# List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of February 2024, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist, and Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history. 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 (2023–2024).

## Most-streamed artists
### By year

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
| Year | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking |
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2013 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | Avicii | Daft Punk | Eminem | Imagine Dragons |
| 2014 | Ed Sheeran (860 million) | Eminem | Coldplay | Calvin Harris | Katy Perry |
| 2015 | Drake (1.8 billion) | Ed Sheeran | The Weeknd | Maroon 5 | Kanye West |
| 2016 | Drake (4.7 billion) | Justin Bieber | Rihanna | Twenty One Pilots | Kanye West |
| 2017 | Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion) | Drake | The Weeknd | Kendrick Lamar | The Chainsmokers |
| 2018 | Drake (8.2 billion) | Post Malone | XXXTentacion | J Balvin | Ed Sheeran |
| 2019 | Post Malone (6.5 billion) | Billie Eilish | Ariana Grande | Ed Sheeran | Bad Bunny |
| 2020 | Bad Bunny (8.3 billion) | Drake | J Balvin | Juice Wrld | The Weeknd |
| 2021 | Bad Bunny (9.1 billion) | Taylor Swift | BTS | Drake | Justin Bieber |
| 2022 | Bad Bunny (18.5 billion) | Taylor Swift | Drake | The Weeknd | BTS |
| 2023 | Taylor Swift (26.1 billion) | Bad Bunny | The Weeknd | Drake | Peso Pluma |
| 2024 | Taylor Swift (26.6 billion) | The Weeknd | Bad Bunny | Drake | Billie Eilish |

### By decade

Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
| Decade | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking |
| Decade | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010s | 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.
| Years | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking | Artist ranking |
| Years | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008–2018 | Drake | Ed Sheeran | Eminem | The Weeknd | Rihanna |

## Most monthly listeners

As of March 2025, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. He is followed by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, who 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 is the latest artist and first rapper to both achieve the feat and surpass the 110 million mark. British band Coldplay hold the record for groups at 96 million monthly listeners and are the first in their category to reach the 60, 70, 80 and 90 million marks.
| Rank | Artist | Monthly listeners (millions) |
| 1 | Bruno Mars | 143.04 |
| 2 | Lady Gaga | 122.66 |
| 3 | The Weeknd | 119.31 |
| 4 | Kendrick Lamar | 110.84 |
| 5 | Billie Eilish | 104.94 |
| 6 | SZA | 96.55 |
| 7 | Coldplay | 91.39 |
| 8 | Rihanna | 90.12 |
| 9 | Bad Bunny | 85.91 |
| 10 | Taylor Swift | 85.10 |
| 11 | Drake | 81.92 |
| 12 | Justin Bieber | 80.07 |
| 13 | Ariana Grande | 79.77 |
| 14 | Ed Sheeran | 75.75 |
| 15 | David Guetta | 74.41 |
| 16 | Eminem | 72.70 |
| 17 | Sabrina Carpenter | 70.84 |
| 18 | Travis Scott | 70.80 |
| 19 | Post Malone | 67.12 |
| 20 | Dua Lipa | 66.29 |
| 21 | Kanye West | 65.73 |
| 22 | Maroon 5 | 64.38 |
| 23 | Sia | 63.03 |
| 24 | Future | 62.32 |
| 25 | Calvin Harris | 62.26 |
| 26 | Shakira | 62.12 |
| 27 | J Balvin | 61.86 |
| 28 | Katy Perry | 60.31 |
| 29 | Adele | 59.67 |
| 30 | Pitbull | 59.64 |
| 31 | Rosé | 59.38 |
| 32 | Lana Del Rey | 58.77 |
| 33 | Beyoncé | 58.54 |
| 34 | Doja Cat | 57.92 |
| 35 | Imagine Dragons | 56.28 |
| 36 | Sam Smith | 54.36 |
| 37 | Chris Brown | 53.47 |
| 38 | Miley Cyrus | 53.32 |
| 39 | Arctic Monkeys | 52.30 |
| 40 | Karol G | 52.09 |
| 41 | Marshmello | 51.46 |
| 42 | Daddy Yankee | 51.29 |
| 43 | Rauw Alejandro | 51.21 |
| 44 | Playboi Carti | 51.03 |
| 45 | Lil Wayne | 50.89 |
| 46 | Gracie Abrams | 50.32 |
| 47 | OneRepublic | 49.25 |
| 48 | Tyler, the Creator | 49.05 |
| 49 | Metro Boomin | 49.02 |
| 50 | Khalid | 48.86 |
| As of March 12, 2025 |||||

## Most-followed artists

As of February 2025, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist and Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist on Spotify.
| Rank | Artist | Followers (millions) |
| 1 | Arijit Singh | 138 |
| 2 | Taylor Swift | 132.9 |
| 3 | Ed Sheeran | 119.1 |
| 4 | Billie Eilish | 107.8 |
| 5 | Ariana Grande | 103.8 |
| 6 | The Weeknd | 100.4 |
| 7 | Eminem | 97.7 |
| 8 | Drake | 96.3 |
| 9 | Bad Bunny | 91.3 |
| 10 | Justin Bieber | 80.9 |
| 11 | BTS | 77.9 |
| 12 | Bruno Mars | 68.2 |
| 13 | Rihanna | 65.6 |
| 14 | Adele | 62.6 |
| 15 | A.R. Rahman | 59.9 |
| 16 | Coldplay | 56.8 |
| 17 | Imagine Dragons | 56.4 |
| 18 | Karol G | 54.9 |
| 19 | Blackpink | 53.1 |
| 20 | Queen | 53.0 |
| 21 | Selena Gomez | 51.9 |
| 22 | XXXTentacion | 49.1 |
| 23 | Neha Kakkar | 48.1 |
| 24 | Post Malone | 46.5 |
| 25 | Pritam | 46.3 |
| 26 | Dua Lipa | 45.5 |
| 27 | Lana Del Rey | 44.9 |
| 28 | Shawn Mendes | 44.4 |
| 29 | Maroon 5 | 44.1 |
| 30 | Olivia Rodrigo | 43.9 |
| 31 | Anuel AA | 40.6 |
| 32 | Alan Walker | 40.2 |
| 33 | Beyoncé | 39.7 |
| 34 | Sidhu Moosewala | 39.6 |
| 35 | One Direction | 38.7 |
| 36 | Juice Wrld | 38.7 |
| 37 | Kendrick Lamar | 38.2 |
| 38 | Ozuna | 38.1 |
| 39 | J Balvin | 37.9 |
| 40 | Travis Scott | 37.1 |
| 41 | Anirudh Ravichander | 36.8 |
| 42 | Shakira | 36.7 |
| 43 | Daddy Yankee | 36.5 |
| 44 | Marília Mendonça | 36.3 |
| 45 | Katy Perry | 36.1 |
| 46 | Maluma | 36 |
| 47 | Lady Gaga | 35.1 |
| 48 | Michael Jackson | 34.7 |
| 49 | Camila Cabello | 34.6 |
| 50 | Marshmello | 34.1 |
| As of 23 February 2025 ||||

## 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.

### 2015

| Month | Artist |
| September | The Weeknd |
| October | The Weeknd |
| November | Justin Bieber |
| December | Justin Bieber |

### 2016

| Month | Artist |
| January | Justin Bieber |
| February | Justin Bieber |
| March | Justin Bieber |
| April | Rihanna |
| May | Drake |
| June | Drake |
| July | Drake |
| August | Drake |
| September | Drake |
| October | Drake |
| November | Drake |
| December | The Weeknd |

### 2017

| Month | Artist |
| January | The Weeknd |
| February | Ed Sheeran |
| March | Ed Sheeran |
| April | The Weeknd |
| May | The Weeknd |
| June | The Weeknd |
| July | Daddy Yankee |
| August | The Weeknd |
| September | Ed Sheeran |
| October | Ed Sheeran |
| November | Ed Sheeran |
| December | Ed Sheeran |

### 2018

| Month | Artist |
| January | The Weeknd |
| February | The Weeknd |
| March | The Weeknd |
| April | The Weeknd |
| May | Drake |
| June | J Balvin |
| July | The Weeknd |
| August | The Weeknd |
| September | The Weeknd |
| October | The Weeknd |
| November | Ariana Grande |
| December | Ariana Grande |

### 2019

| Month | Artist |
| January | Ariana Grande |
| February | The Weeknd |
| March | Ariana Grande |
| April | Khalid |
| May | Khalid |
| June | The Weeknd |
| July | Ed Sheeran |
| August | The Weeknd |
| September | The Weeknd |
| October | Ed Sheeran |
| November | The Weeknd |
| December | The Weeknd |

### 2020

| Month | Artist |
| January | Ed Sheeran |
| February | Justin Bieber |
| March | Justin Bieber |
| April | The Weeknd |
| May | The Weeknd |
| June | The Weeknd |
| July | The Weeknd |
| August | The Weeknd |
| September | The Weeknd |
| October | The Weeknd |
| November | Ariana Grande |
| December | Ariana Grande |

### 2021

| Month | Artist |
| January | Justin Bieber |
| February | The Weeknd |
| March | The Weeknd |
| April | Justin Bieber |
| May | Justin Bieber |
| June | Justin Bieber |
| July | Justin Bieber |
| August | Justin Bieber |
| September | Justin Bieber |
| October | Justin Bieber |
| November | Justin Bieber |
| December | Justin Bieber |

### 2022

| Month | Artist |
| January | The Weeknd |
| February | The Weeknd |
| March | Ed Sheeran |
| April | Ed Sheeran |
| May | Ed Sheeran |
| June | Ed Sheeran |
| July | Ed Sheeran |
| August | Ed Sheeran |
| September | Ed Sheeran |
| October | Ed Sheeran |
| November | Taylor Swift |
| December | The Weeknd |

### 2023

| Month | Artist |
| January | The Weeknd |
| February | The Weeknd |
| March | The Weeknd |
| April | The Weeknd |
| May | The Weeknd |
| June | The Weeknd |
| July | The Weeknd |
| August | The Weeknd |
| September | The Weeknd |
| October | The Weeknd |
| November | Taylor Swift |
| December | Taylor Swift |

### 2024

| Month | Artist |
| January | The Weeknd |
| February | The Weeknd |
| March | The Weeknd |
| April | The Weeknd |
| May | The Weeknd |
| June | The Weeknd |
| July | The Weeknd |
| August | Billie Eilish |
| September | The Weeknd |
| October | The Weeknd |
| November | Bruno Mars |
| December | Bruno Mars |

### 2025

| Month | Artist |
| January | Bruno Mars |
| February | Bruno Mars |
| March | Bruno Mars |