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Revision as of 17:36, 24 November 2021

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

This list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of November 2021, Justin Bieber has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a male artist, and Dua Lipa has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist. Ed Sheeran is the most-followed male artist, and Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist. 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).

Most monthly listeners

Rank Artist Monthly listeners
(millions) 		Chg Ref(s)
1 Justin Bieber 82.44 Steady [1]
2 Ed Sheeran 80.56 Steady [2]
3 The Weeknd 79.58 Steady [3]
4 Dua Lipa 67.53 Steady [4]
5 Adele 66.00 Steady [5]
6 Coldplay 60.39 Steady [6]
7 Doja Cat 58.40 Steady [7]
8 Ariana Grande 57.42 Steady [8]
9 Drake 57.01 Steady [9]
10 Taylor Swift 56.78 Increase [10]
11 Lil Nas X 56.59 Decrease [11]
12 Bruno Mars 56.09 Steady [12]
13 J Balvin 53.95 Steady [13]
14 The Kid Laroi 53.32 Steady [14]
15 Billie Eilish 53.09 Steady [15]
16 David Guetta 51.05 Steady [16]
17 Post Malone 50.45 Increase [17]
18 Elton John 50.25 Decrease [18]
19 Maroon 5 46.99 Steady [19]
20 Travis Scott 46.42 Steady [20]
As of November 24, 2021

Most followers

Ed Sheeran is the most-followed male artist on Spotify
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Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist on Spotify
  Also among the 20 most monthly listeners
Rank Artist Followers
(millions) 		Ref(s)
1 Ed Sheeran 88.05 [2]
2 Ariana Grande 71.87 [8]
3 Drake 58.77 [9]
4 Justin Bieber 53.06 [1]
5 Billie Eilish 52.41 [15]
6 Eminem 49.47 [21]
7 Rihanna 45.79 [22]
8 Taylor Swift 45.60 [10]
9 BTS 41.57 [23]
10 Bad Bunny 39.77 [24]
11 The Weeknd 38.64 [3]
12 Queen 37.92 [25]
13 Arijit Singh 36.73 [26]
14 Imagine Dragons 36.70 [27]
15 Bruno Mars 35.53 [12]
16 Shawn Mendes 35.30 [28]
17 Post Malone 34.87 [17]
18 Maroon 5 33.88 [19]
19 Coldplay 32.71 [6]
20 Marshmello 32.52 [29]
As of November 23, 2021

Timeline of peak monthly listeners

Justin Bieber is the artist with the highest peaking monthly listeners in Spotify history

This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public.[30]

  Indicates most streamed artist of the year
  Indicates peak of most monthly listeners in Spotify history

2015

Month Artist
September The Weeknd[31]
October
November
December —

2016

Month Artist
January —
February
March
April Rihanna[32]
May Drake[32]
June
July
August
September
October
November
December The Weeknd[32]

2017

Month Artist
January The Weeknd[32]
February Ed Sheeran[33]
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2018

Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[33]
February
March Drake[34]
April
May
June J Balvin[35]
July Drake[34]
August
September
October
November Selena Gomez[36]
December Ariana Grande[36]

2019

Month Artist
January Ariana Grande[36]
February
March
April
May Khalid[37]
June Ed Sheeran[38]
July
August
September
October
November
December

2020

Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[38]
February Justin Bieber[39]
March
April —
May
June
July
August The Weeknd[40]
September —
October
November
December

2021

Month Artist
January —
February The Weeknd[41]
March —
April
May Justin Bieber[42]
June —
July Justin Bieber[43]
August
September Justin Bieber[44]
October Justin Bieber[45]
November —

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[46] Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Avicii Daft Punk Eminem Imagine Dragons
2014[47] Ed Sheeran (860 million) Eminem Coldplay Calvin Harris Katy Perry
2015[48] Drake (1.8 billion) Ed Sheeran The Weeknd Maroon 5 Kanye West
2016[49] Drake (4.7 billion) Justin Bieber Rihanna Twenty One Pilots Kanye West
2017[50] Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion) Drake The Weeknd Kendrick Lamar The Chainsmokers
2018[51] Drake (8.2 billion) Post Malone XXXTentacion J Balvin Ed Sheeran
2019[52] Post Malone (6.5 billion) Billie Eilish Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Bad Bunny
2020[53] Bad Bunny (8.3 billion) Drake J Balvin Juice Wrld The Weeknd

By decade

Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.

Decade Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2010s[54] Drake (28 billion) Ed Sheeran Post Malone Ariana Grande Eminem

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Justin Bieber". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Ed Sheeran". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Weeknd". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Dua Lipa". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  5. ^ "Adele". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Coldplay". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Doja Cat". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Ariana Grande". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Drake". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Taylor Swift". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "Lil Nas X". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Bruno Mars". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  13. ^ "J Balvin". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  14. ^ "The Kid Laroi". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Billie Eilish". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  16. ^ "David Guetta". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Post Malone". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  18. ^ "Elton John". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Maroon 5". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  20. ^ "Travis Scott". Spotify. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  21. ^ "Eminem". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  22. ^ "Rihanna". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  23. ^ "BTS". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  24. ^ "Bad Bunny". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  25. ^ "Queen". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  26. ^ "Arijit Singh". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  27. ^ "Imagine Dragons". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  28. ^ "Shawn Mendes". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  29. ^ "Marshmello". Spotify. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  30. ^ "Spotify's new About tab reveals artists' monthly listeners". Musically.com. September 17, 2015. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
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  35. ^ Fernandez, Suzette (June 25, 2018). "J Balvin Is the Most Streamed Artist Worldwide on Spotify, Replacing Drake". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  36. ^ a b c Lukarcanin, Emina (November 30, 2018). "Ariana Grande Is the Most Streamed Artist Worldwide On Spotify, Replacing Selena Gomez". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  37. ^ Ingham, Tim (April 28, 2018). "Khalid Just Became The Biggest Artist in the World On Spotify, With Over 50m Monthly Listeners". Music Business worldwide. Archived from the original on June 13, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  38. ^ a b "Ed Sheeran Nears 70 Million Monthly Listeners on Spotify as 'No. 6' Lands on 800-Plus Playlists". Billboard. July 18, 2019. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  39. ^ "Ahead of the Spotify Awards, which artists on the streaming service have the most listeners?". USA Today. March 5, 2020. Archived from the original on April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  40. ^ "Ariana Grande: Star breaks streaming record previously held by Rihanna". BBC. August 18, 2020. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
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  42. ^ Li, Joyce (May 21, 2021). "DaBaby Surpasses Drake With Most Monthly Streams on Spotify". Hypebeast. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; May 21, 2021 suggested (help)
  43. ^ Newman, Tom (July 2, 2021). "Top 10 most-streamed artists on Spotify - artists with the most monthly listeners in 2021". RouteNote. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  44. ^ "Most monthly listeners on Spotify (male)". Guiness World Records. September 28, 2021. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  45. ^ Zidel, Alex (October 14, 2021). "Doja Cat Passes Drake To Become Rapper With Most Monthly Listeners On Spotify". Hot New Hip Hop. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  46. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (December 3, 2013). "Macklemore's 'Can't Hold Us' Spotify's Most-Streamed Song of 2013". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
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  50. ^ "Ed Sheeran Tops Spotify's 2017 Most-Streamed List". Billboard. Associated Press. December 12, 2017. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  51. ^ "Drake, Ariana Grande Top Spotify's Year-End 'Wrapped' Charts". Variety. December 3, 2018. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  52. ^ "Post Malone, Billie Eilish Top Spotify's Year-End 'Wrapped' Charts". Variety. December 2, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  53. ^ Asward, Jem (November 30, 2020). "Bad Bunny, The Weeknd Top Spotify's Year-End 'Wrapped' Lists". Variety. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  54. ^ Eggertsen, Chris (December 3, 2019). "Drake, Ed Sheeran Are Spotify's Most-Streamed Artists of the Decade". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
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