The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of April 2026, Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history. Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist.

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).

Most-streamed artists

By year Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available. Year Artist ranking 1 2 3 4 5 2013 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Avicii Daft Punk Eminem Imagine Dragons 2014 Ed Sheeran Eminem Coldplay Calvin Harris Katy Perry 2015 Drake Ed Sheeran The Weeknd Maroon 5 Kanye West 2016 Drake Justin Bieber Rihanna Twenty One Pilots Kanye West 2017 Ed Sheeran Drake The Weeknd Kendrick Lamar The Chainsmokers 2018 Drake Post Malone XXXTentacion J Balvin Ed Sheeran 2019 Post Malone Billie Eilish Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Bad Bunny 2020 Bad Bunny Drake J Balvin Juice Wrld The Weeknd 2021 Bad Bunny Taylor Swift BTS Drake Justin Bieber 2022 Bad Bunny Taylor Swift Drake The Weeknd BTS 2023 Taylor Swift Bad Bunny The Weeknd Drake Peso Pluma 2024 Taylor Swift The Weeknd Bad Bunny Drake Billie Eilish 2025 Bad Bunny Taylor Swift The Weeknd Drake Billie Eilish

By decade Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.

Decade Artist ranking 1 2 3 4 5 2010s Drake Ed Sheeran Post Malone Ariana Grande Eminem

First 10 years The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the availability of Spotify. While founded in 2006, the company officially launched in 2008.

Years Artist ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2008–2018 Drake Ed Sheeran Eminem The Weeknd Rihanna Kanye West Coldplay Justin Bieber Calvin Harris Ariana Grande

First 20 years The most streamed artists in the first 20 years of the existence of Spotify. While founded in 2006, the company officially launched in 2008, so in only 18 of the 20 years were artists available to listen to.

Years Artist ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2006–2026 Taylor Swift Bad Bunny Drake The Weeknd Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Billie Eilish Eminem Kanye West

Most monthly listeners

As of , 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 to achieve the feat. American rapper Kendrick Lamar was the first rapper to achieve the feat. American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson is the oldest to surpass 100 million monthly listeners. Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira is the most recent to surpass 100 million monthly listeners. British band Coldplay are the first group to surpass 100 million monthly listeners. Rank Artist Monthly listeners(millions) 1 Bruno Mars 130.3 2 Rihanna 116.1 3 The Weeknd 115.5 4 Justin Bieber 113 5 Taylor Swift 106 6 Lady Gaga 100 7 Coldplay 94.9 8 Drake 94.6 9 Ariana Grande 93.5 10 Bad Bunny 93.4 11 Shakira 91.2 12 Katy Perry 89.2 13 Michael Jackson 87.9 14 David Guetta 83 15 Maroon 5 80.3 16 Ed Sheeran 79.7 17 Pitbull 78.9 18 Billie Eilish 78.5 19 Dua Lipa 77.6 20 Calvin Harris 75.4 21 Eminem 74.3 22 J Balvin 72.4 23 Kendrick Lamar 71 24 Kanye West 70.7 25 Karol G 69 26 Sia 68.9 27 Post Malone 67.3 28 Olivia Rodrigo 67.2 29 SZA 66.6 30 Lana Del Rey 66.5 31 Beyoncé 64.4 32 Black Eyed Peas 64.2 33 Daddy Yankee 64 34 Miley Cyrus 62.8 35 Harry Styles 62.8 36 Travis Scott 62.1 37 Tame Impala 61.2 38 Sean Paul 60.2 39 Adele 59.4 40 Justin Timberlake 59 41 Linkin Park 57.8 42 Chris Brown 56.7 43 Shawn Mendes 56.6 44 Arctic Monkeys 56.2 45 Shreya Ghoshal 56.1 46 Marshmello 55.7 47 Ellie Goulding 55.2 48 Doja Cat 55.2 49 Madonna 55 50 Halsey 54.7 As of October 6, 2026

Most-followed artists

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

Rank Artist 1 Arijit Singh 191.4 2 Taylor Swift 163.1 3 Billie Eilish 130.2 4 Ed Sheeran 128.1 5 The Weeknd 126.8 6 Bad Bunny 122.4 7 Drake 115.9 8 Ariana Grande 114.8 9 Eminem 111.9 10 Justin Bieber 95.5 11 BTS 89.2 12 Bruno Mars 87.5 13 A.R. Rahman 83.1 14 Rihanna 76.2 15 Pritam 75 16 Adele 72.2 17 Karol G 66.4 18 Coldplay 65.2 19 Blackpink 60.7 20 Imagine Dragons 60.5 21 Lana Del Rey 60.1 22 Queen 58.4 23 Olivia Rodrigo 56.2 24 XXXTentacion 55 25 Selena Gomez 54.9 26 Michael Jackson 52 27 Sidhu Moose Wala 51.6 28 Anirudh Ravichander 51.4 29 Anuel AA 50.4 30 Neha Kakkar 50.3 31 Post Malone 49.2 32 Maroon 5 48.9 33 Kendrick Lamar 48.9 34 Dua Lipa 48.7 35 Atif Aslam 48.4 36 Lady Gaga 48.3 37 Shawn Mendes 47.6 38 Juice Wrld 46.6 39 Shakira 45.1 40 Travis Scott 44.8 41 Yo Yo Honey Singh 44.5 42 Beyoncé 43.6 43 Alan Walker 42.4 44 One Direction 42 45 Katy Perry 42 46 J Balvin 41.9 47 Diljit Dosanjh 41.9 48 Ozuna 41.7 49 Maluma 41.5 50 Marília Mendonça 41 As of August 29, 2026

Timeline of peak 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.

+The artist with the most monthly listeners Year January February March April May June July August September October November December 2026Bruno Mars* January: February: March: April: Justin BieberBruno Mars June: July: August: 2025Bruno Mars* January: August: The Weeknd* September: October: November: December: 2024The Weeknd* January: February: March: April: May: June: July: August: Billie Eilish* September: The Weeknd* October: Bruno Mars* November: December: 2023The Weeknd* January: February: March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October: Taylor Swift* November: December: 2022Justin BieberThe WeekndEd Sheeran* March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October: Taylor SwiftThe Weeknd 2021Ariana GrandeThe Weeknd* February: Justin Bieber* April: May: June: July: August: September: October: November: December: 2020The WeekndJustin Bieber* February: March: The Weeknd* April: May: July: August: September: October: Ariana Grande* November: December: 2019Ariana Grande January: February: The WeekndAriana GrandeKhalidThe WeekndEd SheeranThe WeekndEd SheeranThe Weeknd 2018The WeekndDrake May: June: July: August: September: October: Selena GomezAriana Grande 2017The WeekndEd Sheeran* February: March: The WeekndEd SheeranDaddy YankeeThe WeekndEd Sheeran* September: October: November: December: 2016 Justin Bieber*January & February: March: Rihanna*April: May: DrakeThe Weeknd 2015 —The Weeknd* September: October: November: Justin Bieber

By number of months Artist Number (share) Last month First monthThe Weeknd Bruno Mars Justin Bieber Ed Sheeran Drake Ariana Grande Taylor Swift Rihanna Billie Eilish Khalid Selena Gomez Daddy Yankee Total months 133 As of September 2026

See also List of Spotify streaming records List of most-viewed YouTube channels List of most-subscribed YouTube channels List of most-followed Facebook pages List of most-followed TikTok accounts List of most-followed Twitch channels List of most-followed Twitter accounts List of most-followed Instagram accounts

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