Spotify has released its annual Wrapped report for 2025. The update launched on December 3 and shows how more than 700 million users listened from January to mid-November. This year’s Wrapped adds new storytelling features, quizzes, and “Fan Leaderboard” badges. It also highlights the artists, songs, and audio trends that shaped the year.
Bad Bunny Returns as Global #1 Artist
Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist in the world once again. He earns this title for the fourth time in five years with 19.8 billion streams. His mix of reggaeton and Latin trap continues to reach audiences across many countries.
Spotify’s global top 10 artists of 2025 include a wide range of genres:
Global Top Artists 2025
- Bad Bunny
- Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
- Drake
- Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar
- Bruno Mars
- Ariana Grande
- Arijit Singh
- Fuerza Regida
This list shows strong global interest in pop, hip-hop, K-pop, Bollywood, and Latin music.
Top Songs: Duets and Emotional Anthems Lead
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars claim the top global song with “Die With A Smile,” which passed 1.7 billion streams. Billie Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” is the second most-streamed song, and ROSÉ’s collaboration with Bruno Mars takes third place.
Global Top Songs 2025
- Die With A Smile – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars
- BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Billie Eilish
- APT. – ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
- Ordinary – Alex Warren
- DtMF – Bad Bunny
- back to friends – sombr
- Golden – KPop Demon Hunters Cast
- luther – Kendrick Lamar & SZA
- That’s So True – Gracie Abrams
- Wildflower – Billie Eilish
Cross-genre collaborations and soundtrack hits played a major role in how users streamed music in 2025.
Top Albums: Blockbusters Stay Strong
Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is the most-streamed album this year. Soundtracks also performed well, especially the KPop Demon Hunters film album. Billie Eilish’s HIT ME HARD AND SOFT stays in the global top five for the second year in a row.
Top Albums 2025
- DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS – Bad Bunny
- KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack) – Various Artists
- HIT ME HARD AND SOFT – Billie Eilish
- SOS Deluxe: LANA – SZA
- Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
Podcasts and Audiobooks: Spoken Audio Grows
The Joe Rogan Experience remains the top global podcast for the sixth year. Popular business, self-help, and culture shows follow closely behind.
Audiobooks also show major growth. “Romantasy” titles dominate the charts, led by Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing, which is the #1 global audiobook.
Global Top Audiobooks 2025
- Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros
- Lights Out – Navessa Allen
- Iron Flame – Rebecca Yarros
- A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas
- A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J. Maas
- The House of My Mother – Shari Franke
- The Wedding People – Alison Espach
- A Court of Wings and Ruin – Sarah J. Maas
- Quicksilver – Callie Hart
- Great Big Beautiful Life – Emily Henry
U.S. Highlights: Swift Leads Stateside
In the United States, Taylor Swift becomes the most-streamed artist. Drake follows at #2, while Morgan Wallen ranks third. Hip-hop, pop, and country shape much of the U.S. listening landscape this year.
Top U.S. Artists 2025
- Taylor Swift
- Drake
- Morgan Wallen
- Kendrick Lamar
- Bad Bunny
- The Weeknd
- SZA
- Zach Bryan
- Tyler, The Creator
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “luther” is the most-streamed song in the U.S., while “Die With A Smile” takes #2.
New Wrapped Features
Wrapped 2025 includes new tools that help users explore their habits:
- Listening Age shows which music era best matches your taste.
- Top Song Quiz lets users test their memory.
- Fan Leaderboard shows how you rank among an artist’s global listeners.
These features make Wrapped more interactive and shareable than ever.
A Shared Soundtrack for 2025
Spotify Wrapped 2025 reflects a year shaped by global hits, emotional storytelling, cultural trends, and rising stars from many regions. It shows how people used music, podcasts, and audiobooks to escape, focus, and connect. Wrapped also marks the start of a new cycle, with listeners already shaping the sound of 2026.
Users can view their personal Wrapped by updating their Spotify app and checking the Home screen.
