List of most - streamed artists on Spotify - wikipedia List of most - streamed artists on Spotify As of 28 October 2018, No. 1 is Drake, with 48.3 million monthly listeners. Contents 1 Monthly 2 On the Spotify Global Top 200 3 All - time 4 Most followers 5 Peak position on chart 5.1 2017 5.2 2016 5.3 2015 5.4 2014 5.5 2013 6 See also 7 References Monthly Monthly listeners ( millions ) Country Ref ( s ) 1. Drake 48.0 CAN 2. Selena Gomez 45.1 USA 3. Khalid 43.4 USA 4. Calvin Harris 42.1 SCO 5. J Balvin 41.8 COL 6. Dua Lipa 41.1 GBR 7. Marshmello 40.5 USA 8. Ozuna 39.7 PRI 9. David Guetta 39.1 FRA 10. Bad Bunny 39.5 PRI 11. DJ Snake 39.2 FRA 12. Ed Sheeran 38.5 UK 13. Maroon 5 38.1 USA 14. Imagine Dragons 38.0 USA 15. Kanye West 37.5 USA 16. Post Malone 36.3 USA 17. Eminem 35.5 USA 18. Sam Smith 35.4 UK 18. XXXTentacion 35.4 USA Top 20 as of October 28, 2018. On the Spotify Global Top 200 This list enumerates the streams artists ' song accrued on the Spotify Global Top 200, which is less than the artist 's total streams. 1. Logic 14.65 USA 2. Ed Sheeran 9.52 ENG 3. Justin Bieber 8.93 CAN 4. Post Malone 6.77 USA 5. J Balvin 6.35 COL 6. The Weeknd 5.89 CAN 7. Ozuna 5.66 PRI 8. The Chainsmokers 5.41 USA 9. Kendrick Lamar 4.80 USA 10. Calvin Harris 4.69 SCO 11. Daddy Yankee 4.58 PRI 12. Bad Bunny 4.51 PRI 13. Rihanna 4.49 BAR 14. Khalid 4.41 USA 15. Ariana Grande 4.25 USA 16. Nicki Minaj 4.13 TTO 17. XXXTENTACION 4.05 USA 18. Selena Gomez 3.98 19. Imagine Dragons 3.86 20. Future 3.83 As of October 26, 2018 All - time This list enumerates the number of streams artists ' albums ( LP & EP ) have accrued on Spotify. Rank Artist Country Ref ( s ) 1. Moe SWE 2. Vas the Valid USA 3. Eminem USA 4. The Weeknd CAN 5. Rihanna BAR 6. Kanye West USA 7. Coldplay ENG 8. Justin Bieber CAN 9. Calvin Harris SCO 10. Ariana Grande USA Most followers Also among the 30 most streamed artists monthly Rank Artist Followers ( millions ) Country Ref ( s ) 1. Ed Sheeran 34.4 GB 2. Drake 28.1 CAN 3. Rihanna 27.6 BAR 4. Justin Bieber 25.3 CAN 5. Eminem 21.1 USA 6. Ariana Grande 19.5 USA 7. Bruno Mars 17.5 USA 8. David Guetta 16.3 FRA 9. Beyoncé 16.1 USA 10. Taylor Swift 15.7 USA 11. Coldplay 15.3 GBR 12. Shakira 13.9 COL 13. Calvin Harris 13.7 GBR 14. Maroon 5 13.6 USA 15. Imagine Dragons 13.2 USA 16. Nicki Minaj 12.9 TTO 17. The Weeknd 12.9 CAN 18. Maluma 12.8 COL 19. Shawn Mendes 12.5 CAN 20. Selena Gomez 11.9 USA As of October 26, 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 February March Drake April May June J Balvin July Drake August September October Most streamed artists by year 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 ^ `` Drake ''. Spotify. Retrieved September 26, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Ed Sheeran ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Khalid ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Selena Gomez ''. Spotify. Retrieved March 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Calvin Harris ''. Spotify. 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Question: who is the number one artist in the world on spotify
Answer: Drake