List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

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Rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history. Drake July 2016.jpg
Rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist in Spotify's history. Taylor Swift at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (1).png
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist in Spotify's history.
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South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history.

The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of July2024, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time, with over 100 billion streams. [2] American singer Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist, having received more than 85 billion streams. [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).

Contents

Most-streamed artists

All-time

The streams of the artist's entire catalog are listed, including features. [3]

RankArtistStreams (Billions)Change
1 Drake 101.6Steady2.svg
2 Taylor Swift 84.3Steady2.svg
3 Bad Bunny 81.9Steady2.svg
4 The Weeknd 67.0Steady2.svg
5 Justin Bieber 55.9Steady2.svg
6 Ed Sheeran 52.3Steady2.svg
7 Eminem 49.2Steady2.svg
8 Ariana Grande 48.4Steady2.svg
9 Kanye West 47.5Steady2.svg
10 Travis Scott 46.6Steady2.svg
As of 18 June 2024

By year

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

YearArtist ranking
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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

By decade

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

DecadeArtist ranking
12345
2010s [15] Drake (28 billion) Ed Sheeran Post Malone Ariana Grande Eminem

First 10 years

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

YearsArtist ranking
12345
2008–2018 [16] Drake Ed Sheeran Eminem The Weeknd Rihanna

Most monthly listeners

As of July2024, 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 also became the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners in Spotify's history, while Taylor Swift became the first female artist and second overall, to surpass 100 million monthly listeners in Spotify's history. [17] Billie Eilish is the third and thus far youngest artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners. [18] The record for groups is 85 million, with Coldplay being the first to achieve the milestone. [19]

RankArtistMonthly listeners
(millions)
ChgRef(s)
1 The Weeknd 105.16Steady2.svg [20]
2 Taylor Swift 97.25Increase2.svg [21]
3 Billie Eilish 96.80Decrease2.svg [22]
4 Post Malone 86.95Steady2.svg [23]
5 Sabrina Carpenter 86.19Steady2.svg [24]
6 Coldplay 85.85Increase2.svg [25]
7 Rihanna 84.85Decrease2.svg [26]
8 Eminem 83.78Steady2.svg [27]
9 David Guetta 79.03Increase2.svg [28]
10 Ariana Grande 78.74Decrease2.svg [29]
11 Dua Lipa 74.98Increase2.svg [30]
12 Drake 74.80Decrease2.svg [31]
13 Justin Bieber 74.14Steady2.svg [32]
14 Bruno Mars 73.30Increase2.svg [33]
15 Kendrick Lamar 72.90Decrease2.svg [34]
16 SZA 71.70Steady2.svg [35]
17 Calvin Harris 70.10Steady2.svg [36]
18 Kanye West 67.25Steady2.svg [37]
19 Travis Scott 66.87Steady2.svg [38]
20 Ed Sheeran 66.86Steady2.svg [39]
21 Bad Bunny 66.66Steady2.svg [40]
22 Shakira 64.28Decrease2.svg [41]
23 Marshmello 62.73Steady2.svg [42]
24 Beyoncé 62.19Steady2.svg [43]
25 Imagine Dragons 62.17Steady2.svg [44]
26 Harry Styles 62.03Steady2.svg [45]
27 Maroon 5 61.75Steady2.svg [46]
28 Miley Cyrus 61.13Steady2.svg [47]
29 Future 61.07Steady2.svg [48]
30 Metro Boomin 60.37Steady2.svg [49]
31 OneRepublic 59.10Steady2.svg [50]
32 Sia 58.61Steady2.svg [51]
33 Hozier 56.93Steady2.svg [52]
34 J Balvin 56.05Steady2.svg [53]
35 Benson Boone 56.03Steady2.svg [54]
36 Katy Perry 55.56Steady2.svg [55]
37 21 Savage 55.50Steady2.svg [56]
38 Lana Del Rey 55.46Steady2.svg [57]
39 Doja Cat 55.27Steady2.svg [58]
40 Olivia Rodrigo 54.47Steady2.svg [59]
41 Khalid 53.36Steady2.svg [60]
42 Rauw Alejandro 53.04Steady2.svg [61]
43 Queen 52.61Steady2.svg [62]
44 Daddy Yankee 51.62Steady2.svg [63]
45 Elton John 51.08Steady2.svg [64]
46 Adele 52.40Steady2.svg [65]
47 The Chainsmokers 52.35Steady2.svg [66]
48 Pitbull 50.23Steady2.svg [67]
49 Tiësto 50.13Steady2.svg [68]
50 Sam Smith 50.10New.png [69]
As of 16 July 2024

Most-followed artists

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify. Ed Sheeran-6886 (cropped).jpg
English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify.

As of July2024, English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist.

RankArtist [70] Followers
(millions)
Ref(s)
1 Ed Sheeran 114.30 [71]
2 Taylor Swift 112.39 [72]
3 Arijit Singh 111.79 [73]
4 Ariana Grande 96.85 [74]
5 Billie Eilish 95.29 [75]
6 Drake 90.08 [76]
7 Eminem 85.28 [77]
8 The Weeknd 84.50 [78]
9 Bad Bunny 82.02 [79]
10 Justin Bieber 75.32 [80]
11 BTS 73.43 [81]
12 Rihanna 60.32 [82]
13 Bruno Mars 55.91 [83]
14 Adele 55.74 [84]
15 Imagine Dragons 52.72 [85]
16 Coldplay 50.78 [86]
17 Queen 49.95 [87]
18 Selena Gomez 49.69 [88]
19 Blackpink 49.21 [89]
20 A.R. Rahman 47.09 [90]
21 Karol G 46.93 [91]
22 Neha Kakkar 46.44 [92]
23 XXXTentacion 45.03 [93]
24 Post Malone 44.13 [94]
25 Dua Lipa 43.59 [95]
26 Shawn Mendes 42.70 [96]
27 Maroon 5 41.62 [97]
28 Alan Walker 38.68 [98]
29 Beyoncé 37.66 [99]
30 Ozuna 36.65 [100]
31 Olivia Rodrigo 36.58 [101]
32 J Balvin 36.58 [102]
33 Anuel AA 35.85 [103]
34 Lana Del Rey 35.78 [104]
35 One Direction 35.16 [105]
36 Juice Wrld 33.89 [106]
37 Daddy Yankee 33.85 [107]
38 Maluma 33.82 [108]
39 Marshmello 33.63 [109]
40 Marília Mendonça 33.39 [110]
41 Katy Perry 33.29 [111]
42 Shakira 33.16 [112]
43 Camila Cabello 33.14 [113]
44 Pritam 32.51 [114]
45 Harry Styles 32.26 [115]
46 Sidhu Moosewala 31.93 [116]
47 Nicki Minaj 31.32 [117]
48 Michael Jackson 31.31 [118]
49 Guns N' Roses 30.79 [119]
50 Lady Gaga 30.05 [120]
As of 11 June 2024

Timeline of peak monthly listeners

Canadian singer the Weeknd is the artist with the highest recorded number of monthly listeners. The Weeknd Portrait by Brian Ziff.jpg
Canadian singer the Weeknd 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. [121]

  Indicates most streamed artist of the year [lower-alpha 1]
  Indicates peak of most monthly listeners in Spotify history [122]

2015

MonthArtist
September The Weeknd [123]
October
November Justin Bieber [124]
December

2016

MonthArtist
January Justin Bieber [125]
February
March
April Rihanna [126]
May Drake [127]
June
July
August
September
October
November
December The Weeknd [127]

2017

MonthArtist
January The Weeknd [127]
February Ed Sheeran [128]
March
April The Weeknd
May
June
July Daddy Yankee [129]
August The Weeknd
September Ed Sheeran [130]
October
November
December

2018

MonthArtist
January The Weeknd
February
March
April
May Drake [131]
June J Balvin [132]
July The Weeknd
August
September
October
November Ariana Grande [133]
December

2019

MonthArtist
January Ariana Grande [134]
February The Weeknd
March Ariana Grande [135]
April Khalid [136]
May
June The Weeknd
July Ed Sheeran [137]
August The Weeknd
September
October Ed Sheeran [138]
November The Weeknd
December

2020

MonthArtist
January Ed Sheeran [137]
February Justin Bieber [139]
March
April The Weeknd [140]
May
June
July The Weeknd [141]
August
September
October
November Ariana Grande [142]
December

2021

MonthArtist
January Justin Bieber [143]
February The Weeknd [144]
March
April Justin Bieber [145]
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2022

MonthArtist
January The Weeknd [146]
February
March Ed Sheeran [147]
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November Taylor Swift [148]
December The Weeknd [149]

2023

MonthArtist
January The Weeknd [150]
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November Taylor Swift [151]
December

2024

MonthArtist
January The Weeknd [152]
February The Weeknd [153]
March The Weeknd [154]
April
May
June
July

See also

Notes

  1. From 2019 to 2022, the most streamed artist of the year didn't top the monthly listeners list.

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