List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of December 2025, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist, and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history. Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Bad Bunny a record four times, being the only artist to do so in three consecutive years. Drake has topped the list three times, while Swift is the only female artist to have topped the list.
Most-streamed artists
By year
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
By decade
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.
As of, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd was the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the first female artist and second overall. American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was the third and youngest artist to achieve the feat. American rapper Kendrick Lamar was the first rapper to both achieve the feat and surpass the 110 million mark. Australian singer-songwriter Sia is the most recent artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners. British band Coldplay are the first group to reach every milestone from 60 million to 100 million.
Most-followed artists
As of February 2026, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist and Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist on Spotify.
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.