List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of December 2025, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist, and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history. Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Bad Bunny a record four times (2020–2022; 2025), being the only artist to do so in three consecutive years. Drake has topped the list three times (2015–2016; 2018), while Swift is the only female artist to have topped the list (2023–2024).

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List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history.

Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history.

South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history.

Most-streamed artists

By year

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Artist ranking</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Macklemore & Ryan Lewis</td><td>Avicii</td><td>Daft Punk</td><td>Eminem</td><td>Imagine Dragons</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Ed Sheeran (860 million)</td><td>Eminem</td><td>Coldplay</td><td>Calvin Harris</td><td>Katy Perry</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Drake (1.8 billion)</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Maroon 5</td><td>Kanye West</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Drake (4.7 billion)</td><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>Rihanna</td><td>Twenty One Pilots</td><td>Kanye West</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion)</td><td>Drake</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Kendrick Lamar</td><td>The Chainsmokers</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Drake (8.2 billion)</td><td>Post Malone</td><td>XXXTentacion</td><td>J Balvin</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Post Malone (6.5 billion)</td><td>Billie Eilish</td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>Bad Bunny</td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Bad Bunny (8.3 billion)</td><td>Drake</td><td>J Balvin</td><td>Juice Wrld</td><td>The Weeknd</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Bad Bunny (9.1 billion)</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>BTS</td><td>Drake</td><td>Justin Bieber</td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Bad Bunny (18.5 billion)</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>Drake</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>BTS</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>Taylor Swift (26.1 billion)</td><td>Bad Bunny</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Drake</td><td>Peso Pluma</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Taylor Swift (26.6 billion)</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Bad Bunny</td><td>Drake</td><td>Billie Eilish</td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>Bad Bunny (19.8 billion)</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Drake</td><td>Billie Eilish</td></tr></tbody></table>

By decade

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

<table><thead><tr><th>Decade</th><th>Artist ranking</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2010s</td><td>Drake (28 billion)</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>Post Malone</td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>Eminem</td></tr></tbody></table>

First 10 years

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Years</th><th>Artist ranking</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2008–2018</td><td>Drake</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>Eminem</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Rihanna</td></tr></tbody></table>

Most monthly listeners

List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is currently the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify

As of April 2026, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd was the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the first female artist and second overall. American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was the third and youngest artist to achieve the feat. American rapper Kendrick Lamar was the first rapper to both achieve the feat and surpass the 110 million mark. Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most recent artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners. British band Coldplay are the first group to reach every milestone from 60 million to 100 million.

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Artist</th><th>Monthly listeners (millions)</th><th>Chg</th><th>Ref(s).</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Bruno Mars</td><td>135.02</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>115.44</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Bad Bunny</td><td>108.60</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Rihanna</td><td>107.62</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>102.23</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>98.46</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Lady Gaga</td><td>94.70</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Coldplay</td><td>91.43</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Drake</td><td>87.88</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Billie Eilish</td><td>84.80</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>82.38</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>David Guetta</td><td>82.38</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>81.98</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Shakira</td><td>78.18</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>J Balvin</td><td>76.51</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Maroon 5</td><td>74.50</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Kendrick Lamar</td><td>73.31</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Calvin Harris</td><td>73.20</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Eminem</td><td>73.15</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Harry Styles</td><td>71.77</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Kanye West</td><td>71.13</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Pitbull</td><td>68.92</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>SZA</td><td>68.87</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>Zara Larsson</td><td>68.52</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Katy Perry</td><td>66.19</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Dua Lipa</td><td>64.84</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Sia</td><td>64.41</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Sabrina Carpenter</td><td>64.40</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Daddy Yankee</td><td>63.78</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Lana Del Rey</td><td>63.76</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Michael Jackson</td><td>62.94</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Olivia Dean</td><td>62.02</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Sean Paul</td><td>61.51</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Post Malone</td><td>61.35</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Travis Scott</td><td>60.59</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Chris Brown</td><td>59.19</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>Sombr</td><td>58.25</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Black Eyed Peas</td><td>58.05</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Adele</td><td>57.42</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Doja Cat</td><td>56.90</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>Miley Cyrus</td><td>56.26</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>RAYE</td><td>56.14</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>Linkin Park</td><td>55.29</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>Rauw Alejandro</td><td>55.15</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>Arctic Monkeys</td><td>54.88</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td>Beyoncé</td><td>54.36</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>Arijit Singh</td><td>54.06</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td>Imagine Dragons</td><td>54.05</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td>Future</td><td>53.72</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>Alex Warren</td><td>52.77</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>As of April 1, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Most-followed artists

List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

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

As of April 2026, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist and Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist on Spotify.

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Artist</th><th>Followers (millions)</th><th>Ref(s).</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Arijit Singh</td><td>177.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>154.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>125.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Billie Eilish</td><td>124.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>120.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Bad Bunny</td><td>113.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>110.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Drake</td><td>108.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Eminem</td><td>108.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>87.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>BTS</td><td>84.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Bruno Mars</td><td>80.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>A.R. Rahman</td><td>76.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Rihanna</td><td>72.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Adele</td><td>69.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Pritam</td><td>67.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Karol G</td><td>63.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Coldplay</td><td>63.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Imagine Dragons</td><td>59.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Blackpink</td><td>58.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>Queen</td><td>56.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>Lana Del Rey</td><td>55.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>Selena Gomez</td><td>54.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>XXXTentacion</td><td>53.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>Olivia Rodrigo</td><td>52.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td>Neha Kakkar</td><td>49.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>Post Malone</td><td>48.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td>Sidhu Moose Wala</td><td>48.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>Dua Lipa</td><td>47.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>Anuel AA</td><td>47.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td>Anirudh Ravichander</td><td>47.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Maroon 5</td><td>47.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>Kendrick Lamar</td><td>47.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td>Shawn Mendes</td><td>46.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>Lady Gaga</td><td>45.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td>Juice Wrld</td><td>44.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>Atif Aslam</td><td>44.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>Travis Scott</td><td>43.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Beyoncé</td><td>42.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td>Shakira</td><td>42.0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>Alan Walker</td><td>41.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>One Direction</td><td>40.9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td>Yo Yo Honey Singh</td><td>40.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>J Balvin</td><td>40.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>Ozuna</td><td>40.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td>Michael Jackson</td><td>40.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td>Maluma</td><td>40.1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td>Katy Perry</td><td>39.8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td>Marília Mendonça</td><td>39.7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td>Diljit Dosanjh</td><td>39.3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>As of April 1, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Timeline of peak monthly listeners

List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Month</th><th>2026</th><th>2025</th><th>2024</th><th>2023</th><th>2022</th><th>2021</th><th>2020</th><th>2019</th><th>2018</th><th>2017</th><th>2016</th><th>2015</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>January</td><td>Bruno Mars</td><td>Bruno Mars</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>—N/a</td></tr><tr><td>February</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td></tr><tr><td>March</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>Ariana Grande</td></tr><tr><td>April</td><td></td><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Khalid</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Rihanna</td></tr><tr><td>May</td><td></td><td>Drake</td><td>Drake</td></tr><tr><td>June</td><td></td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>J Balvin</td></tr><tr><td>July</td><td></td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Daddy Yankee</td></tr><tr><td>August</td><td></td><td>Bruno Mars</td><td>Billie Eilish</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>The Weeknd</td></tr><tr><td>September</td><td></td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>The Weeknd</td></tr><tr><td>October</td><td></td><td>Ed Sheeran</td></tr><tr><td>November</td><td></td><td>Bruno Mars</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>Justin Bieber</td></tr><tr><td>December</td><td></td><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>The Weeknd</td><td>The Weeknd</td></tr></tbody></table>

By number of months

<table><thead><tr><th>Artist</th><th>Number (share)</th><th>Last month</th><th>First month</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>The Weeknd</td><td>57 months (44.9%)</td><td>November 2025</td><td>September 2015</td></tr><tr><td>Justin Bieber</td><td>17 months (13.4%)</td><td>December 2021</td><td>November 2015</td></tr><tr><td>Ed Sheeran</td><td>17 months (13.4%)</td><td>October 2022</td><td>February 2017</td></tr><tr><td>Bruno Mars</td><td>12 months (9.4%)</td><td>March 2026</td><td>November 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Drake</td><td>8 months (6.3%)</td><td>May 2018</td><td>May 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Ariana Grande</td><td>7 months (5.5%)</td><td>December 2025</td><td>November 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Taylor Swift</td><td>3 months (2.4%)</td><td>December 2023</td><td>November 2022</td></tr><tr><td>Khalid</td><td>2 months (1.6%)</td><td>May 2019</td><td>April 2019</td></tr><tr><td>Rihanna</td><td>1 months (0.8%)</td><td>April 2016</td></tr><tr><td>Daddy Yankee</td><td>1 months (0.8%)</td><td>July 2017</td></tr><tr><td>J Balvin</td><td>1 months (0.8%)</td><td>June 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Billie Eilish</td><td>1 months (0.8%)</td><td>August 2024</td></tr><tr><td>Total months</td><td>127</td><td>As of March 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>