The Top Artists, Songs, Albums, Podcasts, and Audiobooks of 2025

With more than 700 million listeners around the world turning to Spotify to soundtrack their lives, it's time to look back at the audio that defined the year. Our annual Wrapped campaign is here to celebrate the artists, creators, authors, and global trends that emerged, and to show you how your own listening fits into the picture.

The year in music was marked by the return of a global superstar to the top spot, powerful collaborations that became instant classics, and a film soundtrack that took the world by storm. Meanwhile, in the world of podcasts and audiobooks, long-running fan favorites continued their dominance while the fantasy genre proved its undeniable power.

So how did the world listen in 2025? Read on for the full breakdown.

Bad Bunny is once again Spotify's Global Top Artist For the fourth time, after claiming the title in 2020, 2021, and 2022, our users have crowned Bad Bunny Spotify's top artist globally, with 19.8 billion streams this year. He also clinched the global top album of 2025 with DeB TiRAR M S FOToS. To celebrate this achievement, Spotify is launching a global campaign honoring the superstar and his fans, including a short film, Leap Year, unique fan activations around the globe, and on-platform surprises.

Rounding out the top five artists are Taylor Swift in second place (but first in the U.S.), followed by The Weeknd (third), Drake (fourth), and Billie Eilish (fifth).

The trends that shaped our year Music This year's most-streamed music tells a story of both superstar collaborations and enduring fan favorites. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' smash hit Die With A Smile took the title of top song globally with over 1.7 billion streams, while ROS and Bruno Mars captured the number-three spot with APT. Billie Eilish's BIRDS OF A FEATHER climbed from number three in 2024 to the number-two spot this year, showing its lasting appeal.

On the global albums list, Bad Bunny's DeB TiRAR M S FOToS came out on top this year. But the influence of the screen was also undeniable, as KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) captured the number-two spot. And showing the staying power of a blockbuster release, Billie Eilish's HIT ME HARD AND SOFT and Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet both returned to the top five for the second year in a row.

Podcasts For the sixth consecutive year, The Joe Rogan Experience was Spotify's top podcast globally, followed by The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett and The Mel Robbins Podcast in second and third place, respectively.

Beyond these mainstays, podcasts also became the go-to space for making sense of 2025's biggest cultural moments in real time. From decoding the TikTok blackout to reacting to unscripted awards show drama and celebrity engagements, listeners turned to a wide range of shows for instant analysis and community.

Audiobooks In the world of audiobooks, the romantasy boom on Spotify was undeniable in 2025, with authors like Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas dominating our global top list. This points to another major trend: the power of backlist titles. Listeners are creating a new canon of modern classics they return to again and again.

Without further ado, here are Spotify's full global and U.S. top lists for 2025 across music, podcasts, and audiobooks.

2025 Wrapped global top lists Top artists globally

Bad Bunny

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Drake

Billie Eilish

Kendrick Lamar

Bruno Mars

Ariana Grande

Arijit Singh

Fuerza Regida

Top songs globally

Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish

APT. by ROS and Bruno Mars

Ordinary by Alex Warren

DtMF by Bad Bunny

back to friends by sombr

Golden by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

luther (with sza) by Kendrick Lamar and SZA

That's So True by Gracie Abrams

Wildflower by Billie Eilish

Top albums globally

DeB TiRAR M S FOToS by Bad Bunny

KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) by KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys

HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA

Short n' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

MAYHEM by Lady Gaga

You'll Be Alright, Kid by Alex Warren

I'm The Problem by Morgan Wallen

GNX by Kendrick Lamar

Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

Top podcasts globally

The Joe Rogan Experience

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

The Mel Robbins Podcast

Call Her Daddy

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Huberman Lab

Crime Junkie

Modern Wisdom

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

The Tucker Carlson Show

Top audiobooks in Premium globally

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

2025 Wrapped U.S. top lists Top artists in the U.S.

Taylor Swift

Drake

Morgan Wallen

Kendrick Lamar

Bad Bunny

The Weeknd

SZA

Zach Bryan

Tyler, The Creator

Kanye West

Top songs in the U.S.

luther (with sza) by Kendrick Lamar and SZA

Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Ordinary by Alex Warren

BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish

tv off (feat. lefty gunplay) by Kendrick Lamar and Lefty Gunplay

Golden by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

back to friends by sombr

Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan

Timeless (feat. Playboi Carti) by The Weeknd and Playboi Carti

No One Noticed by The Mar as

Top albums in the U.S.

I'm The Problem by Morgan Wallen

SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA

DeB TiRAR M S FOToS by Bad Bunny

KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) by KPop Demon Hunter

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