This list contains the most-streamed artists on the
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Spotify
Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active use ...
. As of ,
The Weeknd
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, romance, and ...
has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a male artist,
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received ...
has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist and
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey. They met at University ...
have the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a group.
Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran (; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently re ...
is the most-followed male artist, and
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received ...
is the most-followed female artist.
Drake
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is the most-streamed male artist of all time, and
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bo ...
is the most-streamed female artist of all time. Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake and
Bad Bunny
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (born March 10, 1994), known professionally as Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer. His musical style is defined as Latin trap and reggaeton. He rose to prominence in 2016 with his song "Diles", w ...
a record three times, with Bad Bunny being the only artist to do so on consecutive years (2020, 2021 and 2022).
Most monthly listeners
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.
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Most-streamed artists
By year
Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.
By decade
Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.
First 10 years
The most steamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.
All time
Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.
See also
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List of most-streamed songs on Spotify
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List of most-viewed YouTube channels
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List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
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List of most-subscribed YouTube Music artists
This article lists the fifty most-subscribed artists on the music platform YouTube Music. Artists' subscribers are consolidated from various YouTube channels they may have, including Vevo channels, into Official Artist Channels.
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List of most-followed Twitch channels
This list contains the top fifty channels with the most followers on the live streaming social platform Twitch. , the most-followed channel belongs to Ninja with over 18.4 million followers. The female streamer with the most followers on h ...
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List of most-followed Twitter accounts
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Spotify
Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active use ...
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