Spotify is celebrating its 20th birthday today (April 23), and to make it special, they’ve released lists of the most streamed albums, songs, artists, and more.
“For the first time, we’re revealing the most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts and audiobooks in history,” the streaming giant said in a statement. “These lists are based on years of listening experience by hundreds of millions of fans, and they capture music and stories that not only break through but stay, becoming part of everyday life around the world.”
This is the definitive survey of what fans have listened to on Spotify since the company launched 20 years ago, and captures data through April 2026.
Taylor Swift was named the platform’s most-streamed artist of all time, followed by Bad Bunny and Drake. Not many surprises there. Bad Bunny’s monster album “Un Verano Sin Ti” is the most played album on Spotify, while The Weeknd’s 2020 hit “Blinding Lights” tops the list of most played songs.
Check out the full list below.
The most played artists of all time on Spotify
Taylor Swift
bad bunny
Drake
weekend
ariana grande
Ed Sheeran
justin bieber
billie eilish
slim Shady
Kanye West
Travis Scott
base station
Post Malone
Bruno Mars
J.Barvin
Rihanna
coldplay
Kendrick Lamar
future
juice world
The most played album of all time on Spotify
“Un Verano Sin Ti” by Bad Bunny
“Starboy” by The Weeknd
“÷ (Deluxe Edition)” by Ed Sheeran
“SOUR” by Olivia Rodrigo
“After Hours” by “Weekend”
“SOS” by SZA
“Hollywood Bleeds” by Post Malone
“Lover” by Taylor Swift
“AM” by Arctic Monkeys
“When we all fall asleep, where do we go?” via Billie Eilish
“Future Nostalgia” by Dua Lipa
“Beer Sticks and Bentleys” by Post Malone
‘? ‘Via XXXTENTACION
“MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON)” by KAROL G
“YHLQMDLG” by Bad Bunny
Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars
“Viewpoint” by Drake
“Midnight” by Taylor Swift
“Scorpion” by Derek
“Beauty Behind the Madness” by The Weeknd
The most played songs of all time on Spotify
“Blinding Light” from The Weekend
“Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran
“Sweater Weather” from “The Neighborhood”
“Starboy”, The Weeknd, Daft Punk
“As You Are” by Harry Styles
“Someone You’ve Loved” by Lewis Capaldi
“Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” by Post Malone, Swale Lee
“One Dance” by Drake, Wizkid, Kyla
“Perfect” by Ed Sheeran
“STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI by Justin Bieber
“Believer” by Imagine Dragons
“I Wanna Be Yours” by Arctic Monkeys
Glass animals’ “heat wave”
Khalid “Lovely (and Khalid)” by Billie Eilish
“Yellow” by Coldplay
“The Night We Met” by Lord Huron
“Closer” by Halsey The Chainsmokers
“Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
“Riptide” by Vance Joy
“Die Smiling” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
The most played podcast of all time on Spotify
Joe Rogan’s Experience
gem hack
crime junkie
Armchair Specialists at Dax Shepard
last podcast on the left
daily report
Feist and Frausig
sick
My Favorite Murders of Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstuck
evening relationship
call her daddy
Não Inviabilize
please forgive my opinion
distract
la cotorissa
nbc dateline
Corrupt desire
berlin baywatch
Hobilos
Harvey Guillen’s Killer Story
The largest collection of premium streaming audiobooks ever on Spotify
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings
“The Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarrow
“I’m So Glad My Mom’s Dead” by Janet McCurdy
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
“Lights Out” by Ted Koppel
“A Court of Wings and Ruins” by Sarah J. Maas
“The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene
“The Maid” by Freida McFadden
“Steel Flame” by Rebecca Yaros
“The Woman In Me” by Britney Spears
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
“The Ice Breaker” by Hannah Grace
“The End of Us” by Colleen Hoover
“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reed
A Court of Silver Fire by Sarah J. Maas
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
“The Boyfriend” by Freida McFadden
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
“Funny Stories” by Emily Henry
