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List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

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American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history.
Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history.
South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history.[1]

The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of February 2024, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist,[2] and Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history.[a] Since 2012, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny a record three times, with Bad Bunny being the only artist to do so in consecutive years (2020–2022). Swift is the only female artist to have topped the list (2023–2024).

Most-streamed artists

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By year

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Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

Year Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2013[4] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Avicii Daft Punk Eminem Imagine Dragons
2014[5] Ed Sheeran (860 million) Eminem Coldplay Calvin Harris Katy Perry
2015[6] Drake (1.8 billion) Ed Sheeran The Weeknd Maroon 5 Kanye West
2016[7] Drake (4.7 billion) Justin Bieber Rihanna Twenty One Pilots Kanye West
2017[8] Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion) Drake The Weeknd Kendrick Lamar The Chainsmokers
2018[9] Drake (8.2 billion) Post Malone XXXTentacion J Balvin Ed Sheeran
2019[10] Post Malone (6.5 billion) Billie Eilish Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Bad Bunny
2020[11] Bad Bunny (8.3 billion) Drake J Balvin Juice Wrld The Weeknd
2021[12] Bad Bunny (9.1 billion) Taylor Swift BTS Drake Justin Bieber
2022[13] Bad Bunny (18.5 billion) Taylor Swift Drake The Weeknd BTS
2023[14] Taylor Swift (26.1 billion) Bad Bunny The Weeknd Drake Peso Pluma
2024[15] Taylor Swift (26.6 billion) The Weeknd Bad Bunny Drake Billie Eilish

By decade

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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

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The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.

Years Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2008–2018[17] Drake Ed Sheeran Eminem The Weeknd Rihanna

Most monthly listeners

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As of August 2025, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. He is followed by Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd, who 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] English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the latest artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners. American rapper Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper to both achieve the feat and surpass the 110 million mark. British band Coldplay hold the record for groups at 98 million monthly listeners and are the first in their category to reach the 60, 70, 80 and 90 million marks.[20]

Rank Artist Monthly listeners
(millions) 		Chg Ref(s).
1 Bruno Mars 113.05 Steady [21]
2 The Weeknd 111.47 Steady [22]
3 Justin Bieber 100.33 Steady [23]
4 Lady Gaga 97.95 Steady [24]
5 Ed Sheeran 97.52 Steady [25]
6 Coldplay 95.45 Steady [26]
7 Rihanna 90.83 Steady [27]
8 Billie Eilish 90.13 Steady [28]
9 Taylor Swift 86.56 Steady [29]
10 David Guetta 82.33 Increase [30]
11 Drake 82.24 Decrease [31]
12 Bad Bunny 80.09 Steady [32]
13 Kendrick Lamar 77.26 Steady [33]
14 Ariana Grande 76.35 Steady [34]
15 Calvin Harris 73.24 Steady [35]
16 Maroon 5 72.36 Steady [36]
17 SZA 70.07 Steady [37]
18 J Balvin 68.33 Steady [38]
19 Post Malone 67.97 Steady [39]
20 Eminem 66.99 Steady [40]
21 Shakira 66.40 Steady [41]
22 Katy Perry 64.40 Steady [42]
23 Sia 64.25 Steady [43]
24 Dua Lipa 64.10 Increase [44]
25 Travis Scott 64.02 Decrease [45]
26 Sabrina Carpenter 63.98 Steady [46]
27 Pitbull 61.16 Steady [47]
28 Kanye West 59.64 Steady [48]
29 Chris Brown 59.23 Steady [49]
30 Lana Del Rey 58.69 Steady [50]
31 Black Eyed Peas 57.72 Steady [51]
32 Beyoncé 57.39 Steady [52]
33 Imagine Dragons 56.43 Steady [53]
34 Daddy Yankee 56.09 Steady [54]
35 Sombr 55.21 Steady [55]
36 Miley Cyrus 54.46 Steady [56]
37 Doja Cat 54.37 Increase [57]
38 Marshmello 54.35 Decrease [58]
39 Alex Warren 53.76 Steady [59]
40 Tate McRae 53.67 Steady [60]
41 Benson Boone 53.35 Steady [61]
42 Michael Jackson 53.09 Steady [62]
43 Arctic Monkeys 52.66 Steady [63]
44 Karol G 52.45 Steady [64]
45 Adele 51.89 Steady [65]
46 KPop Demon Hunters 51.84 Increase [66]
47 Future 51.83 Decrease [67]
48 Lil Wayne 51.69 Decrease [68]
49 Linkin Park 51.67 Decrease [69]
50 The Chainsmokers 50.43 Steady [70]
As of August 25, 2025

Most-followed artists

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Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist on Spotify.

As of August 2025, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist and Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist on Spotify.[71]

Rank Artist[72][73] Followers
(millions) 		Ref(s).
1 Arijit Singh 155.4 [74]
2 Taylor Swift 141.3 [29]
3 Ed Sheeran 121.6 [25]
4 Billie Eilish 115.6 [28]
5 The Weeknd 109.2 [22]
6 Ariana Grande 106.3 [34]
7 Eminem 102.7 [40]
8 Drake 100.7 [31]
9 Bad Bunny 99.1 [32]
10 Justin Bieber 83.8 [23]
11 BTS 80.3 [75]
12 Bruno Mars 73.8 [21]
13 Rihanna 67.8 [27]
14 A.R. Rahman 67.4 [76]
15 Adele 65.4 [65]
16 Coldplay 59.6 [26]
17 Karol G 58.7 [77]
18 Imagine Dragons 57.9 [53]
19 Pritam 55.6 [78]
20 Blackpink 55.0 [79]
21 Queen 54.6 [80]
22 Selena Gomez 52.9 [81]
23 XXXTentacion 51.0 [82]
24 Lana Del Rey 49.8 [83]
25 Neha Kakkar 48.6 [84]
26 Olivia Rodrigo 47.5 [85]
27 Post Malone 47.4 [86]
28 Dua Lipa 46.4 [44]
29 Shawn Mendes 45.4 [87]
30 Maroon 5 45.3 [36]
31 Sidhu Moose Wala 43.8 [88]
32 Anuel AA 43.5 [89]
33 Kendrick Lamar 43.2 [33]
34 Juice Wrld 41.6 [90]
35 Anirudh Ravichander 41.4 [91]
36 Alan Walker 41.0 [92]
37 Beyoncé 40.7 [93]
38 Lady Gaga 40.4 [24]
39 Travis Scott 40.1 [94]
40 One Direction 40.0 [95]
41 Ozuna 38.9 [96]
42 Shakira 38.9 [97]
43 J Balvin 38.7 [98]
44 Atif Aslam 38.1 [99]
45 Marília Mendonça 37.9 [100]
46 Katy Perry 37.8 [101]
47 Maluma 37.8 [102]
48 Daddy Yankee 37.4 [103]
49 Michael Jackson 36.5 [104]
50 Camila Cabello 35.3 [105]
As of August 16, 2025

Timeline of peak monthly listeners

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American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the highest recorded number of 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.[106]

  Indicates most streamed artist of the year[b]
  Indicates peak of most monthly listeners in Spotify history[107]

2015

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Month Artist
September The Weeknd[108]
October
November Justin Bieber[109]
December

2016

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Month Artist
January Justin Bieber[110]
February
March
April Rihanna[111]
May Drake[112]
June
July
August
September
October
November
December The Weeknd[112]

2017

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Month Artist
January The Weeknd[112]
February Ed Sheeran[113]
March
April The Weeknd
May
June
July Daddy Yankee[114]
August The Weeknd
September Ed Sheeran[115]
October
November
December

2018

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Month Artist
January The Weeknd
February
March
April
May Drake[116]
June J Balvin[117]
July The Weeknd
August
September
October
November Ariana Grande[118]
December

2019

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Month Artist
January Ariana Grande[119]
February The Weeknd
March Ariana Grande[120]
April Khalid[121]
May
June The Weeknd
July Ed Sheeran[122]
August The Weeknd
September
October Ed Sheeran[123]
November The Weeknd
December

2020

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Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[122]
February Justin Bieber[124]
March
April The Weeknd[125]
May
June
July
August
September
October
November Ariana Grande[126]
December

2021

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Month Artist
January Justin Bieber[127]
February The Weeknd[128]
March
April Justin Bieber[129]
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2022

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Month Artist
January The Weeknd[130]
February
March Ed Sheeran[131]
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November Taylor Swift[132]
December The Weeknd[133]

2023

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Month Artist
January The Weeknd[134]
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November Taylor Swift[135]
December

2024

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Month Artist
January The Weeknd[136]
February
March
April
May
June
July
August Billie Eilish[137]
September The Weeknd[138]
October
November Bruno Mars[139]
December

2025

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Month Artist
January Bruno Mars[140]
February
March
April
May
June
July The Weeknd[141]
August Bruno Mars

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Only lead streams are counted and features are excluded, as per Billboard[2] and Digital Music News.[3]
  2. ^ For the years 2019 to 2022, and 2024, the most streamed artist of the year did not top the monthly listeners list.

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