US EditionTaylor Swift and Bad Bunny top Spotify’s first all-time most streamed artists list
Spotify also released all-time rankings for albums and songs as it marks its 20th anniversary, with Bad Bunny second and Drake third.
- On Thursday, Spotify named Taylor Swift the most-streamed artist of all time, marking the platform's first-ever historical ranking across its 20-year history.
- The Sweden-based company, founded in April 2006, compiled these rankings to celebrate its 20th anniversary milestone and reveal listening patterns across its growing subscriber base.
- With 751 million users and 290 million subscribers across more than 184 markets, Spotify maintains over 31% of the total streaming market share globally.
- Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny ranked second, with his 2022 album 'Un Verano Sin Ti' recording 22 billion total streams, the highest for any album on the platform.
- Spotify did not disclose its data collection methodology when queried by The Associated Press, though more lists and rankings are expected to be revealed in coming days.
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Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny Top Spotify's New, All-Time List
It's her, hi! Taylor Swift has topped Spotify's first ever list of the most streamed artists of all time, published Thursday morning, the AP reports. She's followed by Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. That comes as no surprise: In 2025 the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was named the...
Hello! Taylor Swift leads the first Spotify list of the most listened artists of all time, published on Thursday morning. He is followed by Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny . This is not surprising: in 2025, the artist born as Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio was named for the fourth time the most reproduced artist of the year by the streaming platform, dethroning Swift. It has been a kind of cat and mouse game for both: she took the first place t…
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