List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

This list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of December 2021, Justin Bieber has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a male artist, and Adele has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist. Ed Sheeran is the most-followed male artist, and Ariana Grande is the most-followed 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 Justin Bieber88.85[1]
2 Ed Sheeran79.87[2]
3 The Weeknd78.92[3]
4 Adele70.18[4]
5 Ariana Grande69.37[5]
6 Dua Lipa67.03[6]
7 Taylor Swift62.70[7]
8 Coldplay61.50[8]
9 Doja Cat57.44[9]
10 Bruno Mars57.32[10]
11 Elton John56.54[11]
12 Lil Nas X54.92[12]
13 Drake54.92[13]
14 J Balvin52.32[14]
15 The Kid Laroi52.23[15]
16 Billie Eilish51.15[16]
17 Post Malone50.76[17]
18 Imagine Dragons50.09[18]
19 David Guetta49.61[19]
20 Sia47.66[20]
As of December 14, 2021

Most followers
Ed Sheeran is the most-followed male artist on Spotify
Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist on Spotify
  Also among the 20 most monthly listeners
Rank Artist Followers
(millions)		 Ref(s)
1 Ed Sheeran89.16[2]
2 Ariana Grande72.91[5]
3 Drake59.35[13]
4 Justin Bieber54.00[1]
5 Billie Eilish53.65[16]
6 Eminem50.16[21]
7 Taylor Swift46.59[7]
8 Rihanna46.14[22]
9 BTS42.64[23]
10 Bad Bunny40.66[24]
11 The Weeknd39.45[3]
12 Queen38.39[25]
13 Arijit Singh38.17[26]
14 Imagine Dragons37.09[18]
15 Bruno Mars36.17[10]
16 Shawn Mendes35.62[27]
17 Post Malone35.14[17]
18 Maroon 534.22[28]
19 Coldplay33.06[8]
20 XXXTentacion32.88[29]
As of December 14, 2021

Timeline of peak monthly listeners
Justin Bieber is the artist with the highest peaking monthly listeners in Spotify history

This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public.[30]

  Indicates most streamed artist of the year
  Indicates peak of most monthly listeners in Spotify history

2015
Month Artist
September The Weeknd[31]
October
November
December N/A

2016
Month Artist
JanuaryN/A
February
March
April Rihanna[32]
May Drake[32]
June
July
August
September
October
November
December The Weeknd[32]

2017
Month Artist
January The Weeknd[32]
February Ed Sheeran[33]
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

2018
Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[33]
February
March Drake[34]
April
May
June J Balvin[35]
JulyDrake[34]
August
September
October
November Selena Gomez[36]
December Ariana Grande[36]

2019
Month Artist
January Ariana Grande[36]
February
March
April
May Khalid[37]
June Ed Sheeran[38]
July
August
September
October
November
December

2020
Month Artist
January Ed Sheeran[38]
February Justin Bieber[39]
March
April N/A
May
June
July
August The Weeknd[40]
September N/A
October
November
December

2021
Month Artist
January N/A
February The Weeknd[41]
March N/A
April
May Justin Bieber[42]
June Justin Bieber[43]
July Justin Bieber[44]
August
September Justin Bieber[45]
October Justin Bieber[46]
November N/A

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[47] Macklemore & Ryan LewisAviciiDaft PunkEminemImagine Dragons
2014[48] Ed Sheeran (860 million)EminemColdplayCalvin HarrisKaty Perry
2015[49] Drake (1.8 billion)Ed SheeranThe WeekndMaroon 5Kanye West
2016[50] Drake (4.7 billion)Justin BieberRihannaTwenty One PilotsKanye West
2017[51] Ed Sheeran (6.3 billion)DrakeThe WeekndKendrick LamarThe Chainsmokers
2018[52] Drake (8.2 billion)Post MaloneXXXTentacionJ BalvinEd Sheeran
2019[53] Post Malone (6.5 billion)Billie EilishAriana GrandeEd SheeranBad Bunny
2020[54] Bad Bunny (8.3 billion)DrakeJ BalvinJuice WrldThe Weeknd
2021[55] Bad Bunny (9.1 billion)Taylor SwiftBTSDrakeJustin Bieber

By decade

Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available.

Decade Artist ranking
1 2 3 4 5
2010s[56] Drake (28 billion)Ed SheeranPost MaloneAriana GrandeEminem

See also

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