List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

As of 4 October 2018, No. 1 is Drake, with 52 million monthly listeners.

Monthly

Rank Artist Monthly listeners
(millions)		 Country Ref(s)
1.Drake51.1 CAN[1]
2.J Balvin44.1 COL[2]
3.Khalid42.5 USA
4.Calvin Harris42.4 GBR[3]
5.Kanye West40.9 USA[4]
6.David Guetta40.4 FRA[5]
7.Dua Lipa40.3 GBR[6]
8.Imagine Dragons39.7 USA[7]
9.Marshmello39.5 USA[8]
10.Eminem39.3  USA[9]
11.Maroon 538.7 USA[10]
12.Ed Sheeran37.8 GBR[11]
13.Ariana Grande36.8  USA[12]
14.Sam Smith35.1 GBR[13]
15.Sia34.2 AUS[14]
16.XXXTENTACION33.4 USA[15]
17.Post Malone33.1 USA[16]
18.Bad Bunny33.3 PRI[17]
19.Camila Cabello32.7 USA[18]
20.Demi Lovato31.9 USA[19]
Top 20 as of September 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.[20]

1.Drake14.46 CAN
2.Ed Sheeran9.49 GBR
3.Justin Bieber8.92 CAN
4.Post Malone6.69 USA
5.J Balvin6.28 COL
6.The Weeknd5.88 CAN
7.Ozuna5.50 PRI
8.The Chainsmokers5.38 USA
9.Kendrick Lamar4.78 USA
10.Calvin Harris4.65 GBR
11.Daddy Yankee4.57 PRI
12.Rihanna4.49 BAR
13.Bad Bunny4.38 PRI
14.Khalid4.28 USA
15.Ariana Grande4.22
16.Nicki Minaj4.07 TTO
17.XXXTENTACION3.94 USA
18.Selena Gomez3.90
19.Imagine Dragons3.82
20.Future3.78
As of October 14, 2018

All-time

This list enumerates the number of streams artists' albums (LP & EP) have accrued on Spotify.

Rank Artist Total streams

(billions)

1. Drake 11  CAN
2. Eminem 8.8  USA

Most followers

No. 3 is Rihanna with over 27 million followers.
No. 4 is Justin Bieber with over 25 million followers.
  Also among the 30 most streamed artists monthly
Rank Artist Followers
(millions)		 Country Ref(s)
1.Ed Sheeran33.8 GB[21]
2.Drake27.6 CAN[22]
3.Rihanna27.4 BAR[23]
4.Justin Bieber25.2 CAN[24]
5.Eminem20.8 USA[2]
6.Ariana Grande19.2 USA[11]
7.Bruno Mars17.2 USA[6]
8.David Guetta16.1 FRA[6]
9.Beyoncé15.9 USA[25]
10.Taylor Swift15.5 USA[26]
11.Coldplay15.0 GBR[27]
12.Shakira13.8 COL[28]
13.Calvin Harris13.5 GBR[3]
14.Maroon 513.4 USA[5]
15.Imagine Dragons12.9 USA[29]
16.Nicki Minaj12.8 TTO[15]
17.The Weeknd12.7 CAN[7]
18.Maluma12.6 COL[30]
19.Shawn Mendes12.2 CAN[31]
20.Selena Gomez11.7 USA[32]
As of October 14, 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.[33]

Most streamed artist of the year Indicates most streamed artist of the year
Year Month Artist Ref(s)
2015SeptemberThe Weeknd[36]
October
November
DecemberJustin Bieber[41]
2016January
February
March
AprilRihanna[42]
MayDrake dagger[43]
June.
July
August
September
October
November
DecemberThe Weeknd
2017January
FebruaryEd Sheeran dagger[47]
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
2018January
February
MarchDrake[48]
April
May
JuneJ Balvin[49]
JulyDrake
August
September
October Drake

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.[50]

Rank Chg Artist Country
1.IncreaseEd Sheeran GBR
2.DecreaseDrake CAN
3.IncreaseThe Weeknd
4.IncreaseKendrick Lamar USA
5.IncreaseThe 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.[51]

Rank Chg Artist Country
1.SteadyDrake CAN
2.IncreaseJustin Bieber
3.IncreaseRihanna BAR
4.IncreaseTwenty One Pilots USA
5.SteadyKanye West

2015

Spotify's most streamed artist of 2015 was Drake with 1.8 billion streams that year.[52]

Rank Chg Artist Country
1.IncreaseDrake CAN
2.DecreaseEd Sheeran GBR
3.IncreaseThe Weeknd CAN
4.IncreaseMaroon 5 USA
5.IncreaseKanye West

2014

Spotify's most streamed artist of 2014 was Ed Sheeran with 860 million streams that year.[53]

Rank Chg Artist Country
1.IncreaseEd Sheeran GBR
2.IncreaseEminem USA
3.IncreaseColdplay GBR
4.IncreaseCalvin Harris
5.IncreaseKaty Perry USA

2013

Spotify's most streamed artists of 2013 were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.[54]

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

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