List of most-followed artists on Spotify

Music streaming site Spotify displays data for two types of statistics on the profiles of artists who use its platform: "Listeners" and "Followers". Users can indicate their preference for a particular musician or performer by "following" them. Certain widely-loved acts have attained an exceptionally large number of "followers" on the platform; these acts are listed below.

Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify with over 89 million followers—he was the first artist to cross 50 million followers on the platform.[1] The most-followed female artist is Ariana Grande, with over 72 million followers—she became the most-followed female act on the platform in December 2020 when she surpassed 54 million followers.[2] The most-followed group and non-English act is BTS, with over 42 million followers.[3]

Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify

Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist on Spotify

The top 50 most-followed artists on Spotify

Rank	Artists	Followers in millions	Country
1	Ed Sheeran	89.12	United Kingdom	[4]
2	Ariana Grande	72.87	United States	[5]
3	Drake	59.32	Canada	[6]
4	Justin Bieber	53.96		[7]
5	Billie Eilish	53.60	United States	[8]
6	Eminem	50.13		[9]
7	Taylor Swift	46.55		[10]
8	Rihanna	46.12	Barbados	[11]
9	BTS	42.59	South Korea	[3]
10	Bad Bunny	40.62	Puerto Rico	[12]
11	The Weeknd	39.41	Canada	[13]
12	Queen	38.37	United Kingdom	[14]
13	Arijit Singh	38.11	India	[15]
14	Imagine Dragons	37.08	United States	[16]
15	Bruno Mars	36.14		[17]
16	Shawn Mendes	35.60	Canada	[18]
17	Post Malone	35.13	United States	[19]
18	Maroon 5	34.20		[20]
19	Coldplay	33.05	United Kingdom	[21]
20	XXXTentacion	32.85	United States	[22]
21	Marshmello	32.66		[23]
22	Adele	31.95	United Kingdom	[24]
23	Selena Gomez	31.72	United States	[25]
24	Alan Walker	31.60	United Kingdom /  Norway	[26]
25	J Balvin	31.21	Colombia	[27]
26	Ozuna	30.47	Puerto Rico	[28]
27	Dua Lipa	30.40	United Kingdom	[29]
28	Beyoncé	29.69	United States	[30]
29	Maluma	28.60	Colombia	[31]
30	Blackpink	26.78	South Korea	[32]
31	Neha Kakkar	26.16	India	[33]
32	Daddy Yankee	25.15	Puerto Rico	[34]
33	Camila Cabello	24.54	Cuba	[35]
34	One Direction	24.05	United Kingdom /  Republic of Ireland	[36]
35	David Guetta	23.54	France	[37]
36	Nicki Minaj	23.35	Trinidad and Tobago	[38]
37	Guns N' Roses	22.76	United States	[39]
38	Shakira	22.75	Colombia	[40]
39	Calvin Harris	22.34	Scotland	[41]
40	Marília Mendonça	21.93	Brazil	[42]
41	Sia	21.68	Australia	[43]
42	Twenty One Pilots	21.57	United States	[44]
43	AC/DC	21.55	Australia	[45]
44	The Beatles	21.31	United Kingdom	[46]
45	Demi Lovato	21.17	United States	[47]
46	Juice Wrld	21.07		[48]
47	Avicii	21.02	Sweden	[49]
48	Michael Jackson	20.89	United States	[50]
49	Linkin Park	20.60		[51]
50	Karol G	20.24	Colombia	[52]
As of December 13, 2021