List of most-streamed songs on Spotify
This list of most-streamed songs on Spotify contains the top 100 songs with the most streams of all time, as derived from Spotify charts. As of October 2018, 15 songs have exceeded 1 billion streams, with Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" ranked in the top position.[1]
Prior to November 2013, Spotify's most streamed song was "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons;[2] it was overtaken by Avicii's "Wake Me Up", which became the first song to hit 200 million streams on 27 November, 2013.[3] "Wake Me Up" held the streaming record for over a year before being surpassed on 22 February, 2015 by Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud",[4] which became the first song to hit 500 million streams on 12 July, 2015.[5] A month later, however, it was surpassed by Major Lazer and DJ Snake's "Lean On", featuring MØ,[6] which held the streaming record for 11 months until Drake's "One Dance", featuring Wizkid and Kyla, overtook it on 15 July, 2016.[7] "One Dance" held the streaming record for over a year before being surpassed by "Shape of You" on 21 September, 2017.[1]
As of October 2018, the artists with the most singles in the top 100 are Justin Bieber, with a total of 8 singles (3 solo and 5 featured), and Ed Sheeran and The Chainsmokers each with 5 singles, and Drake with 5 singles (4 solo and 1 featured). The fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify is "Shape of You", doing so in 153 days.[8]
As of October 2018, the albums with the most songs in the top 100 are Bieber's Purpose, with 4, and Sheeran's ÷ and Drake's Views with 3 each.
100 most streamed songs
The following table lists the top 100 most streamed songs on Spotify, with streams rounded to the nearest million, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published to Spotify.
Milestones and achievements
Artists with the most songs in the Spotify Global 100
This is a list of the Artists with the most songs in the Spotify Global 100. It includes an artist's solo and featured songs.
Rank | Artist | Total songs | Top 10 | Top 100 | 1Bil+ songs | ||
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Solo | Feat. | Solo | Feat. | ||||
1. | Justin Bieber | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
2. | Ed Sheeran | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
The Chainsmokers | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||
Drake | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
5. | Post Malone | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
The Weeknd | 4 | 1 | |||||
Imagine Dragons | 4 | ||||||
Rihanna | 2 | 2 | |||||
8. | Major Lazer | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Clean Bandit | 3 | ||||||
Twenty One Pilots | 3 | ||||||
Shawn Mendes | 3 | ||||||
Charlie Puth | 2 | 1 | |||||
Bruno Mars | 2 | 1 |
Most streamed songs by country
The table below lists the most streamed song on Spotify by country, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published to Spotify.[9]
Country | Song name | Artist(s) | Album | Streams (millions) |
Date published |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
"rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | beerbongs & bentleys | 454.9 | 15 September, 2017 | |
"Tesla" | Capo Plaza | 20 | 50.6 | 20 April, 2018 | |
"Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | 161.0 | 6 January, 2017 | |
61.1 | |||||
14.4 | |||||
118.7 | |||||
59.5 | |||||
75.0 | |||||
70.2 | |||||
17.2 | |||||
12.6 | |||||
130.0 | |||||
"Me Rehúso" | Danny Ocean | Non-album single | 174.5 | 16 September, 2016 | |
86.2 | |||||
64.1 | |||||
58.5 | |||||
4.0 | |||||
29.0 | |||||
As of 14 October 2018 |
Historical most streamed Spotify songs
The following table lists the last 6 songs to become Spotify's most streamed song, from 2013 to the present.
Song name | Publisher* | Streams (millions)** |
Date published | Date achieved | Days held | Ref(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Shape of You"[10] | Ed Sheeran | 1,318 | 6 Jan, 2017 | 21 Sep, 2017 | 394 | [1] | |
"One Dance"[11] | Drake | 882 | 5 Apr, 2016 | 18 Oct, 2016 | 340 | [7] | |
"Lean On"[12] | Major Lazer | 526 | 2 Mar, 2015 | 11 Aug, 2015 | 339 | [6] | |
"Thinking Out Loud"[13] | Ed Sheeran | 355 | 21 Mar, 2014 | 22 Feb, 2015 | 173 | [4] | |
"Wake Me Up"[14] | Avicii | 178 | 30 Apr, 2013 | 27 Nov, 2013 | 452 | [2][3] | [upper-alpha 1] |
"Radioactive"[15] | Imagine Dragons | – | 1 Jan, 2011 | 2012 | – | [2] | [upper-alpha 2] |
As of 20 October 2018 |
*The artist or group whose Spotify page the song was published on.
**The approximate number of streams each song had when it became Spotify's most streamed song.
Longest Running Global #1 Songs on Spotify
Post Malone has the longest-running global #1 song on Spotify with 113 days in the top position. He beat the previous record of 101 days set by Drake's "One Dance" and later tied by Luis Fonsi's "Despacito (Remix)".[16]
Song name | Artist(s) | Days at #1 | Date published | Date achieved |
---|---|---|---|---|
"rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | 113 | 15 September, 2017 | 11 January, 2018 |
"One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | 101 | 14 April, 2016 | 24 July, 2016 |
"Despacito (Remix)" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 17 April, 2017 | 31 June, 2017 | |
"Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 98 | 6 January, 2017 | 13 April, 2017 |
"Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 82 | 29 July, 2016 | 1 September, 2016 |
"God's Plan" | Drake | 74 | 19 January, 2018 | 8 April, 2018 |
"Lean On" | Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ | 73 | 2 March, 2015 | 4 June, 2015 |
As of 10 October, 2018 |
Spotify Global #1 Hits
The following table lists the songs that reached the #1 position on Spotify's Global Most Played Chart (Weekly). The table only records #1 songs from late December, 2016, as the data from before that currently doesn't exist. "Taki Taki" by DJ Snake with Selena Gomez, Ozuna, and Cardi B is the current #1 song on the Spotify Global Top 200 for the week ending 11 October, 2018.
Song name | Artist | Weeks at #1 | Weekly streams (millions) |
Date published | Date achieved | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Taki Taki" | DJ Snake with Selena Gomez, Ozuna, and Cardi B | 2 | 31.3 | 28 September, 2018 | 4 October, 2018 | [17] |
"I Love It" | Kanye West and Lil Pump | 3 | 32.9 | 7 September, 2018 | 13 September, 2018 | [18] |
"Lucky You" | Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas | 1 | 34.9 | 31 August, 2018 | 6 September, 2018 | [19] |
"In My Feelings" | Drake | 8 | 51.5 | 29 June, 2018 | 12 July, 2018 | [20] |
"Nonstop" | 1 | 43.7 | 5 July, 2018 | [21] | ||
"Sad!" | XXXTentacion | 2 | 35.8 | 2 March, 2018 | 21 June, 2018 | [22] |
"This Is America" | Childish Gambino | 1 | 34.9 | 5 May, 2018 | 21 May, 2018 | [23] |
"Better Now" | Post Malone | 6[upper-alpha 3] | 32.9 | 27 April, 2018 | 3 May, 2018 | [24] |
"Nice for What" | Drake | 2 | 40.7 | 6 April, 2018 | 19 April, 2018 | [25] |
"Call Out My Name" | The Weeknd | 1 | 40.6 | 30 March, 2018 | 5 April, 2018 | [26] |
"God's Plan" | Drake | 11[upper-alpha 4] | 47.8 | 19 January, 2018 | 25 January, 2018 | [27] |
"Havana" | Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug | 1 | 30.9 | 3 August, 2017 | 18 January, 2018 | [28] |
"rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | 17 | 38.6[upper-alpha 5] | 15 September, 2017 | 21 September, 2017 | [29] |
"Too Good At Goodbyes" | Sam Smith | 1 | 30.7 | 8 September, 2017 | 14 September, 2017 | [30] |
"Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift | 2 | 39.8 | 24 August, 2017 | 31 August, 2017 | [31] |
"Mi Gente" | J Balvin and Willy William | 4 | 32.1 | 30 June, 2017 | 3 August, 2017 | [32] |
"Despacito (Remix)" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 14 | 46.5[upper-alpha 6] | 17 April, 2017 | 27 April, 2017 | [33] |
"HUMBLE." | Kendrick Lamar | 1 | 41.4 | 30 March, 2017 | 20 April, 2017 | [34] |
"Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 14 | 51.9 | 6 January, 2017 | 12 Jan, 2017 | [35] |
"Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | 3+[upper-alpha 7] | –[upper-alpha 8] | 22 September, 2016 | –[upper-alpha 9] | [36] |
As of 12 October, 2018 |
Milestones and achievements for albums
Most streamed albums
This list calculates the number of streams all songs on one album, mixtape or extended play have collectively acquired.
Rank | Artist | Album | Streams (billions) |
Country | Release date | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | 6.50 | 3 March, 2017 | [37] | |
2. | Justin Bieber | Purpose | 5.81 | 13 November, 2015 | [38] | |
3. | Ed Sheeran | × | 5.60 | 20 June, 2014 | [39] | |
4. | Drake | Views | 5.22 | 29 April, 2016 | [40] | |
5. | Post Malone | beerbongs & bentleys | 4.29 | 27 April, 2018 | [41] | |
6. | Sam Smith | In the Lonely Hour | 3.77 | 26 May, 2014 | [42] | |
7. | The Weeknd | Starboy | 3.76 | 26 November, 2016 | [43] | |
8. | Post Malone | Stoney | 3.73 | 9 December, 2016 | [44] | |
9. | Drake | Scorpion | 3.69 | 29 June, 2018 | [45] | |
10. | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness | 3.66 | 28 August, 2015 | [46] | |
11. | Eminem | Curtain Call | 3.16 | 6 December, 2005 | [47] | |
12. | The Chainsmokers | Collage | 3.07 | 4 November, 2016 | [48] | |
13. | Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. | 3.07 | 14 April, 2017 | [49] | |
14. | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface | 3.03 | 17 May, 2015 | [50] | |
15. | Drake | More Life | 2.97 | 18 March, 2017 | [51] | |
16. | Ariana Grande | My Everything | 2.88 | 25 August, 2014 | [52] | |
17. | Zara Larsson | So Good | 2.79 | 17 March, 2017 | [53] | |
18. | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate | 2.79 | 23 September, 2016 | [54] | |
19. | Rihanna | ANTI | 2.77 | 27 January, 2016 | [55] | |
20. | Imagine Dragons | Night Visions | 2.72 | 4 September, 2012 | [56] | |
As of 1 October, 2018 |
Most streamed album per release year
Year | Artist | Album | Streams (billions) |
Country | Release date | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | 1.78 | 4 October, 2010 | [57] | |
2011 | Ed Sheeran | + | 1.94 | 9 September, 2011 | [58] | |
2012 | Imagine Dragons | Night Visions | 2.72 | 4 September, 2012 | [56] | |
2013 | Drake | Nothing Was The Same | 1.89 | 24 September, 2013 | [59] | |
2014 | Ed Sheeran | × | 5.60 | 20 June, 2014 | [39] | |
2015 | Justin Bieber | Purpose | 5.81 | 13 November, 2015 | [38] | |
2016 | Drake | Views | 5.22 | 29 April, 2016 | [40] | |
2017 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | 6.50 | 3 March, 2017 | [37] | |
2018 | Post Malone | beerbongs & bentleys | 4.29 | 27 April, 2018 | [60] | |
As of 1 October, 2018 |
Historical most first-day album streams
The following table lists the last 5 records to become Spotify's most streamed album in its opening day globally, from 2016 to the present.
Album | Artist | Streams (millions) |
Date published | Days held | Ref(s) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scorpion | Drake | 132.4 | 29 June, 2018 | 113 | [61] | ||
beerbongs & bentleys | Post Malone | 78.7 | 27 April, 2018 | 63 | [62] | ||
More Life | Drake | 61.3 | 19 March, 2017 | 404 | [63] | ||
÷ | Ed Sheeran | 56.7 | 3 March, 2017 | 16 | [64] | ||
Starboy | The Weeknd | 32.8 | 25 November, 2016 | 98 | [65] | ||
As of 20 October 2018 |
See also
- List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
- List of most-viewed YouTube videos
- List of most-viewed Vevo videos
- List of most-disliked YouTube videos
- List of most-liked YouTube videos
- List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
- List of most-followed Twitter accounts
- List of most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours
- List of most-viewed online trailers in the first 24 hours
Notes
- ↑ The exact date and number of streams that "Wake Me Up" had when it surpassed "Radioactive" is unknown. Best estimates were made based on its 3.8 million weekly streams and the 17 million stream difference between the two songs when it reached 200 million streams.[2]
- ↑ The exact date and number of streams that "Radioactive" had when it became Spotify's most streamed song is unknown.
- ↑ "Better Now" returned to the top on the week ending 25 May, 2018.
- ↑ "God's Plan" returned to the top on the week ending 12 April, 2018.
- ↑ A day's worth of data is missing for 9 November, 2017, so an average was used.
- ↑ Several day's worth of data from in the middle of the run of 'Despacito' are missing, so averages have been used.
- ↑ The exact number of weeks that 'Starboy' got at #1 is unknown, since data only exists for the final 2 weeks (and it's shown to be a non-mover on the first week of data, showing that it was at least at #1 the previous week as well).
- ↑ The average number of streams that 'Starboy' got across its weeks at #1 is unknown, since data only exists for the final 2 weeks.
- ↑ The exact date that 'Starboy' reached #1 is unknown, since data only exists for the final 2 weeks.
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