She's followed by Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny. That comes as no surprise: in 2025 the artist born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio was named the streaming giant's most played artist of the year for a fourth time, dethroning Swift.
It's a been bit of a cat-and-mouse game for the two: she claimed the top spot the previous two years; he did the same from 2020 to 2023.
Drake is Spotify's third most streamed artist ever, followed by 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 and Juice WRLD, in that order.
Spotify did not provide insight into its data collection methodology when asked about it by The Associated Press.
As well as naming its most streamed artists globally, Spotify compiled its most streamed albums, songs, podcasts and audiobooks to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
Streaming accounts for most of the money generated by the music industry - 82 per cent in the United States, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Spotify, a Sweden-based company founded in April 2006, is the largest platform of all.
It accounts for more than 30 per cent of the total market share, with a reported 751 million users and 290 million subscribers in more than 184 markets.
SPOTIFY'S MOST STREAMED ALBUMS
1. Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti
2. The Weeknd's Starboy
3. Ed Sheeran's รท (Deluxe)
4. Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR
5. The Weeknd's After Hours
6. SZA's SOS
7. Post Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding
8. Taylor Swift's Lover
9. Arctic Monkeys' AM
10. Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
SPOTIFY'S MOST STREAMED SONGS
1. The Weeknd's Blinding Lights
2. Ed Sheeran's Shape of You
3. The Neighbourhood's Sweater Weather
4. The Weeknd ft Daft Punk's Starboy
5. Harry Styles' As It Was
6. Lewis Capaldi's Someone You Loved
7. Post Malone and Swae Lee's Sunflower - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8. Drake ft Wizkid and Kyla's One Dance
9. Ed Sheeran's Perfect
10. The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber's Stay
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