Spotify's most-streamed artists, songs, and albums of all time revealed

The stats go alongside the music platform's 20th anniversary.

Skiddle Staff

Date published: 24th Apr 2026

Spotify Wrapped is quite far away, however, in celebration of their 20th anniversary, Spotify has revealed the most-streamed artists, songs and albums of all time. Though this doesn't have the personal touch of a wrapped, Spotify for the first time ever is being open with their users, providing a definitive look at what have been the most popular tracks and records for Spotify subscribers since 2006.

With some of the names at the top of the list being a tad predictable, with Taylor Swift being number one for most steamed artists. The ranking also saw UK artists Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Lewis Capaldi, Arctic Monkeys, Glass Animals, and Coldplay in the list for the most-streamed songs. 

The list also saw The Weeknd featured a few times, coming in at number one for his track 'Blinding Lights', as the most-streamed song on Spotify, with an impressive 5,379,788,638 plays. As well as 4th in most-streamed artists, and Daft Punk collab 'Starboy' coming in at number four. 

To see all the most-streamed artists, songs, and albums, scroll down.

 

Most-streamed artists of all time on Spotify: 

1. Taylor Swift 

2. Bad Bunny 

3. Drake 

4. The Weeknd 

5. Ariana Grande 

6. Ed Sheeran 

7. Justin Bieber 

8. Billie Eilish 

9. Eminem 

10. Kanye West 

11. Travis Scott 

12. BTS 

13. Post Malone 

14. Bruno Mars 

15. J Balvin 

16. Rihanna 

17. Coldplay 

18. Kendrick Lamar 

19. Future 

20. Juice WRLD 

 


 

Most-streamed songs of all time on Spotify: 

1. ' Blinding Lights' - The Weeknd

2. 'Shape Of You' -  Ed Sheeran

3. 'Sweater Weather' - The Neighbourhood

4. 'Starboy - The Weeknd', Daft Punk

5. 'As It Was' -  Harry Styles

6. 'Someone You Loved' - Lewis Capaldi

7. 'Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse by Post Malone, Swae Lee

8. 'One Dance' - Drake, Wizkid, Kyla

9. 'Perfect' - Ed Sheeran

10. 'Stay' - The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber

11. 'Believer' - Imagine Dragons

12. 'I Wanna Be Yours' - Arctic Monkeys

13. 'Heat Waves' - Glass Animals

14. 'Lovely' -  Billie Eilish & Khalid

15. 'Yellow' -  Coldplay

16. 'The Night We Met' - Lord Huron

17. 'Closer' -  The Chainsmokers & Halsey

18. 'Birds Of A Feather' - Billie Eilish

19. 'Riptide' - Vance Joy

20. 'Die With A Smile' - Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars

 


 

 

Most-streamed albums of all time on Spotify: 

1. 'Un Verano Sin Ti' -  Bad Bunny

2. 'Starboy'- The Weeknd

3. 'Divide (Deluxe)' - Ed Sheeran

4. 'Sour' - Olivia Rodrigo

5. 'After Hours' -  The Weeknd

6. 'SOS' - SZA

7. 'Hollywood’s Bleeding' - Post Malone

8. 'Lover' - Taylor Swift

9. 'AM' -  Arctic Monkeys

10. 'When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' - Billie Eilish

11. 'Future Nostalgia' - Dua Lipa

12. 'Beerbongs & Bentleys' -  Post Malone

13. '?' - XXXTentacion

14. 'Manaa Sera Bonito (Bichota Season)' - Karol G

15. 'YHLQMDLG' - Bad Bunny

16. 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans' -  Bruno Mars

17. 'Views' - Drake

18. 'Midnights' - Taylor Swift

19. 'Scorpion' - Drake

20. 'Beauty Behind The Madness' - The Weeknd

 

 


 

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