{"id":603212,"date":"2026-04-24T07:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/603212\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:47:08","slug":"spotify-reveals-its-most-streamed-music-of-the-last-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/603212\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Reveals Its Most Streamed Music of the Last 20 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month marks 20 years since Spotify was founded. Since it began operations in April 2006, the platform has now become the dominant<\/a> force in music streaming and has completely changed the music industry.<\/p>\n

Some of those notable changes have included audiobooks, Spotify Wrapped\u2019s year-end recaps that almost every company across industries has now begun to copy, and, in recent years, a controversial introduction<\/a> of artificial intelligence into the music streaming experience.<\/p>\n

Now, for the first time in its 20-year history, Spotify announced<\/a> its internal data on the top 20 most-streamed music, audiobooks, and podcasts since the platform\u2019s creation. The results might not be totally shocking. For example, the most-streamed artist of the past 20 years is none other than Taylor Swift<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But there are some surprises and possible upsets, Beyonc\u00e9 perhaps being chief of them. Not only did the hugely popular Beyonc\u00e9 not make it into the top 20 most-streamed artists list, but none of her songs or albums were in the respective top 20s as well. K-pop, a subgenre with a huge and very dedicated fandom, also only got one nod with the boy band BTS.<\/p>\n

According to the data, the most-streamed album of all time is Bad Bunny\u2019s \u201cUn Verano Sin Ti,\u201d<\/a> and the most-streamed song is \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d by The Weeknd<\/p>\n

On the non-music streaming side of things, the most-streamed podcast of all time was The Joe Rogan Experience,<\/a> and the top audiobook was Sarah J. Maas\u2019 A Court of Thorns and Roses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the full lists:<\/p>\n

Spotify\u2019s Most Streamed Artists of All Time:<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift Bad Bunny Drake The Weeknd Ariana Grande Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Billie Eilish Eminem Kanye West Travis Scott BTS Post Malone Bruno Mars J Balvin Rihanna Coldplay Kendrick Lamar Future Juice WRLD <\/p>\n

Spotify\u2019s Most Streamed Albums of All Time:<\/p>\n

Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny Starboy by The Weeknd \u00f7 (Deluxe) by Ed Sheeran SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo After Hours by The Weeknd SOS by SZA Hollywood\u2019s Bleeding by Post Malone Lover by Taylor Swift AM by Arctic Monkeys WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa beerbongs & bentleys by Post Malone ? by XXXTENTACION MA\u00d1ANA SER\u00c1 BONITO (BICHOTA SEASON) by KAROL G YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars Views by Drake Midnights by Taylor Swift Scorpion by Drake Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd <\/p>\n

Spotify\u2019s Most Streamed Songs of All Time:<\/p>\n

\u201cBlinding Lights\u201d by The Weeknd \u201cShape of You\u201d by Ed Sheeran \u201cSweater Weather\u201d by The Neighbourhood \u201cStarboy\u201d by The Weeknd and Daft Punk \u201cAs It Was\u201d by Harry Styles \u201cSomeone You Loved\u201d by Lewis Capaldi \u201cSunflower \u2013 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u201d by Post Malone and Swae Lee \u201cOne Dance\u201d by Drake, Wizkid, and Kyla \u201cPerfect\u201d by Ed Sheeran \u201cSTAY (with Justin Bieber)\u201d by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber \u201cBeliever\u201d by Imagine Dragons \u201cI Wanna Be Yours\u201d by Arctic Monkeys \u201cHeat Waves\u201d by Glass Animals \u201clovely (with Khalid)\u201d by Billie Eilish and Khalid \u201cYellow\u201d by Coldplay \u201cThe Night We Met\u201d by Lord Huron \u201cCloser\u201d by The Chainsmokers and Halsey \u201cBIRDS OF A FEATHER\u201d by Billie Eilish \u201cRiptide\u201d by Vance Joy \u201cDie With A Smile\u201d by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars <\/p>\n

Spotify\u2019s Most Streamed Podcasts of All Time:<\/p>\n

The Joe Rogan Experience Gemischtes Hack Crime Junkie Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard Last Podcast On The Left The Daily Fest & Flauschig Morbid My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark Relatos de la Noche Call Her Daddy N\u00e3o Inviabilize Pardon My Take Distractible La Cotorrisa Dateline NBC Mordlust Baywatch Berlin Hobbylos Killer Stories with Harvey Guill\u00e9n <\/p>\n

Spotify\u2019s Most Streamed Audiobooks of All Time:<\/p>\n

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros I\u2019m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas Lights Out by Ted Koppel A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene The Housemaid by Freida McFadden Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros The Woman in Me by Britney Spears A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Icebreaker by Hannah Grace It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Funny Story by Emily Henry <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This month marks 20 years since Spotify was founded. Since it began operations in April 2006, the platform…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,11710,7382],"class_list":["post-603212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-spotify","tag-streaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}