Spotify at 20: The Most Streamed Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks of All Time

It's been 20 years since Spotify began, but the real story is what the world chose to play. For the first time, we're unveiling the most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks in our history.

Drawn from years of listening across hundreds of millions of fans, these lists capture the music and stories that didn't just break through but stayed, becoming part of everyday life around the world.

Data reflects global Spotify streams as of April 2026.

Most streamed artists of all time

Taylor Swift

Bad Bunny

Drake

The Weeknd

Ariana Grande

Ed Sheeran

Justin Bieber

Billie Eilish

Eminem

Kanye West

Travis Scott

BTS

Post Malone

Bruno Mars

J Balvin

Rihanna

Coldplay

Kendrick Lamar

Future

Juice WRLD

Most streamed albums of all time

Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

Starboy by The Weeknd

(Deluxe) by Ed Sheeran

SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo

After Hours by The Weeknd

SOS by SZA

Hollywood's Bleeding by Post Malone

Lover by Taylor Swift

AM by Arctic Monkeys

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

beerbongs & bentleys by Post Malone

? by XXXTENTACION

MA ANA SER BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON) by KAROL G

YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny

Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars

Views by Drake

Midnights by Taylor Swift

Scorpion by Drake

Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd

Most streamed songs of all time

Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

Shape of You by Ed Sheeran

Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood

Starboy by The Weeknd and Daft Punk

As It Was by Harry Styles

Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi

Sunflower Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Post Malone and Swae Lee

One Dance by Drake, Wizkid, and Kyla

Perfect by Ed Sheeran

STAY (with Justin Bieber) by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber

Believer by Imagine Dragons

I Wanna Be Yours by Arctic Monkeys

Heat Waves by Glass Animals

lovely (with Khalid) by Billie Eilish and Khalid

Yellow by Coldplay

The Night We Met by Lord Huron

Closer by The Chainsmokers and Halsey

BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish

Riptide by Vance Joy

Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Most streamed podcasts of all time

The Joe Rogan Experience

Gemischtes Hack

Crime Junkie

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Last Podcast On The Left

The Daily

Fest & Flauschig

Morbid

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

Relatos de la Noche

Call Her Daddy

N o Inviabilize

Pardon My Take

Distractible

La Cotorrisa

Dateline NBC

Mordlust

Baywatch Berlin

Hobbylos

Killer Stories with Harvey Guill n

Most streamed audiobooks in Premium of all time

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A Court of Silver Flames 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 Story by Emily Henry

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