The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of November 2023, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist. Since 2012, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny a record three times, with Bad Bunny being the only artist to do so in consecutive years (2020–2022).
Most-streamed artists
By year
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
By decade
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
First 10 years
The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.
Most monthly listeners
As of November 2023, Canadian singer The Weeknd is the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the female artist with the most monthly listeners. Both became the first artists to surpass 100 million monthly listeners in Spotify's history.
Most-followed artists
As of November 2023, English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist.
Timeline of peak monthly listeners
This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public.