Spotify reveals its most popular songs, artists and albums of all time, and more

Spotify is now 20 years old. And to celebrate it has revealed the most popular albums, songs and more in its entire two decades of streaming.

Are there any mad surprises? Not really.

Among the biggest names across these epic lists are Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd, while other recurring names include Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi. Yawnsville.

For the Swifties out there, Taylor Swift’s most popular album is Lover, followed by Midnights. But this will also be somewhat influenced by the growth of the Spotify audience over the years.

The streaming service hit 20 million paying users in 2015, while today Spotify’s latest official figure is 290 million paying subs, and 751 million users total including those on the freebie tier.

While Spotify was founded in 2006, the service didn’t actually launch until 2008, and then came to the UK in early 2009.

But let’s get to the meat of this one and see who’s been dominating Spotify over the last two decades.

Most popular artists

1. Taylor Swift
2. Bad Bunny
3. Drake
4. The Weeknd
5. Ariana Grande
6. Ed Sheeran
7. Justin Bieber
8. Billie Eilish
9. Eminem
10. Kanye West
11. Travis Scott
12. BTS
13. Post Malone
14. Bruno Mars
15. J Balvin
16. Rihanna
17. Coldplay
18. Kendrick Lamar
19. Future
20. Juice WRLD

Most popular songs

1. "Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd
2. “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran
3. “Sweater Weather” by The Neighbourhood
4. “Starboy” by The Weeknd and Daft Punk
5. “As It Was” by Harry Styles
6. “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi
7. “Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” by Post Malone and Swae Lee
8. “One Dance” by Drake, Wizkid, and Kyla
9. “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran
10. “STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
11. “Believer” by Imagine Dragons
12. “I Wanna Be Yours” by Arctic Monkeys
13. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
14. “lovely (with Khalid)” by Billie Eilish and Khalid
15. “Yellow” by Coldplay
16. “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron
17. “Closer” by The Chainsmokers and Halsey
18. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish
19. “Riptide” by Vance Joy
20. “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Most popular albums

1. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
2. Starboy by The Weeknd
3. ÷ (Deluxe) by Ed Sheeran
4. SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
5. After Hours by The Weeknd
6. SOS by SZA
7. Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone
8. Lover by Taylor Swift
9. AM by Arctic Monkeys
10. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish
11. Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa
12. beerbongs & bentleys by Post Malone
13. ? by XXXTENTACION
14. MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON) by KAROL G
15. YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny
16. Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars
17. Views by Drake
18. Midnights by Taylor Swift
19. Scorpion by Drake
20. Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd

Most popular podcasts

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. Gemischtes Hack
3. Crime Junkie
4. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
5. Last Podcast On The Left
6. The Daily
7. Fest & Flauschig
8. Morbid
9. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
10. Relatos de la Noche
11. Call Her Daddy
12. Não Inviabilize
13. Pardon My Take
14. Distractible
15. La Cotorrisa
16. Dateline NBC
17. Mordlust
18. Baywatch Berlin
19. Hobbylos
20. Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

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