The Top Artists, Songs, Albums, Podcasts, and Audiobooks of 2025

With more than 700 million listeners around the world turning to Spotify to soundtrack their lives, it’s time to look back at the audio that defined the year. Our annual Wrapped campaign is here to celebrate the artists, creators, authors, and global trends that emerged, and to show you how your own listening fits into the picture.

The year in music was marked by the return of a global superstar to the top spot, powerful collaborations that became instant classics, and a film soundtrack that took the world by storm. Meanwhile, in the world of podcasts and audiobooks, long-running fan favorites continued their dominance while the fantasy genre proved its undeniable power.

So how did the world listen in 2025? Read on for the full breakdown.

Bad Bunny is once again Spotify’s Global Top Artist

For the fourth time, after claiming the title in 2020, 2021, and 2022, our users have crowned Bad Bunny Spotify’s top artist globally, with 19.8 billion streams this year. He also clinched the global top album of 2025 with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. To celebrate this achievement, Spotify is launching a global campaign honoring the superstar and his fans, including a short film, Leap Year, unique fan activations around the globe, and on-platform surprises.

Rounding out the top five artists are Taylor Swift in second place (but first in the U.S.), followed by The Weeknd (third), Drake (fourth), and Billie Eilish (fifth).

The trends that shaped our year
Music

This year’s most-streamed music tells a story of both superstar collaborations and enduring fan favorites. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ smash hit “Die With A Smile” took the title of top song globally with over 1.7 billion streams, while ROSÉ and Bruno Mars captured the number-three spot with “APT.” Billie Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” climbed from number three in 2024 to the number-two spot this year, showing its lasting appeal.

On the global albums list, Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS came out on top this year. But the influence of the screen was also undeniable, as KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) captured the number-two spot. And showing the staying power of a blockbuster release, Billie Eilish’s HIT ME HARD AND SOFT and Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet both returned to the top five for the second year in a row.

Podcasts

For the sixth consecutive year, The Joe Rogan Experience was Spotify’s top podcast globally, followed by The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett and The Mel Robbins Podcast in second and third place, respectively.

Beyond these mainstays, podcasts also became the go-to space for making sense of 2025’s biggest cultural moments in real time. From decoding the TikTok blackout to reacting to unscripted awards show drama and celebrity engagements, listeners turned to a wide range of shows for instant analysis and community.

Audiobooks

In the world of audiobooks, the romantasy boom on Spotify was undeniable in 2025, with authors like Rebecca Yarros and Sarah J. Maas dominating our global top list. This points to another major trend: the power of backlist titles. Listeners are creating a new canon of “modern classics” they return to again and again.

Without further ado, here are Spotify’s full global and U.S. top lists for 2025 across music, podcasts, and audiobooks.

2025 Wrapped global top lists
Top artists globally