List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

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).

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.

Most monthly listeners
Rank Artist Monthly listeners
(millions)		 Chg Ref(s)
1 The Weeknd67.45[1]
2 Justin Bieber65.63[2]
3 Ariana Grande62.25[3]
4 Dua Lipa 61.82[4]
5 Ed Sheeran57.34[5]
6 J Balvin54.83[6]
7 Billie Eilish53.04[7]
8 Drake50.59[8]
9 Bad Bunny48.53[9]
10 Shawn Mendes47.87[10]
11 Taylor Swift46.30[11]
12 DaBaby45.98[12]
13 Khalid45.01[13]
14 Sia44.52[14]
15 Maroon 544.41[15]
16 Marshmello43.64[16]
17 Travis Scott43.55[17]
18 Jason Derulo43.30[18]
19 Rihanna42.08[19]
20 Miley Cyrus41.86[20]
As of February 4, 2021

Most followers
Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify
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 Sheeran75.62[5]
2 Ariana Grande 57.23[3]
3 Drake52.53[8]
4 Justin Bieber42.00[2]
5 Eminem41.34[22]
6 Rihanna40.93[19]
7 Billie Eilish38.95[7]
8 Taylor Swift36.40[11]
9 Imagine Dragons32.37[23]
10 Queen31.84[24]
11 Shawn Mendes31.20[10]
12 Post Malone30.92[25]
13 Bad Bunny29.52[9]
14 Marshmello29.19[16]
15 Maroon 529.17[15]
16 Coldplay28.80[26]
17 Bruno Mars28.59[27]
18 BTS28.49[28]
19 The Weeknd28.28[1]
20 Alan Walker26.70[29]
21 Ozuna26.58[30]
22 Beyoncé25.96[31]
23 J Balvin25.89[6]
24 Adele25.47[32]
25 XXXTentacion24.95[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
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
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 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
2020[51] Bad Bunny (8.3 billion)DrakeJ BalvinJuice WrldThe 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 SheeranPost MaloneAriana GrandeEminem

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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  12. "DaBaby". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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  14. "Sia". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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  17. "Travis Scott". Spotify. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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