Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history.^[1]

American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist in Spotify's history.^[2]

South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history, as well as the most-followed group on the platform.^[3]

The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of January 2024, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist. 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).

Most-streamed artists

Most monthly listeners

As of January 2024, Canadian singer the Weeknd is the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the female artist with the most monthly listeners. The Weeknd became the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners in Spotify's history, while Taylor Swift became the first female artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners in Spotify's history.^[17]

Rank	Artist	Monthly listeners (millions)	Chg	Ref(s)
1	The Weeknd	113.12		[18]
2	Taylor Swift	107.89		[19]
3	Ariana Grande	92.94		[20]
4	Justin Bieber	90.61		[21]
5	Drake	82.97		[22]
6	Ed Sheeran	82.81		[23]
7	Rihanna	81.11		[24]
8	Mariah Carey	76.41		[25]
9	Coldplay	76.41		[26]
10	Bad Bunny	76.21		[27]
11	Sia	75.40		[28]
12	Eminem	73.63		[29]
13	David Guetta	71.95		[30]
14	Dua Lipa	71.89		[31]
15	Marshmello	68.33		[32]
16	Doja Cat	67.34		[33]
17	Bruno Mars	66.19		[34]
18	SZA	65.80		[35]
19	Miley Cyrus	65.75		[36]
20	Elton John	65.43		[37]
21	Billie Eilish	64.51		[38]
22	Kanye West	64.21		[39]
23	Calvin Harris	62.67		[40]
24	Katy Perry	61.88		[41]
25	Travis Scott	61.55		[42]
26	Nicki Minaj	61.09		[43]
27	Sam Smith	60.49		[44]
28	Shakira	60.35		[45]
29	Maroon 5	59.96		[46]
30	Olivia Rodrigo	59.68		[47]
31	Post Malone	59.27		[48]
32	Queen	58.51		[49]
33	Wham!	58.11		[50]
34	Michael Bublé	57.56		[51]
35	Imagine Dragons	57.43		[52]
36	Lady Gaga	56.87		[53]
37	Lana Del Rey	56.53		[54]
38	Jack Harlow	56.45		[55]
39	Tate McRae	55.68		[56]
40	Adele	55.53		[57]
41	Harry Styles	54.76		[58]
42	Peso Pluma	54.67		[59]
43	21 Savage	54.44		[60]
44	Karol G	52.28		[61]
45	Future	51.18		[62]
46	Beyoncé	51.07		[63]
47	Kendrick Lamar	51.00		[64]
48	Metro Boomin	50.88		[65]
49	J Balvin	50.69		[66]
50	Brenda Lee	50.41		[67]
As of January 12, 2024

Most-followed artists

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify.

As of January 2024, English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist. Arijit Singh is the most followed non-English singing artist.

Timeline of peak monthly listeners

Canadian singer the Weeknd is the artist with the highest recorded number of 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.^[119]

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

Notes

References