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List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
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Albert FloresThis list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of , The Weeknd has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a male artist, and Taylor Swift has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist. Ed Sheeran is the most-followed male artist, and Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist. Drake is the most-streamed male artist of all time, and Swift is the most-streamed female artist of all time. Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake a record three times (2015, 2016 and 2018). The Weeknd holds the record for reaching the top spot of most monthly listeners on different instances, he topped the list 10 different times.
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Most monthly listeners
| Rank | Artist | Monthly listeners (millions) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Weeknd | 78. 88 | ||
| 2 | Ed Sheeran | 77. +more84 | ||
| 3 | Taylor Swift | 74. 72 | ||
| 4 | David Guetta | 68. 59 | ||
| 5 | Justin Bieber | 68. 17 | ||
| 6 | Sam Smith | 68. 14 | ||
| 7 | Harry Styles | 65. 63 | ||
| 8 | Bad Bunny | 62. 95 | ||
| 9 | Rihanna | 62. 27 | ||
| 10 | Drake | 60. 81 | ||
| 11 | Dua Lipa | 60. 79 | ||
| 12 | Coldplay | 58. 02 | ||
| 13 | Eminem | 56. 59 | ||
| 14 | Imagine Dragons | 56. 13 | ||
| 15 | Ariana Grande | 53. 30 | ||
| 16 | Shakira | 52. 73 | ||
| 17 | Doja Cat | 52. 50 | ||
| 18 | Post Malone | 51. 50 | ||
| 19 | Elton John | 50. 99 | ||
| 20 | Kanye West | 50. 94 | ||
| 21 | Bruno Mars | 50. 90 | ||
| 22 | Billie Eilish | 50. 63 | ||
| 23 | J Balvin | 50. 38 | ||
| 24 | Khalid | 50. 22 | ||
| 25 | Maroon 5 | 49. 52 | ||
| 26 | Bebe Rexha | 49. 51 | ||
| 27 | OneRepublic | 49. 50 | ||
| 28 | Calvin Harris | 49. 41 | ||
| 29 | Beyoncé | 49. 29 | ||
| 30 | Chris Brown | 48. 16 | ||
| As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 |
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 | The Weeknd |
| December | The Weeknd |
2016
| Month | Artist |
|---|---|
| January | The Weeknd |
| February | Rihanna |
| March | Rihanna |
| April | Drake |
| 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 | Ed Sheeran |
| May | Ed Sheeran |
| June | Ed Sheeran |
| July | Ed Sheeran |
| August | Ed Sheeran |
| September | Ed Sheeran |
| October | Ed Sheeran |
| November | Ed Sheeran |
| December | Ed Sheeran |
2018
| Month | Artist |
|---|---|
| January | Ed Sheeran |
| February | Ed Sheeran |
| March | Drake |
| April | Drake |
| May | Drake |
| June | J Balvin |
| July | Drake |
| August | Drake |
| September | Drake |
| October | Drake |
| November | Selena Gomez |
| December | Ariana Grande |
2019
| Month | Artist |
|---|---|
| January | Ariana Grande |
| February | Ariana Grande |
| March | Ariana Grande |
| April | Ariana Grande |
| May | Khalid |
| June | Ed Sheeran |
| July | Ed Sheeran |
| August | Ed Sheeran |
| September | Ed Sheeran |
| October | Ed Sheeran |
| November | Ed Sheeran |
| December | Ed Sheeran |
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 | Justin Bieber |
| December | Ariana Grande |
2021
| Month | Artist |
|---|---|
| January | Ariana Grande |
| 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 | The Weeknd |
Most-streamed artists
By year
Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.
| Year | Artist ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. +more7 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 |
By decade
Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.
| Decade | Artist ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2010s | Drake (28 billion) | Ed Sheeran | Post Malone | Ariana Grande | Eminem |
All time
The numbers in this chart are based off of lead songs, which means that if an artist is featured on a song, it doesn't count in this section.
| 1 | Drake | 51,243,984,574 | 262 | 7 | 133 | 256 | 259 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bad Bunny | 46,801,922,319 | 163 | 8 | 120 | 157 | 162 |
| 3 | Ed Sheeran | 38,930,136,857 | 243 | 11 | 63 | 180 | 221 |
| 4 | The Weeknd | 35,954,718,974 | 186 | 8 | 74 | 147 | 171 |
| 5 | Taylor Swift | 35,301,822,471 | 342 | 1 | 105 | 271 | 333 |
| 6 | Justin Bieber | 33,151,798,327 | 225 | 6 | 58 | 175 | 197 |
| 7 | Ariana Grande | 32,878,781,660 | 181 | 8 | 72 | 130 | 175 |
| 8 | Eminem | 31,179,839,054 | 302 | 6 | 65 | 228 | 268 |
| 9 | Post Malone | 30,401,478,920 | 99 | 9 | 57 | 80 | 83 |
| 10 | BTS | 29,454,240,718 | 263 | 2 | 100 | 211 | 263 |
| 11 | J Balvin | 28,149,642,064 | 251 | 4 | 70 | 155 | 234 |
| 12 | Kanye West | 26,336,602,942 | 239 | 1 | 66 | 197 | 222 |
| 13 | Billie Eilish | 24,323,281,691 | 64 | 4 | 48 | 59 | 63 |
| 14 | Juice Wrld | 23,694,016,706 | 118 | 3 | 62 | 115 | 117 |
| 15 | Coldplay | 22,848,915,945 | 302 | 5 | 35 | 180 | 280 |
| 16 | Dua Lipa | 22,765,158,029 | 199 | 7 | 36 | 84 | 166 |
| 17 | Imagine Dragons | 22,408,951,300 | 191 | 4 | 42 | 112 | 156 |
| 18 | XXXTentacion | 22,198,055,504 | 143 | 7 | 45 | 110 | 138 |
| 19 | Ozuna | 21,559,062,962 | 233 | 1 | 52 | 160 | 212 |
| 20 | Khalid | 21,370,298,481 | 122 | 7 | 42 | 95 | 112 |
| As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 | As of November 3, 2022 |
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