softshell crab exporterVietnamese mud crab exportsoft-shell crab exporterVietnam crab exporter
What to watch ☀️ See the stage 🎭 Watch Party Newsletter Celeb news ⭐
MUSIC
Spotify

Spotify shares its all-time most-streamed music, podcasts. See lists

Portrait of Kate Perez Kate Perez
USA TODAY
April 23, 2026, 4:58 p.m. ET

Spotify is celebrating its 20th anniversary by revealing its most-streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts and audiobooks in the streaming service's history.

The data comes from years of fan listening and reflects global Spotify streams as of April 2026, according to the streamers' news release. The celebration also features a Spotify 20 hub that contains playlists and a visual history of the streaming service.

Here's a look at Spotify's most-streamed music, artists, podcasts and more.

Spotify's most-streamed artists of all time

The announcement included Spotify's most-streamed artists in the streaming service's 20-year existence:

  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

Spotify's most-streamed albums of all time

Spotify's most-streamed album of all time comes from Grammy award-winning artist Bad Bunny, who also headlined the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show:

  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

Spotify's most-streamed songs of all time

Spotify's most-streamed song, "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd, also inspired a viral dance that took over social media pages during the COVID-19 pandemic:

  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

Spotify's most-streamed podcasts of all time

Joe Rogan's "The Joe Rogan Experience" tops Spotify's most-streamed podcasts of all time list, according to the news release:

  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 on Spotify Premium of all time

Spotify's list of most-streamed audiobooks spans memoirs to mysteries and is topped by the first book in a beloved adult fantasy romance series:

  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 Ted Koppel
  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 (Expletive)" by Mark Manson
  18. "The Boyfriend" by Freida McFadden
  19. "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari
  20. "Funny Story" by Emily Henry

Kate Perez covers national trends and breaking news for USA TODAY. You can reach her at [email protected] or on X @katecperez_.

Featured Weekly Ad