up to date data
76,244,094,649
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
United States of America
14
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar Up to date data
75,962,949,501
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
United States of America
15
Juice WRLD
Juice WRLD Up to date data
69,570,310,529
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
United States of America
16
Arijit Singh
Arijit Singh Up to date data
69,093,920,337
Solo - Male
Indian Film Music
Hindi
India
17
Rihanna
Rihanna Up to date data
66,346,855,624
Solo - Female
Pop
English
Barbados
18
Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars Up to date data
64,549,244,289
Solo - Male
Pop
English
United States of America
19
Coldplay
Coldplay Up to date data
62,800,251,683
Group - Male
Alternative
English
United Kingdom
20
XXXTENTACION
XXXTENTACION Up to date data
61,829,077,773
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
United States of America
21
Future
Future Up to date data
58,298,894,564
Solo - Male
Hip-hop
English
United States of America
22
Pritam
Pritam Up to date data
58,283,561,872
Solo - Male
Indian Film Music
Hindi
India
23
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa 1 day(s) old data
58,242,742,207
Solo - Female
Pop
English
United Kingdom
24
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons Up to date data
58,066,860,348
Group - Male
Alternative
English
United States of America
25
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey Up to date data
55,133,479,735
Solo - Female
Alternative
English
United States of America
Most-streamed artists on audio DSPs – How it works
We estimate audio-on-demand (AOD) streams across all major Digital Streaming Platforms (DSPs) to determine the most-streamed artists globally.
This ranking reflects the top artists based on estimated career streams from AOD platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, YouTube Music , and notable regional services like Anghami, Gaana, Joox, Melon, JioSaavn, Boomplay , among others. Radio-style platforms (e.g., iHeartRadio, Pandora) and video platforms are excluded from our data.
Because most DSPs do not publicly share playcounts , and labels themselves only receive consolidated figures several months later , we rely on estimates to deliver a comprehensive view of an artist’s streaming performance.
How do we estimate streams?
Our methodology involves:
Analyzing Spotify’s market share in over 100 countries
Assessing each artist’s streaming distribution by market
Factoring in how music genres perform differently across platforms
These elements help us calculate the percentage of an artist’s global streams that come from Spotify . We then extrapolate that percentage to estimate their total AOD streams across all platforms , based on known Spotify figures.
Only leading tracks are included in these calculations. Featured appearances are excluded .
Spotify’s most-streamed artists – Q&A
What is this ranking about? What are lead and featured streams? This ranking showcases the top Spotify artists based on streams from tracks listed under their personal page’s Albums , Singles , and Compilations sections. These are combined into what we define as “Lead Streams.” Milestones such as the number of tracks available and total streams are calculated using lead songs only. Streams from tracks listed in the “Appears On” section of an artist’s Spotify page are categorized as “Featured Streams” and do not impact the overall ranking or milestone statistics.
Who is the most-streamed artist of all time? The most-streamed artist of all time is American icon Taylor Swift , leading ahead of Latin star Bad Bunny and Canadian rapper Drake .
Who is the most-streamed group of all time? The most-streamed group of all time is South Korean global sensation BTS , ahead of Coldplay and Imagine Dragons .
Who is the most-streamed rapper of all time? The most-streamed rapper of all time is Canadian hip-hop star Drake . The top five most listened to rappers also include Eminem , Kanye West , Travis Scott , and Juice WRLD , in that order.
Who is the most-streamed Asian artist of all time The most-streamed Asian artist of all time is the South Korean group BTS . Indian superstars Arijit Singh and Pritam complete the top three.
Who is the most-streamed Latin artist of all time Latin music’s king, Bad Bunny , holds the top spot among Latin artists, followed by J Balvin and Ozuna .
There is an issue with the data. How does it get fixed? Spotify’s database can occasionally be tricky to manage, so while we’ve developed robust controls to ensure accuracy, occasional glitches may still occur. When issues arise, we perform manual fixes to restore data consistency. If a problem persists, don’t hesitate to reach out and let us know so we can investigate further.
Most-streamed artists on audio DSPs – Q&A
Are these numbers official? No. Outside of Spotify, most DSPs don’t disclose track playcounts. Even music labels face a delay in accessing complete data. Our algorithm uses Spotify as a foundation (see How Do We Estimate Streams? ) and applies a set of data-driven extrapolations to estimate each artist’s total audio streams across all platforms. These estimates form the basis of the rankings displayed.
What if some numbers seem off? People often focus on platforms they know, like Apple Music, especially for urban music popular in English-speaking countries. While Apple Music may outperform Spotify for some artists in the US , it represents only a small fraction of global streaming. For instance, Drake and Beyoncé may perform better on US Apple Music than US Spotify, but in Brazil , Spotify holds a dominant market share. Therefore, Beyoncé’s non-Spotify share is smaller than Drake’s due to regional dynamics. This explains why: – Latin and Brazilian artists often rank lower, as Spotify dominates in their regions. – Asian artists and global stars with strong performance in Asia may rank higher , thanks to powerful local platforms like Melon, Joox, or Genie.
Why does this data differ from CSPC articles? Both use the same core methodology, but CSPC entries incorporate additional manual data collection from platforms like Genie, AWA, and Anghami . As a result, CSPC figures feature a higher proportion of verified data , though differences from the estimates remain relatively minor.
Why isn’t a certain artist listed? The top of the ranking is comprehensive, but some lower-ranked artists may be missing . You can use our streaming data tool to search for any artist. If they have enough streams, they will automatically appear in the ranking , updated in real time as new data arrives.
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