The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of April2024, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist. [2] 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).
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
Year | Artist ranking | ||||
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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 |
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
Decade | Artist ranking | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
2010s [14] | Drake (28 billion) | Ed Sheeran | Post Malone | Ariana Grande | Eminem |
The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.
Years | Artist ranking | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
2008–2018 [15] | Drake | Ed Sheeran | Eminem | The Weeknd | Rihanna |
As of April2024, the Canadian singer the Weeknd is the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, while the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the female artist with the most monthly listeners. The Weeknd became the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners in Spotify's history, while Taylor Swift became the first female artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners in Spotify's history. [16]
As of April2024, English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist. Arijit Singh is the most followed non-English singing artist.
This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public. [118]
Month | Artist |
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September | The Weeknd [120] |
October | |
November | Justin Bieber [121] |
December |
Month | Artist |
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January | Justin Bieber [122] |
February | |
March | |
April | Rihanna [123] |
May | Drake [124] |
June | |
July | |
August | |
September | |
October | |
November | |
December | The Weeknd [124] |
Month | Artist |
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January | The Weeknd [124] |
February | Ed Sheeran [125] |
March | |
April | The Weeknd |
May | |
June | |
July | Daddy Yankee [126] |
August | The Weeknd |
September | Ed Sheeran [127] |
October | |
November | |
December |
Month | Artist |
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January | The Weeknd |
February | |
March | |
April | |
May | Drake [128] |
June | J Balvin [129] |
July | The Weeknd |
August | |
September | |
October | |
November | Ariana Grande [130] |
December |
Month | Artist |
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January | Ariana Grande [131] |
February | The Weeknd |
March | Ariana Grande [132] |
April | Khalid [133] |
May | |
June | The Weeknd |
July | Ed Sheeran [134] |
August | The Weeknd |
September | |
October | Ed Sheeran [135] |
November | The Weeknd |
December |
Month | Artist |
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January | Ed Sheeran [134] |
February | Justin Bieber [136] |
March | |
April | The Weeknd [137] |
May | |
June | |
July | The Weeknd [138] |
August | |
September | |
October | |
November | Ariana Grande [139] |
December |
Month | Artist |
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January | Justin Bieber [140] |
February | The Weeknd [141] |
March | |
April | Justin Bieber [142] |
May | |
June | |
July | |
August | |
September | |
October | |
November | |
December |
Month | Artist |
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January | The Weeknd [143] |
February | |
March | Ed Sheeran [144] |
April | |
May | |
June | |
July | |
August | |
September | |
October | |
November | Taylor Swift [145] |
December | The Weeknd [146] |
Month | Artist |
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January | The Weeknd [147] |
February | |
March | |
April | |
May | |
June | |
July | |
August | |
September | |
October | |
November | Taylor Swift [148] |
December |
Month | Artist |
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January | The Weeknd [149] |
February | The Weeknd [150] |
March | The Weeknd [151] |
April |
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