Spotify's #1 artist each year
Taylor Swift posted the biggest year on Spotify with 26.6 billion streams in 2024; Bad Bunny has been the #1 artist four times.
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What the data shows
- Taylor Swift (2024) ranks #1 with 26.6B, ahead of Taylor Swift (2023) (26.1B) and Bad Bunny (2025) (19.8B).
About this chart
Taylor Swift holds the record for a single year on Spotify: 26.6 billion streams as the world's top artist in 2024, after 26.1 billion in 2023. Bad Bunny has the most #1 years in this series with four: 2020 (8.3 billion), 2021 (9.1 billion), 2022 (18.5 billion) and 2025 (19.8 billion). Drake topped three years, in 2015, 2016 and 2018, and Ed Sheeran two.
The chart shows each year's #1 artist and their stream total from 2014 to 2025. Ed Sheeran led 2014 with 0.86 billion streams, and Post Malone led 2019 with 6.5 billion. The rise from under 1 billion to over 26 billion partly reflects a service and user base that grew, so years are not strictly comparable. Spotify publishes a count only for the #1 artist, not all-time totals. The top five for 2025 were Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Drake and Billie Eilish.
The data
Source: Spotify Wrapped / annual announcements of the most-streamed global artist, as compiled in Wikipedia, List of most-streamed artists on Spotify ("By year"). Retrieved November 4, 2026. Reshaped: Spotify publishes the most-streamed artist of each year (with the stream count only for the #1 artist) but no all-time stream totals, so the chart shows each year's #1 artist and their stream total that year, 2014-2025 (the 2013 winner, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, has no listed stream count). Totals are Spotify's rounded figures for the Wrapped calendar period and are not strictly comparable across years (the service and its user base grew). Wikipedia states Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify history (as of April 2026) and Bad Bunny the most-streamed male artist; those all-time totals are not published, so they are not charted.
| Date | Taylor Swift (2024) | Taylor Swift (2023) | Bad Bunny (2025) | Bad Bunny (2022) | Bad Bunny (2021) | Bad Bunny (2020) | Drake (2018) | Post Malone (2019) | Ed Sheeran (2017) | Drake (2016) | Drake (2015) | Ed Sheeran (2014) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streams in the year (B) | 26.6B | 26.1B | 19.8B | 18.5B | 9.1B | 8.3B | 8.2B | 6.5B | 6.3B | 4.7B | 1.8B | 0.9B |
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the most-streamed artist on Spotify?
Taylor Swift was the most-streamed artist on Spotify in 2023 and 2024, with 26.1 billion and 26.6 billion streams. Wikipedia lists her as the most-streamed artist in Spotify history as of April 2026, though Spotify does not publish all-time totals.
Who was Spotify's most-streamed artist in 2025?
Bad Bunny was Spotify's most-streamed artist in 2025, with 19.8 billion streams. Taylor Swift was second, followed by The Weeknd, Drake and Billie Eilish.
How many streams did Taylor Swift get in 2024?
Taylor Swift had 26.6 billion streams on Spotify in 2024, the highest annual total reported for an artist. Her 2023 total of 26.1 billion is the second highest.
Where does this data come from?
Spotify Wrapped / annual announcements of the most-streamed global artist, as compiled in Wikipedia, List of most-streamed artists on Spotify ("By year"). Retrieved November 4, 2026. Reshaped: Spotify publishes the most-streamed artist of each year (with the stream count only for the #1 artist) but no all-time stream totals, so the chart shows each year's #1 artist and their stream total that year, 2014-2025 (the 2013 winner, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, has no listed stream count). Totals are Spotify's rounded figures for the Wrapped calendar period and are not strictly comparable across years (the service and its user base grew). Wikipedia states Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify history (as of April 2026) and Bad Bunny the most-streamed male artist; those all-time totals are not published, so they are not charted. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.
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