List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

This list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of June 2020, The Weeknd has the most monthly listeners on Spotify by a male artist, and Ariana Grande has the most monthly listeners on Spotify by a female artist. Ed Sheeran has the most followers. 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 has the most monthly listeners on Spotify as of June 2020.

Most monthly listeners
Rank Artist Listeners per month
(millions)		 Chg Ref(s)
1 The Weeknd60.52[1]
2 Drake59.14[2]
3 Ariana Grande 58.88[3]
4 Justin Bieber57.68[4]
5 Dua Lipa56.09[5]
6 Lady Gaga55.24[6]
7 Travis Scott53.21[7]
8 Ed Sheeran53.02[8]
9 Nicki Minaj50.40[9]
10 Post Malone49.40[10]
11 J Balvin49.37[11]
12 Khalid48.78[12]
13 Halsey45.13[13]
14 DaBaby42.78[14]
15 Beyoncé42.52[15]
16 Billie Eilish42.19[16]
17 Maroon 542.01[17]
18 Marshmello41.57[18]
19 Camilla Cabello41.31[19]
20 Bad Bunny41.27[20]
As of June 26, 2020

Most followers
  Also among the 20 most monthly listeners
Rank Artist Followers
(millions)		 Ref(s)
1 Ed Sheeran64.80[8]
2 Drake46.98[2]
3 Ariana Grande46.56[3]
4 Rihanna37.56[21]
5 Eminem35.43[22]
6 Justin Bieber35.31[4]
7 Taylor Swift29.71[23]
8 Imagine Dragons27.36[24]
9 Billie Eilish27.24[16]
10 Shawn Mendes26.95[25]
11 Queen26.25[26]
12 Coldplay25.90[27]
13 Post Malone25.75[10]
14 Bruno Mars25.40[28]
15 Maroon 524.82[17]
16 Marshmello24.43[18]
17 Ozuna23.08[29]
18 Beyoncé23.02[15]
19 Bad Bunny21.98[20]
20 Alan Walker21.71[30]
21 Adele21.58[31]
22 David Guetta21.16[32]
23 The Weeknd20.96[1]
24 Selena Gomez20.90[33]
25 J Balvin20.20[11]
As of June 15, 2020

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.[34]

  Indicates most streamed artist of the year

2015
Month Artist
September The Weeknd[35]
October
November
December Justin Bieber

2016
Month Artist
January Justin Bieber
February
March
AprilRihanna
MayDrake[36]
June
July
August
September
October
November
DecemberThe Weeknd[36]

2017
Month Artist
January The Weeknd[36]
FebruaryEd Sheeran[37]
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2018
Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[37]
February
MarchDrake[38]
April
May
JuneJ Balvin[39]
JulyDrake[38]
August
September
October
NovemberSelena Gomez
December Ariana Grande[40]

2019
Month Artist
January Ariana Grande[40]
February
March
April
MayKhalid[41]
JuneEd Sheeran[42]
July
August
September
October
November
December

2020
Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[42]
February Justin Bieber[43]
March
April The Weeknd
May Drake
June The Weeknd

Most-streamed artists
Drake was the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2015, 2016 and 2018—the most years of any artist.

By year

Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.

Year Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2013[44] Macklemore & Ryan LewisAviciiDaft PunkEminemImagine Dragons
2014[45] Ed Sheeran (860 million)EminemColdplayCalvin HarrisKaty Perry
2015[46] Drake (1.8 billion)Ed SheeranThe WeekndMaroon 5Kanye West
2016[47] Drake (4.7 billion)Justin BieberRihannaTwenty One PilotsKanye West
2017[48] Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion)DrakeThe WeekndKendrick LamarThe Chainsmokers
2018[49] Drake (8.2 billion)Post MaloneXXXTentacionJ BalvinEd Sheeran
2019[50] Post Malone (6.5 billion)Billie EilishAriana GrandeEd SheeranBad Bunny

By decade

Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.

Decade Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2010s[51] Drake (28 billion)Ed SheeranPost MaloneAriana GrandeEminem

First 10 years
Years Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2008–2018[52] DrakeEd SheeranEminemThe WeekndRihannaKanye WestColdplayJustin BieberCalvin HarrisAriana Grande

See also

References
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