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The Weeknd has the most monthly listeners on Spotify as of July 2020.

This list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of August 2020, The Weeknd has the most monthly listeners on Spotify by a male artist, and Dua Lipa 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).

Most monthly listeners

Rank Artist Listeners per month
(millions) 		Chg Ref(s)
1 The Weeknd 62.48 Increase [1]
2 Drake 60.83 Increase [2]
3 Dua Lipa 59.37 Increase [3]
4 J Balvin 58.10 Increase [4]
5 Ariana Grande 55.27 Decrease [5]
6 Justin Bieber 54.76 Decrease [6]
7 Ed Sheeran 53.43 Decrease [7]
8 Marshmello 50.81 Decrease [8]
9 Khalid 50.31 Decrease [9]
10 Taylor Swift 49.83 Increase [10]
11 Jason Derulo 49.33 Increase [11]
12 Lady Gaga 49.18 Decrease [12]
13 Billie Eilish 48.15 Increase [13]
14 Maroon 5 47.84 Increase [14]
15 Travis Scott 47.53 Decrease [15]
16 Halsey 47.46 Decrease [16]
17 Juice WRLD 47.40 Decrease [17]
18 Nicki Minaj 46.88 Decrease [18]
19 DaBaby 46.14 Decrease [19]
20 Post Malone 45.80 Decrease [20]
As of August 14, 2020

Most followers

  Also among the 20 most monthly listeners
Rank Artist Followers[21]
(millions) 		Ref(s)
1 Ed Sheeran 68.05 [7]
2 Ariana Grande 49.07 [5]
3 Drake 48.69 [2]
4 Rihanna 38.55 [22]
5 Eminem 37.09 [23]
6 Justin Bieber 36.84 [6]
7 Taylor Swift 31.44 [10]
8 Billie Eilish 31.15 [13]
9 Imagine Dragons 29.04 [24]
10 Shawn Mendes 28.32 [25]
11 Queen 27.93 [26]
12 Post Malone 27.37 [20]
13 Coldplay 26.66 [27]
14 Bruno Mars 26.20 [28]
15 Maroon 5 26.18 [14]
16 Marshmello 25.96 [8]
17 Beyoncé 23.93 [29]
18 Ozuna 23.79 [30]
19 Bad Bunny 23.71 [31]
20 The Weeknd 23.13 [1]
21 Alan Walker 23.12 [32]
22 Adele 22.65 [33]
23 Selena Gomez 21.99 [34]
24 J Balvin 21.59 [4]
25 BTS 21.42 [35]
As of August 14, 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.[36]

  Indicates most streamed artist of the year

2015

Month Artist
September The Weeknd[37]
October
November
December Justin Bieber

2016

Month Artist
January Justin Bieber
February
March
April Rihanna
May Drake[38]
June
July
August
September
October
November
December The Weeknd[38]

2017

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

2018

Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[39]
February
March Drake[40]
April
May
June J Balvin[41]
July Drake[40]
August
September
October
November Selena Gomez
December Ariana Grande[42]

2019

Month Artist
January Ariana Grande[42]
February
March
April
May Khalid[43]
June Ed Sheeran[44]
July
August
September
October
November
December

2020

Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[44]
February Justin Bieber[45]
March
April The Weeknd
May Drake
June The Weeknd
July
August

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

By decade

Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.

Decade Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2010s[53] Drake (28 billion) Ed Sheeran Post Malone Eminem Ariana Grande

First 10 years

Years Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2008–2018[54] Drake Ed Sheeran Eminem The Weeknd Rihanna Kanye West Coldplay Justin Bieber Calvin Harris Ariana Grande

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Weeknd". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Drake". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "Dua Lipa". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "J Balvin". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Ariana Grande". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Justin Bieber". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Ed Sheeran". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Marshmello". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Khalid". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Taylor Swift". Spotify. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "Jason Derulo". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Lady Gaga". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Billie Eilish". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Maroon 5". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  15. ^ "Travis Scott". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Halsey". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  17. ^ "Juice WRLD". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  18. ^ "Nicki Minaj". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  19. ^ "DaBaby". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Post Malone". Spotify. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  21. ^ "Spotify most followed artists". ChartMasters. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  22. ^ "Rihanna". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  23. ^ "Eminem". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  24. ^ "Imagine Dragons". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  25. ^ "Shawn Mendes". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  26. ^ "Queen". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  27. ^ "Coldplay". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  28. ^ "Bruno Mars". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  29. ^ "Beyoncé". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  30. ^ "Ozuna". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  31. ^ "Bad Bunny". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  32. ^ "Alan Walker". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  33. ^ "Adele". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  34. ^ "Selena Gomez". Spotify. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  35. ^ "BTS". Spotify. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
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  40. ^ a b "Drake, Ariana Grande top Spotify's year-end charts".
  41. ^ Fernandez, Suzette (June 25, 2018). "J Balvin Is the Most Streamed Artist Worldwide on Spotify, Replacing Drake". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  42. ^ a b Lukarcanin, Emina (November 30, 2018). "Ariana Grande Is the Most Streamed Artist Worldwide On Spotify, Replacing Selena Gomez". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  43. ^ Ingham, Tim (April 28, 2018). "Khalid Just Became The Biggest Artist in the World On Spotify, With Over 50m Monthly Listeners". Music Business worldwide.
  44. ^ a b "Ed Sheeran Nears 70 Million Monthly Listeners on Spotify as 'No. 6' Lands on 800-Plus Playlists". Billboard. July 18, 2019.
  45. ^ "Ahead of the Spotify Awards, which artists on the streaming service have the most listeners?". USA Today. March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  46. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (December 3, 2013). "Macklemore's 'Can't Hold Us' Spotify's Most-Streamed Song of 2013". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
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  50. ^ Associated Press (December 12, 2017). "Ed Sheeran Tops Spotify's 2017 Most-Streamed List". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  51. ^ "Drake, Ariana Grande Top Spotify's Year-End 'Wrapped' Charts". Variety. December 3, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  52. ^ "Post Malone, Billie Eilish Top Spotify's Year-End 'Wrapped' Charts". Variety. December 2, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  53. ^ 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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