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This list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of February 2021, 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 by a male artist, and Ariana Grande has the most followers by a 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 The Weeknd 67.45 Steady [1]
2 Justin Bieber 65.63 Steady [2]
3 Ariana Grande 62.25 Steady [3]
4 Dua Lipa 61.82 Steady [4]
5 Ed Sheeran 57.34 Steady [5]
6 J Balvin 54.83 Steady [6]
7 Billie Eilish 53.04 Steady [7]
8 Drake 50.59 Steady [8]
9 Bad Bunny 48.53 Steady [9]
10 Shawn Mendes 47.87 Steady [10]
11 Taylor Swift 46.30 Steady [11]
12 DaBaby 45.98 Steady [12]
13 Khalid 45.01 Steady [13]
14 Sia 44.52 Steady [14]
15 Maroon 5 44.41 Steady [15]
16 Marshmello 43.64 Steady [16]
17 Travis Scott 43.55 Steady [17]
18 Jason Derulo 43.30 Steady [18]
19 Rihanna 42.08 Steady [19]
20 Miley Cyrus 41.86 Steady [20]
As of February 4, 2021

Most followers

Ed Sheeran is the most-followed 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[21]
(millions) 		Ref(s)
1 Ed Sheeran 75.62 [5]
2 Ariana Grande 57.23 [3]
3 Drake 52.53 [8]
4 Justin Bieber 42.00 [2]
5 Eminem 41.34 [22]
6 Rihanna 40.93 [19]
7 Billie Eilish 38.95 [7]
8 Taylor Swift 36.40 [11]
9 Imagine Dragons 32.37 [23]
10 Queen 31.84 [24]
11 Shawn Mendes 31.20 [10]
12 Post Malone 30.92 [25]
13 Bad Bunny 29.52 [9]
14 Marshmello 29.19 [16]
15 Maroon 5 29.17 [15]
16 Coldplay 28.80 [26]
17 Bruno Mars 28.59 [27]
18 BTS 28.49 [28]
19 The Weeknd 28.28 [1]
20 Alan Walker 26.70 [29]
21 Ozuna 26.58 [30]
22 Beyoncé 25.96 [31]
23 J Balvin 25.89 [6]
24 Adele 25.47 [32]
25 XXXTentacion 24.95 [33]
As of February 4, 2021

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 One Direction

2016

Month Artist
January Justin Bieber
February
March
April Rihanna
May Drake[36]
June
July
August
September
October
November
December The Weeknd[36]

2017

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

2018

Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[37]
February
March Drake[38]
April
May
June J Balvin[39]
July Drake[38]
August
September
October
November Selena Gomez
December Ariana Grande[40]

2019

Month Artist
January Ariana Grande[40]
February
March
April
May Khalid[41]
June Ed 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
July
August
September
October
November Justin Bieber
December Ariana Grande

2021

Month Artist
January The Weeknd
February

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 Lewis Avicii Daft Punk Eminem Imagine Dragons
2014[45] Ed Sheeran (860 million) Eminem Coldplay Calvin Harris Katy Perry
2015[46] Drake (1.8 billion) Ed Sheeran The Weeknd Maroon 5 Kanye West
2016[47] Drake (4.7 billion) Justin Bieber Rihanna Twenty One Pilots Kanye West
2017[48] Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion) Drake The Weeknd Kendrick Lamar The Chainsmokers
2018[49] Drake (8.2 billion) Post Malone XXXTentacion J Balvin Ed Sheeran
2019[50] Post Malone (6.5 billion) Billie Eilish Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Bad Bunny
2020[51] 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[52] Drake (28 billion) Ed Sheeran Post Malone Ariana Grande Eminem

All time

Rank Artist Streams[53] Total tracks Over 1B Over 100M Over 10M Over 1M
1 Drake 35,995,291,784 222 3 91 209 218
2 Ed Sheeran 27,539,603,366 184 5 49 141 163
3 Ariana Grande 22,868,211,058 172 3 52 112 164
4 Post Malone 22,696,897,811 62 8 49 59 61
5 Eminem 21,594,471,898 273 1 48 206 252
6 Bad Bunny 21,583,736,074 136 1 62 128 134
7 The Weeknd 20,493,390,711 129 5 50 116 129
8 Justin Bieber 19,404,853,901 187 4 40 136 157
9 J Balvin 19,246,121,056 199 2 50 119 180
10 Taylor Swift 16,554,703,402 255 1 41 169 243
As of February 4, 2021

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Justin Bieber". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ariana Grande". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "Dua Lipa". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Ed Sheeran". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "J Balvin". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Billie Eilish". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Drake". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Bad Bunny". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Shawn Mendes". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Taylor Swift". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  12. ^ "DaBaby". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "Khalid". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  14. ^ "Sia". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Maroon 5". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  16. ^ a b "Marshmello". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  17. ^ "Travis Scott". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "Jason Derulo". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Rihanna". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  20. ^ "Miley Cyrus". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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  22. ^ "Eminem". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  23. ^ "Imagine Dragons". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  24. ^ "Queen". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  25. ^ "Post Malone". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  26. ^ "Coldplay". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  27. ^ "Bruno Mars". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  28. ^ "BTS". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  29. ^ "Alan Walker". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  30. ^ "Ozuna". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  31. ^ "Beyoncé". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  32. ^ "Adele". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  33. ^ "XXXTENTACION". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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  41. ^ Ingham, Tim (April 28, 2018). "Khalid Just Became The Biggest Artist in the World On Spotify, With Over 50m Monthly Listeners". Music Business worldwide.
  42. ^ a b "Ed Sheeran Nears 70 Million Monthly Listeners on Spotify as 'No. 6' Lands on 800-Plus Playlists". Billboard. July 18, 2019.
  43. ^ "Ahead of the Spotify Awards, which artists on the streaming service have the most listeners?". USA Today. March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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  45. ^ Luckerson, Victor (December 3, 2014). "These Were Spotify's Most-Streamed Songs This Year". Time. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
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  47. ^ Stutz, Colin (December 1, 2016). "Drake & Rihanna Top Spotify's Year-End Lists". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
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  51. ^ Asward, Jem (November 30, 2020). "Bad Bunny, The Weeknd Top Spotify's Year-End 'Wrapped' Lists". Variety. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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