List of most streamed artists on Spotify - wikipedia List of most streamed artists on Spotify No. 1 is Drake with 60 million monthly listeners. No. 2 is J Balvin with 49 million monthly listeners. No. 3 is Calvin Harris with 43 million monthly listeners. This list of most - streamed artists on Spotify contains the top 20 artists with the most monthly streams, as derived from Spotify charts in July 2018. Drake is currently the most streamed artist on Spotify with over 60 million monthly listeners and also the most streamed artist of all time with over 12 billion combined streams. Ed Sheeran is the artist with the most followers with over 27 million. Contents 1 Most streamed artists 1.1 Monthly 1.2 All - time 2 Most followers 3 Peak position on chart 4 Most streamed artists by year 4.1 2017 4.2 2016 4.3 2015 4.4 2014 4.5 2013 5 See also 6 References Most streamed artists Non-English speaking Monthly Rank Artist Monthly listeners ( millions ) Country Ref ( s ) 1. Drake 60 CAN 2. J Balvin 49 COL 3. Calvin Harris 43 GBR 4. Dua Lipa 5. Maroon 5 42 USA 6. Post Malone 41 7. Ed Sheeran 39 GBR 8. Bad Bunny PRI 9. Khalid USA 10. Demi Lovato 38 11. Imagine Dragons 37 12. David Guetta FRA 13. Sia 36 AUS 14. Cardi B USA 15. Ariana Grande 35 16. Nicki Minaj TTO 17. Selena Gomez USA 18. Clean Bandit 33 GBR 19. XXXTentacion USA 20. Kanye West 32 As of July 16, 2018 All - time This list enumerates the streams artists ' song accrued on the Spotify Global Top 200, which is less than the artist 's total streams. Rank Artist Total streams ( billions ) Country 1. Drake 12.75 CAN 2. Ed Sheeran 9.05 GBR 3. Justin Bieber 8.69 CAN 4. The Weeknd 5.81 5. Post Malone 5.70 USA 6. J Balvin 5.40 COL 7. The Chainsmokers 5.16 USA 8. Kendrick Lamar 4.57 9. Rihanna 4.49 BAR 10. Ozuna 4.41 PRI 11. Daddy Yankee 4.38 12. Calvin Harris 4.29 GBR 13. Future 3.75 USA 14. Selena Gomez 3.66 15. Bad Bunny 3.57 PRI 16. Ariana Grande 3.46 USA 17. Nicki Minaj 3.43 TTO 18. Sia 3.43 AUS 19. Khalid 3.40 USA 20. Imagine Dragons 3.34 As of July 15, 2018 Most followers It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled List of most followed artists on Spotify. ( Discuss ) ( July 2018 ) No. 1 is Ed Sheeran with over 28 million followers. No. 2 is Rihanna with over 24 million followers. No. 3 is Justin Bieber with over 23 million followers. Also among the 20 most streamed artists Rank Artist Followers ( millions ) Country Ref ( s ) 1. Ed Sheeran 28.6 GBR 2. Rihanna 25.1 BAR 3. Justin Bieber 23.7 CAN 4. Drake 23.4 5. Eminem 18.3 USA 6. Ariana Grande 16.7 7. David Guetta 15.2 FRA 8. Bruno Mars 14.6 USA 9. Beyoncé 14.5 10. Taylor Swift 13.7 11. Coldplay 13.1 GBR 12. Calvin Harris 12.5 13. Shakira 12.4 COL 14. Maroon 5 12.2 USA 15. Nicki Minaj 11.8 TTO 16. The Weeknd 11.4 CAN 17. Imagine Dragons 10.8 USA 18. Maluma COL 19. Selena Gomez 10.7 USA 20. Katy Perry 10.6 As of July 16, 2018 Peak position on chart Timeline of artists who have held the peak position each month as the most streamed artist since September 2015, when the feature was first made public. Indicates most streamed artist of the year Year Month Artist Ref ( s ) 2015 September The Weeknd October November December Justin Bieber 2016 January February March April Rihanna May Drake June. July August September October November December The Weeknd 2017 January February Ed Sheeran March April May June July August September October November December 2018 January Ed Sheeran February March Drake April May June J Balvin July Drake Most streamed artists by year Ed Sheeran was the most streamed artist of 2014 and 2017. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were the most streamed artists of 2013. 2017 Spotify 's most streamed artist of 2017 was Ed Sheeran with 6.3 billion streams that year. This was his second year topping the list. Rank Chg Artist Country 1. Ed Sheeran GBR 2. Drake CAN 3. The Weeknd 4. Kendrick Lamar USA 5. The Chainsmokers 2016 Spotify 's most streamed artist of 2016 was Drake with 4.7 billion streams that year. He topped the list for a second year in a row. Rank Chg Artist Country 1. Drake CAN 2. Justin Bieber 3. Rihanna BAR 4. Twenty One Pilots USA 5. Kanye West 2015 Spotify 's most streamed artist of 2015 was Drake with 1.8 billion streams that year. Rank Chg Artist Country 1. Drake CAN 2. Ed Sheeran GBR 3. The Weeknd CAN 4. Maroon 5 USA 5. Kanye West 2014 Spotify 's most streamed artist of 2014 was Ed Sheeran with 860 million streams that year. Rank Chg Artist Country 1. Ed Sheeran GBR 2. Eminem USA 3. Coldplay GBR 4. Calvin Harris 5. Katy Perry USA 2013 Spotify 's most streamed artists of 2013 were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Rank Artist Country 1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis USA 2. Avicii SWE 3. Daft Punk FRA 4. Eminem USA 5. Imagine Dragons 6. Jay - Z 7. Bruno Mars 8. Rihanna BAR 9. Calvin Harris GBR 10. Drake CAN See also List of most streamed songs on Spotify List of most - subscribed YouTube channels List of most - followed Twitter accounts List of most - followed Instagram accounts References ^ Jump up to : `` Drake ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` J Balvin ''. Spotify. Retrieved April 17, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Calvin Harris ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Dua Lipa ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Maroon 5 ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 25, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Post Malone ''. Spotify. Retrieved April 19, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Ed Sheeran ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Bad Bunny ''. Spotify. Retrieved July 2, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Khalid ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Demi Lovato ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 11, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Imagine Dragons ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 15, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` David Guetta ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 15, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Sia ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 8, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Cardi B ''. Spotify.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Ariana Grande ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 6, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Nicki Minaj ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 25, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Selena Gomez ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 8, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Clean Bandit ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 25, 2018. Jump up ^ `` XXXTentacion ''. Spotify. Retrieved April 30, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Kanye West ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 25, 2018. Jump up ^ Spotify Chart History Jump up ^ `` Rihanna ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 16, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Justin Bieber ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Eminem ''. Spotify. Retrieved May 5, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Bruno Mars ''. Spotify. Retrieved April 27, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Beyoncé ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Taylor Swift ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Coldplay ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Shakira ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` The Weeknd ''. Spotify. Retrieved June 16, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Maluma ''. Spotify. Retrieved May 25, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Katy Perry ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ Spotify 's new About tab reveals artists ' monthly listeners Jump up ^ The Weeknd tops Spotify artists chart with 24m monthly listeners Jump up ^ Spotify 's new Number of Monthly Listeners stat / chart is pretty interesting ( The Weeknd currently # 1 in the world ). Jump up ^ Jump up ^ The most listened artist on Spotify is Justin Bieber. And you still ask why the aliens did n't come to Earth. Jump up ^ Justin Bieber ranks the # 1 most popular artist on Spotify w / over 4 million followers & 31 million monthly listeners Jump up ^ Justin Bieber is most popular Spotify artist with 31.7 million monthly listeners. Can you guess who is in second and third ? Hint : Adele 4th Jump up ^ Justin Bieber got the most number of monthly listener in spotify. Jump up ^ Jump up ^ Rihanna has bypassed Justin Bieber as the number one artist on Spotify, with over 31 million monthly listeners ! Jump up ^ Ingham, Tim ( December 1, 2016 ). `` Drake finally loses his Spotify crown to record - breaking The Weeknd ''. Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved March 29, 2018. Jump up ^ Ed Sheeran is now officially the biggest artist on Spotify worldwide Jump up ^ Artists with the most monthly listeners on Spotify currently : Ed Sheeran, The Chainsmokers, Drake, Coldplay Jump up ^ Taylor is now the second most listened to artist on Spotify with 36M+ monthly listeners - right behind Ed Sheeran 🎶 🎵 Jump up ^ Jump up ^ Drake is back in 1st place with more monthly listeners on Spotify. Jump up ^ J Balvin Is the Most Streamed Artist Worldwide on Spotify, Replacing Drake Jump up ^ Associated Press ( December 12, 2017 ). `` Ed Sheeran Tops Spotify 's 2017 Most - Streamed List ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ Stutz, Colin ( December 1, 2016 ). `` Drake & Rihanna Top Spotify 's Year - End Lists ''. Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ The Spotify Team ( December 1, 2015 ). `` Drake Is The World 's Most Streamed Artist on Spotify for 2015 ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Ed Sheeran is Spotify 's most - streamed artist of 2014 ''. BBC News. December 3, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2018. Jump up ^ The Spotify Team ( December 17, 2013 ). `` Spotify reveals Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are 2013 's most - streamed artists ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 29, 2018. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most_streamed_artists_on_Spotify&oldid=850479776 '' Categories : 21st century - related lists Music - related lists Hidden categories : Articles to be split from July 2018 All articles to be split Talk Contents About Wikipedia ไทย Edit links This page was last edited on 16 July 2018, at 03 : 47 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who is the most listened to on spotify 2018
Answer: Drake