Spotify monthly listeners have become the clearest real-time indicator of global music popularity. Unlike traditional charts, this metric shows how many unique people are actively listening to an artist within a 28-day window, making it one of the most accurate reflections of reach in the streaming era.
This list of the Top 500 artists with the most Spotify monthly listeners in 2026 highlights the biggest names dominating the platform right now—from global superstars to fast-rising viral acts. Rankings are constantly shifting, driven by new releases, playlist placements, and worldwide trends.
Top 500 Artists With the Most Spotify Monthly Listeners
- Justin Bieber ― 143.86M
- Bruno Mars ― 138.16M
- The Weeknd ― 115.58M
- Rihanna ― 112.62M
- Lady Gaga ― 103.09M
- Michael Jackson ― 102.12M
- Taylor Swift ― 101.90M
- Bad Bunny ― 100.26M
- Drake ― 94.25M
- Coldplay ― 90.98M
- David Guetta ― 88.84M
- Ed Sheeran ― 85.65M
- Shakira ― 85.42M
- Billie Eilish ― 85.27M
- Ariana Grande ― 84.77M
- Katy Perry ― 84.37M
- Maroon 5 ― 79.84M
- Calvin Harris ― 78.44M
- Eminem ― 77.05M
- Pitbull ― 75.74M
- Kanye West ― 73.58M
- J Balvin ― 73.07M
- Kendrick Lamar ― 72.02M
- Zara Larsson ― 70.65M
- SZA ― 70.04M
- Sia ― 69.20M
- Sabrina Carpenter ― 67.53M
- Dua Lipa ― 66.33M
- Harry Styles ― 65.85M
- Daddy Yankee ― 65.32M
- Lana Del Rey ― 64.90M
- Black Eyed Peas ― 64.61M
- Tame Impala ― 64.12M
- Chris Brown ― 63.57M
- Sean Paul ― 63.57M
- Post Malone ― 62.71M
- Dominic Fike ― 62.58M
- Travis Scott ― 62.26M
- Olivia Rodrigo ― 61.61M
- Miley Cyrus ― 61.19M
- Beyoncé ― 59.71M
- sombr ― 59.29M
- Adele ― 59.03M
- Olivia Dean ― 57.71M
- Doja Cat ― 56.75M
- Future ― 56.61M
- DJ Snake ― 56.41M
- Madonna ― 55.97M
- Justin Timberlake ― 55.85M
- JENNIE ― 55.69M
- Imagine Dragons ― 55.66M
- Arctic Monkeys ― 55.65M
- Linkin Park ― 55.19M
- Sam Smith ― 55.12M
- Arijit Singh ― 54.83M
- KAROL G ― 54.55M
- Queen ― 54.27M
- Khalid ― 54.20M
- Marshmello ― 53.64M
- Rauw Alejandro ― 53.27M
- Halsey ― 53.08M
- Fleetwood Mac ― 52.45M
- The Chainsmokers ― 52.25M
- Shreya Ghoshal ― 52.07M
- Alex Warren ― 52.01M
- RAYE ― 51.82M
- Shawn Mendes ― 50.90M
- Ozuna ― 50.73M
- Elton John ― 50.29M
- Charlie Puth ― 49.94M
- OneRepublic ― 49.91M
- USHER ― 49.40M
- Ellie Goulding ― 49.34M
- Nicki Minaj ― 49.03M
- Lil Wayne ― 49.01M
- Ne-Yo ― 48.94M
- Maluma ― 48.59M
- Britney Spears ― 48.41M
- A.R. Rahman ― 48.40M
- Fuerza Regida ― 48.39M
- Don Omar ― 48.09M
- Pritam ― 47.94M
- The Neighbourhood ― 47.83M
- Don Toliver ― 47.29M
- Peso Pluma ― 47.28M
- Camila Cabello ― 46.80M
- One Direction ― 46.35M
- Red Hot Chili Peppers ― 46.23M
- 50 Cent ― 46.21M
- Wiz Khalifa ― 46.11M
- Kesha ― 46.04M
- Tate McRae ― 45.61M
- JAŸ-Z ― 45.48M
- Anuel AA ― 44.22M
- Flo Rida ― 44.22M
- Farruko ― 44.09M
- Daniel Caesar ― 44.02M
- Radiohead ― 43.91M
- Tems ― 43.65M
- Selena Gomez ― 43.60M
- Teddy Swims ― 43.51M
- Diplo ― 43.33M
- Hozier ― 43.06M
- 21 Savage ― 42.71M
- Djo ― 42.53M
- The Kid LAROI ― 42.32M
- Metro Boomin ― 42.29M
- Playboi Carti ― 42.25M
- ABBA ― 41.94M
- Akon ― 41.55M
- Green Day ― 41.21M
- Swae Lee ― 41.16M
- Avicii ― 40.94M
- Bebe Rexha ― 40.93M
- Empire Of The Sun ― 40.69M
- A$AP Rocky ― 40.67M
- Gorillaz ― 40.56M
- Tyler, The Creator ― 40.46M
- Myke Towers ― 40.44M
- Irshad Kamil ― 40.35M
- Frank Ocean ― 40.31M
- PinkPantheress ― 40.07M
- Disney ― 39.86M
- Benson Boone ― 39.79M
- The Police ― 39.64M
- The Goo Goo Dolls ― 39.19M
- J. Cole ― 39.09M
- Sean Kingston ― 39.03M
- Demi Lovato ― 38.99M
- P!nk ― 38.71M
- BTS ― 38.70M
- Nirvana ― 38.67M
- Grupo Frontera ― 38.61M
- Pharrell Williams ― 38.60M
- Guns N’ Roses ― 38.48M
- AC/DC ― 38.30M
- Twenty One Pilots ― 38.28M
- Anitta ― 38.11M
- Sachin-Jigar ― 38.07M
- Romeo Santos ― 37.94M
- Alicia Keys ― 37.56M
- Feid ― 37.44M
- Manuel Turizo ― 37.44M
- Jennifer Lopez ― 37.07M
- Major Lazer ― 37.00M
- Kali Uchis ― 36.88M
- Amitabh Bhattacharya ― 36.72M
- Dave ― 36.50M
- Nicky Jam ― 36.38M
- The Beatles ― 35.95M
- Ty Dolla $ign ― 35.90M
- Enrique Iglesias ― 35.78M
- Clean Bandit ― 35.48M
- Bon Jovi ― 35.44M
- Tiësto ― 35.41M
- Morgan Wallen ― 35.40M
- Mariah Carey ― 35.24M
- Gunna ― 35.19M
- The Killers ― 35.17M
- Nelly Furtado ― 34.94M
- Macklemore ― 34.91M
- Noah Kahan ― 34.52M
- Jason Derulo ― 34.48M
- Mac Miller ― 34.34M
- Gracie Abrams ― 34.26M
- KPop Demon Hunters Cast ― 34.10M
- Cardi B ― 34.09M
- Ovy On The Drums ― 34.03M
- Beéle ― 33.99M
- Anne-Marie ― 33.96M
- The Marías ― 33.94M
- Tyla ― 33.91M
- XXXTENTACION ― 33.85M
- Billy Joel ― 33.75M
- Udit Narayan ― 33.64M
- Snoop Dogg ― 33.52M
- Mark Ronson ― 33.46M
- Paramore ― 33.39M
- Keyshia Cole ― 33.24M
- Metallica ― 33.22M
- DaBaby ― 32.97M
- Childish Gambino ― 32.92M
- Creedence Clearwater Revival ― 32.69M
- Becky G ― 32.67M
- Charli xcx ― 32.54M
- Ravyn Lenae ― 32.53M
- The Script ― 32.46M
- Chappell Roan ― 32.33M
- Christina Aguilera ― 32.15M
- Lil Uzi Vert ― 32.14M
- Oasis ― 31.93M
- Lil Baby ― 31.92M
- Tanishk Bagchi ― 31.90M
- JHAYCO ― 31.76M
- Ryan Castro ― 31.52M
- The Cranberries ― 31.49M
- Vance Joy ― 31.45M
- Vishal-Shekhar ― 31.31M
- Cris MJ ― 31.30M
- Kodak Black ― 31.24M
- KATSEYE ― 31.20M
- Arcángel ― 30.91M
- Mithoon ― 30.59M
- REI AMI ― 30.57M
- EJAE ― 30.55M
- Juice WRLD ― 30.52M
- Shashwat Sachdev ― 30.46M
- French Montana ― 30.30M
- Neton Vega ― 30.29M
- Junior H ― 30.29M
- Miguel ― 30.19M
- Phil Collins ― 30.19M
- HUNTR/X ― 30.15M
- Danny Ocean ― 30.15M
- Backstreet Boys ― 30.07M
- Carín León ― 30.00M
- PARTYNEXTDOOR ― 29.96M
- Kehlani ― 29.88M
- Bee Gees ― 29.83M
- Daft Punk ― 29.79M
- Quevedo ― 29.74M
- Doechii ― 29.70M
- Tinashe ― 29.70M
- ROSALÍA ― 29.69M
- AUDREY NUNA ― 29.69M
- Young Thug ― 29.64M
- The Rolling Stones ― 29.59M
- James Arthur ― 29.48M
- Alan Walker ― 29.43M
- Outkast ― 29.38M
- Cigarettes After Sex ― 29.36M
- Ella Langley ― 29.33M
- GIVĒON ― 29.24M
- Ava Max ― 29.23M
- Whitney Houston ― 29.17M
- 2Pac ― 29.13M
- Kygo ― 29.12M
- Chencho Corleone ― 29.11M
- Zion & Lennox ― 29.09M
- Tom Odell ― 29.08M
- Atif Aslam ― 29.01M
- KK ― 28.99M
- Omar Courtz ― 28.91M
- Shankar Mahadevan ― 28.81M
- Gigi Perez ― 28.63M
- Kid Cudi ― 28.58M
- Avril Lavigne ― 28.53M
- Bizarrap ― 28.45M
- ROSÉ ― 28.37M
- Sunidhi Chauhan ― 28.33M
- Robin Schulz ― 28.29M
- ZAYN ― 28.26M
- TOTO ― 28.26M
- Bob Marley & The Wailers ― 28.26M
- B.o.B ― 28.25M
- Skrillex ― 28.22M
- G-Eazy ― 28.21M
- Wisin & Yandel ― 28.18M
- Plan B ― 28.14M
- Jess Glynne ― 28.06M
- Timbaland ― 28.05M
- Sonu Nigam ― 28.03M
- DJ Khaled ― 27.77M
- Natasha Bedingfield ― 27.70M
- Lorde ― 27.59M
- Tainy ― 27.56M
- Bryan Adams ― 27.56M
- AFROJACK ― 27.53M
- Luis Fonsi ― 27.48M
- Pink Floyd ― 27.43M
- Swedish House Mafia ― 27.31M
- Lewis Capaldi ― 27.27M
- Vishal Mishra ― 27.25M
- Nickelback ― 27.23M
- HUGEL ― 27.18M
- Florence + The Machine ― 27.11M
- Alka Yagnik ― 27.06M
- SIENNA SPIRO ― 27.04M
- The Notorious B.I.G. ― 27.00M
- Chinmayi ― 26.99M
- Tito Double P ― 26.96M
- benny blanco ― 26.89M
- El Alfa ― 26.87M
- Kumaar ― 26.82M
- Luke Combs ― 26.82M
- Aerosmith ― 26.74M
- Panic! At The Disco ― 26.66M
- Malcolm Todd ― 26.65M
- Jack Harlow ― 26.46M
- Joji ― 26.46M
- El Bogueto ― 26.44M
- Eagles ― 26.39M
- Gwen Stefani ― 26.39M
- Sayeed Quadri ― 26.38M
- Central Cee ― 26.36M
- Blessd ― 26.31M
- Mohit Chauhan ― 26.27M
- Burna Boy ― 26.26M
- Dire Straits ― 26.24M
- Ñengo Flow ― 26.19M
- Sade ― 26.12M
- Steve Lacy ― 25.99M
- Maná ― 25.97M
- Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy ― 25.95M
- Evanescence ― 25.94M
- Megan Thee Stallion ― 25.94M
- System Of A Down ― 25.92M
- Fall Out Boy ― 25.88M
- Zach Bryan ― 25.78M
- Chris Stapleton ― 25.77M
- Shaggy ― 25.75M
- Prince Royce ― 25.65M
- Kings of Leon ― 25.63M
- T-Pain ― 25.62M
- Daryl Hall & John Oates ― 25.58M
- Oscar Maydon ― 25.54M
- Earth, Wind & Fire ― 25.40M
- Alok ― 25.40M
- Tyga ― 25.39M
- Rema ― 25.33M
- Disclosure ― 25.28M
- Manoj Muntashir ― 25.20M
- Aventura ― 25.11M
- Tory Lanez ― 25.09M
- Anderson .Paak ― 25.08M
- Trippie Redd ― 25.07M
- Nelly ― 25.01M
- Rels B ― 24.91M
- Natanael Cano ― 24.85M
- The Cure ― 24.81M
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ― 24.77M
- Himesh Reshammiya ― 24.69M
- Sebastian Yatra ― 24.55M
- Laufey ― 24.53M
- Måneskin ― 24.36M
- Glass Animals ― 24.33M
- Train ― 24.22M
- Dr. Dre ― 24.17M
- Anirudh Ravichander ― 24.12M
- Lord Huron ― 24.04M
- Marvin Gaye ― 23.79M
- Kapo ― 23.74M
- Faheem Abdullah ― 23.73M
- Yung Beef ― 23.68M
- Yandel ― 23.67M
- Tears For Fears ― 23.62M
- De La Soul ― 23.62M
- Jasmine Sandlas ― 23.61M
- Martin Garrix ― 23.61M
- Labrinth ― 23.41M
- Conan Gray ― 23.33M
- TV Girl ― 23.27M
- Lost Frequencies ― 23.25M
- Keane ― 23.16M
- Stevie Wonder ― 23.14M
- Weezer ― 23.13M
- Elvis Presley ― 23.03M
- Limp Bizkit ― 23.02M
- Ray Dalton ― 23.00M
- Foo Fighters ― 23.00M
- The Smiths ― 22.96M
- beabadoobee ― 22.87M
- Carly Rae Jepsen ― 22.75M
- Amit Trivedi ― 22.75M
- Lola Young ― 22.73M
- Mike Posner ― 22.73M
- Javed Ali ― 22.70M
- Shilpa Rao ― 22.69M
- Brent Faiyaz ― 22.66M
- Lauv ― 22.65M
- Big Sean ― 22.59M
- Meghan Trainor ― 22.57M
- Camilo ― 22.52M
- Amy Winehouse ― 22.50M
- Sexyy Red ― 22.49M
- BLACKPINK ― 22.38M
- Journey ― 22.36M
- Bastille ― 22.36M
- John Legend ― 22.30M
- d4vd ― 22.26M
- Jonas Blue ― 22.20M
- Prince ― 22.17M
- Sachet-Parampara ― 22.16M
- Lily-Rose Depp ― 22.16M
- Vishal Dadlani ― 22.10M
- a-ha ― 22.09M
- Luis Miguel ― 22.07M
- U2 ― 21.98M
- Grupo Firme ― 21.97M
- Kelly Clarkson ― 21.97M
- Luis R Conriquez ― 21.92M
- R.E.M. ― 21.88M
- Jessie J ― 21.87M
- The Offspring ― 21.78M
- Disco Lines ― 21.76M
- Myles Smith ― 21.75M
- MGMT ― 21.69M
- Gym Class Heroes ― 21.66M
- Mc Gw ― 21.53M
- JVKE ― 21.53M
- George Michael ― 21.52M
- Fetty Wap ― 21.49M
- Gotye ― 21.47M
- Justin Quiles ― 21.45M
- Led Zeppelin ― 21.40M
- Sech ― 21.35M
- The Jackson 5 ― 21.33M
- Bruce Springsteen ― 21.32M
- Lil Peep ― 21.25M
- Mac DeMarco ― 21.23M
- Muse ― 21.22M
- MC Meno K ― 21.21M
- Gabito Ballesteros ― 21.14M
- Bryson Tiller ― 21.12M
- BigXthaPlug ― 21.09M
- FloyyMenor ― 21.05M
- Alessia Cara ― 21.03M
- Bill Withers ― 21.02M
- Sajid-Wajid ― 21.00M
- Diljit Dosanjh ― 20.92M
- 5 Seconds of Summer ― 20.84M
- David Bowie ― 20.76M
- Christian Nodal ― 20.72M
- Jubin Nautiyal ― 20.72M
- Lenny Kravitz ― 20.68M
- De La Ghetto ― 20.64M
- Migos ― 20.63M
- Bob Sinclar ― 20.60M
- Eladio Carrion ― 20.55M
- Marco Antonio Solís ― 20.55M
- Xavi ― 20.54M
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ― 20.50M
- Jelly Roll ― 20.38M
- YoungBoy Never Broke Again ― 20.36M
- WizTheMc ― 20.33M
- Lenny Tavárez ― 20.33M
- Mitski ― 20.32M
- Yo Yo Honey Singh ― 20.31M
- Reik ― 20.30M
- Kimbra ― 20.27M
- Anu Malik ― 20.26M
- Sameer Anjaan ― 20.25M
- Daya ― 20.22M
- Sachet Tandon ― 20.22M
- Lynyrd Skynyrd ― 20.16M
- Shaboozey ― 20.13M
- Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga ― 20.12M
- Juanes ― 20.09M
- Zedd ― 20.06M
- Calle 24 ― 20.05M
- Jay Wheeler ― 20.04M
- Foreigner ― 20.04M
- Roddy Ricch ― 19.96M
- Mora ― 19.96M
- Amaal Mallik ― 19.95M
- Chino Pacas ― 19.89M
- W Sound ― 19.85M
- bees & honey ― 19.82M
- Young Miko ― 19.80M
- Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda ― 19.80M
- blink-182 ― 19.77M
- Lil Nas X ― 19.76M
- Chase Atlantic ― 19.74M
- Ricky Martin ― 19.74M
- Dei V ― 19.72M
- Jeet Gannguli ― 19.67M
- Neeti Mohan ― 19.66M
- Kunaal Vermaa ― 19.61M
- Jowell & Randy ― 19.57M
- Céline Dion ― 19.57M
- Lil Durk ― 19.56M
- Annie Lennox ― 19.55M
- Rae Sremmurd ― 19.54M
- Stephen Sanchez ― 19.53M
- Alejandro Sanz ― 19.53M
- Tones And I ― 19.50M
- Lata Mangeshkar ― 19.49M
- Rex Orange County ― 19.48M
- Hotel Ugly ― 19.43M
- FISHER ― 19.41M
- Parampara Tandon ― 19.40M
- Tove Lo ― 19.39M
- Foster The People ― 19.37M
- Zion ― 19.29M
- Aditya Rikhari ― 19.27M
- Felix Jaehn ― 19.20M
- Julieta Venegas ― 19.20M
- Imogen Heap ― 19.19M
- Jeremih ― 19.17M
- The Strokes ― 19.15M
- Badshah ― 19.11M
- Madison Beer ― 19.08M
- Scorpions ― 18.98M
- F1 The Album ― 18.98M
- Noriel ― 18.98M
- Summer Walker ― 18.98M
- Bryant Myers ― 18.97M
- Rochak Kohli ― 18.97M
- KISS ― 18.96M
- GIMS ― 18.94M
One of the most interesting patterns in the Top 500 is the strong presence of legacy acts. Artists like Michael Jackson, Queen, and Elton John remain among the most listened-to artists decades after their peak.
Streaming has redefined longevity. Classic hits are constantly rediscovered through playlists, movies, and social media trends, allowing older catalogs to compete directly with new releases. In many cases, a single viral moment can bring decades-old music back into the global spotlight.
