Spotify reveals most streamed artists, songs, and albums of all time led by Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, and The Weeknd

Spotify's Wrapped list is one of the top calling cards for citizens of the internet, one that carries massive social media momentum at the end of every year since 2016. What started as a simple roundup of the year in music has now become a study in data collection and interpretation in the age of AI. To add fuel to that burning fire, the music streaming app has now released Most Streamed of All Time lists. This now includes the Most Streamed Artists of All Time, Most Streamed Albums of All Time, Most Streamed Songs of All Time, Most Streamed Podcasts of All Time, and Most Streamed Audiobooks in Premium of All Time (don't miss the little encouragement for you to buy the premium subscription). And, no points for guessing, the unrivalled queen of the streaming platform is Taylor Swift! 

Following Swift to round off the top five are Bad Bunny, Drake, The Weeknd, and Ariana Grande.

Swift has topped the Most Streamed Artist chart, and her albums, Lover and Midnights, feature on the Most Streamed Albums list. Make this make sense. How does she miss out on being featured on the Most Streamed Songs chart when we have seen multiple versions of her songs being released at regular intervals (or when some other artists reach closer to the top)?

While names like Arijit Singh and Pritam were left out (India's crown jewels on Spotify Wrapped), we couldn't help but notice how there's little artist representation from outside the US. There's Drake, also the most-streamed rapper on Spotify, The Weeknd, and Justin Bieber from Canada (we are separating the Great White North from the US because of the current Trump-against-the-world scenario). There's Ed Sheeran, who also has two songs: Shape of You and Perfect, on the most-streamed songs list, and Coldplay representing the UK. BTS representing South Korea, Rihanna representing Barbados, and J Balvin representing Colombia. 

So where are the Indian artists? Maybe Indian fans need to move from T-Series' YouTube channel to Spotify? Or T-Series could simply release a chart of their own so the desi diaspora can find some representation.

Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti leads Most Streamed Albums, followed by The Weeknd's Starboy and After Hours, Ed Sheeran's ÷ Deluxe edition, and Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR. Top-streamed songs include Blinding Lights, Shape of You, Sweater Weather, Starboy, and As It Was. Coldplay's Yellow is the chart's oldest entry.

Outside of music, The Joe Rogan Experience leads Most Streamed Podcasts, while Sarah J Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses tops Most Streamed Premium Audiobooks. The data reflects global Spotify streams as of April 2026.

Check out the full lists below.

Most-streamed artists of all time

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 albums of all time

1. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
2. Starboy by The Weeknd
3. ÷ (Deluxe) by Ed Sheeran
4. SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
5. After Hours by The Weeknd
6. SOS by SZA
7. Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone
8. Lover by Taylor Swift
9. AM by Arctic Monkeys
10. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish
11. Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa
12. beerbongs & bentleys by Post Malone
13. ? by XXXTENTACION
14. MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON) by KAROL G
15. YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny
16. Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars
17. Views by Drake
18. Midnights by Taylor Swift
19. Scorpion by Drake
20. Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd

Most-streamed songs of all time

1. Blinding Lights by The Weeknd
2. Shape of You by Ed Sheeran
3. Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood
4. Starboy by The Weeknd and Daft Punk
5. As It Was by Harry Styles
6. Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi
7. Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Post Malone and Swae Lee
8. One Dance by Drake, Wizkid, and Kyla
9. Perfect by Ed Sheeran
10. STAY (with Justin Bieber) by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
11. Believer by Imagine Dragons
12. I Wanna Be Yours by Arctic Monkeys
13. Heat Waves by Glass Animals
14. lovely (with Khalid) by Billie Eilish and Khalid
15. Yellow by Coldplay
16. The Night We Met by Lord Huron
17. Closer by The Chainsmokers and Halsey
18. BIRDS OF A FEATHER by Billie Eilish
19. Riptide by Vance Joy
20. Die With A Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Most-streamed podcasts of all time

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. Gemischtes Hack
3. Crime Junkie
4. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
5. Last Podcast On The Left
6. The Daily
7. Fest & Flauschig
8. Morbid
9. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
10. Relatos de la Noche
11. Call Her Daddy
12. Não Inviabilize
13. Pardon My Take
14. Distractible
15. La Cotorrisa
16. Dateline NBC
17. Mordlust
18. Baywatch Berlin
19. Hobbylos
20. Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Most-streamed audiobooks in Premium of all time

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
2. The Fellowship of the Ring by J R R Tolkien
3. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
4. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
5. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
6. Lights Out by Navessa Allen
7. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas
8. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
9. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
10. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
11. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
12. A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin
13. Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
14. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
15. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
16. A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas
17. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
18. The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
19. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
20. Funny Story by Emily Henry

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