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. | Drake | 51.1 | [1] | |
2. | J Balvin | 44.1 | [2] | |
3. | Khalid | 42.5 | ||
4. | Calvin Harris | 42.4 | [3] | |
5. | Kanye West | 40.9 | [4] | |
6. | David Guetta | 40.4 | [5] | |
7. | Dua Lipa | 40.3 | [6] | |
8. | Imagine Dragons | 39.7 | [7] | |
9. | Marshmello | 39.5 | [8] | |
10. | Eminem | 39.3 | [9] | |
11. | Maroon 5 | 38.7 | [10] | |
12. | Ed Sheeran | 37.8 | [11] | |
13. | Ariana Grande | 36.8 | [12] | |
14. | Sam Smith | 35.1 | [13] | |
15. | Sia | 34.2 | [14] | |
16. | XXXTENTACION | 33.4 | [15] | |
17. | Post Malone | 33.1 | [16] | |
18. | Bad Bunny | 33.3 | [17] | |
19. | Camila Cabello | 32.7 | [18] | |
20. | Demi Lovato | 31.9 | [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. | Drake | 14.46 | |
2. | Ed Sheeran | 9.49 | |
3. | Justin Bieber | 8.92 | |
4. | Post Malone | 6.69 | |
5. | J Balvin | 6.28 | |
6. | The Weeknd | 5.88 | |
7. | Ozuna | 5.50 | |
8. | The Chainsmokers | 5.38 | |
9. | Kendrick Lamar | 4.78 | |
10. | Calvin Harris | 4.65 | |
11. | Daddy Yankee | 4.57 | |
12. | Rihanna | 4.49 | |
13. | Bad Bunny | 4.38 | |
14. | Khalid | 4.28 | |
15. | Ariana Grande | 4.22 | |
16. | Nicki Minaj | 4.07 | |
17. | XXXTENTACION | 3.94 | |
18. | Selena Gomez | 3.90 | |
19. | Imagine Dragons | 3.82 | |
20. | Future | 3.78 | |
As of October 14, 2018 |
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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 | |
2. | Eminem | 8.8 | |
Most followers
Rank | Artist | Followers (millions) |
Country | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Ed Sheeran | 33.8 | [21] | |
2. | Drake | 27.6 | [22] | |
3. | Rihanna | 27.4 | [23] | |
4. | Justin Bieber | 25.2 | [24] | |
5. | Eminem | 20.8 | [2] | |
6. | Ariana Grande | 19.2 | [11] | |
7. | Bruno Mars | 17.2 | [6] | |
8. | David Guetta | 16.1 | [6] | |
9. | Beyoncé | 15.9 | [25] | |
10. | Taylor Swift | 15.5 | [26] | |
11. | Coldplay | 15.0 | [27] | |
12. | Shakira | 13.8 | [28] | |
13. | Calvin Harris | 13.5 | [3] | |
14. | Maroon 5 | 13.4 | [5] | |
15. | Imagine Dragons | 12.9 | [29] | |
16. | Nicki Minaj | 12.8 | [15] | |
17. | The Weeknd | 12.7 | [7] | |
18. | Maluma | 12.6 | [30] | |
19. | Shawn Mendes | 12.2 | [31] | |
20. | Selena Gomez | 11.7 | [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]
Indicates most streamed artist of the year |
Year | Month | Artist | Ref(s) |
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2015 | September | The Weeknd | [36] |
October | |||
November | |||
December | Justin Bieber | [41] | |
2016 | January | ||
February | |||
March | |||
April | Rihanna | [42] | |
May | Drake | [43] | |
June. | |||
July | |||
August | |||
September | |||
October | |||
November | |||
December | The Weeknd | ||
2017 | January | ||
February | Ed Sheeran | [47] | |
March | |||
April | |||
May | |||
June | |||
July | |||
August | |||
September | |||
October | |||
November | |||
December | |||
2018 | January | ||
February | |||
March | Drake | [48] | |
April | |||
May | |||
June | J Balvin | [49] | |
July | Drake | ||
August | |||
September | |||
October | Drake |
Most streamed artists by year
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. | Ed Sheeran | ||
2. | Drake | ||
3. | The Weeknd | ||
4. | Kendrick Lamar | ||
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.[51]
Rank | Chg | Artist | Country |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Drake | ||
2. | Justin Bieber | ||
3. | Rihanna | ||
4. | Twenty One Pilots | ||
5. | Kanye West |
2015
Spotify's most streamed artist of 2015 was Drake with 1.8 billion streams that year.[52]
Rank | Chg | Artist | Country |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Drake | ||
2. | Ed Sheeran | ||
3. | The Weeknd | ||
4. | Maroon 5 | ||
5. | Kanye West |
2014
Spotify's most streamed artist of 2014 was Ed Sheeran with 860 million streams that year.[53]
Rank | Chg | Artist | Country |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Ed Sheeran | ||
2. | Eminem | ||
3. | Coldplay | ||
4. | Calvin Harris | ||
5. | Katy Perry |
2013
Spotify's most streamed artists of 2013 were Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.[54]
Rank | Artist | Country |
---|---|---|
1. | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | |
2. | Avicii | |
3. | Daft Punk | |
4. | Eminem | |
5. | Imagine Dragons | |
6. | Jay-Z | |
7. | Bruno Mars | |
8. | Rihanna | |
9. | Calvin Harris | |
10. | Drake |
See also
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