Updated today · October 2026
Most Streamed Artists on Spotify: Top 20 (October 2026)
The short answer
Drake is the most streamed artist on Spotify, with 142.7B streams across all their songs. Today, Drake is the #1 artist on Spotify by daily streams, with 53.3M plays in a single day.
How this ranking works
Artists are ranked by their total Spotify streams, from spotify-top.com's daily data. Daily streams show who is hot right now.
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Drake
142.7B total streams
53.3M today
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Taylor Swift
132B total streams
43M today
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Bad Bunny
131B total streams
43M today
Chart history
Top artists on Spotify, day by day
Every day Music Pie Chart records Spotify's global daily chart. This chart follows the artists in this page's top 20 through 26 recorded days, September 16 to October 11, 2026. Each line is an artist's rank by daily streams, with #1 at the top. Taylor Swift was #1 on 11 of those days.
- Drake #2 peak · #20 latest
- Taylor Swift #1 peak · #14 latest
- Bad Bunny #3 peak · #15 latest
- The Weeknd #2 peak · #3 latest
- Rihanna #2 peak · #6 latest
- Bruno Mars #1 peak · #4 latest
Today
Who owns today's Spotify streams
Each slice is an artist's share of the daily streams earned by the top 20. Hover a slice to see it.
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Drake 11%
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Bad Bunny 9%
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Taylor Swift 9%
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The Weeknd 7%
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Bruno Mars 6%
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Ariana Grande 6%
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Justin Bieber 6%
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Rihanna 5%
- Rest of the top 20 41%
Top 20 artists on Spotify by total streams
Total streams are counted across every song an artist has on Spotify. Tap ▶ to listen.
Most monthly listeners on Spotify
Monthly listeners count how many different people played an artist in the last 28 days, a different measure from total streams.
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Lady Gaga 100.3M
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Coldplay 94.8M
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Get my Spotify pieFrequently asked questions
Who is the most streamed artist on Spotify?
Drake is the most streamed artist on Spotify, with 142.7B streams across all of their songs as of October 2026.
Who is the number 1 artist on Spotify today?
By daily streams, Drake is #1 on Spotify today with 53.3M plays in a day. By all-time streams, Drake leads.
Who are the top 10 artists on Spotify?
Drake, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Eminem, Ed Sheeran, by total Spotify streams.
What is the difference between streams and monthly listeners?
Streams count every play. Monthly listeners count how many different people played an artist at least once in the last 28 days, so an artist can have fewer listeners but more streams if fans replay them a lot.
How often is this ranking updated?
Every day, from spotify-top.com's daily Spotify data.
Can I see my own top artists?
Yes: log in with Spotify and Music Pie Chart turns your top artists, songs and genres into a pie chart you can share.
Do the most streamed artists change from day to day?
Music Pie Chart has recorded Spotify's global daily chart for 26 days, September 16 to October 11, 2026. The chart above ranks artists by the streams their songs earned in those daily charts. Taylor Swift has held the daily #1 on 11 of those days.
Data: spotify-top.com, updated daily. Before you go, don't miss today's song of the day and the most streamed songs on Spotify.