This month marks 20 years since Spotify was founded. Since it began operations in April 2006, the platform has now become the dominant force in music streaming and has completely changed the music industry.
Some of those notable changes have included audiobooks, Spotify Wrapped’s year-end recaps that almost every company across industries has now begun to copy, and, in recent years, a controversial introduction of artificial intelligence into the music streaming experience.
Now, for the first time in its 20-year history, Spotify announced its internal data on the top 20 most-streamed music, audiobooks, and podcasts since the platform’s 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.
But there are some surprises and possible upsets, Beyoncé perhaps being chief of them. Not only did the hugely popular Beyoncé 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.
According to the data, the most-streamed album of all time is Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti,” and the most-streamed song is “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd
On the non-music streaming side of things, the most-streamed podcast of all time was The Joe Rogan Experience, and the top audiobook was Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Here are the full lists:
Spotify’s Most Streamed Artists of All Time:
- 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
Spotify’s Most Streamed Albums of All Time:
- Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny
- Starboy by The Weeknd
- ÷ (Deluxe) by Ed Sheeran
- SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
- After Hours by The Weeknd
- SOS by SZA
- Hollywood’s 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
- MAÑANA SERÁ 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
Spotify’s Most Streamed Songs of All Time:
- “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd
- “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran
- “Sweater Weather” by The Neighbourhood
- “Starboy” by The Weeknd and Daft Punk
- “As It Was” by Harry Styles
- “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi
- “Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” by Post Malone and Swae Lee
- “One Dance” by Drake, Wizkid, and Kyla
- “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran
- “STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
- “Believer” by Imagine Dragons
- “I Wanna Be Yours” by Arctic Monkeys
- “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
- “lovely (with Khalid)” by Billie Eilish and Khalid
- “Yellow” by Coldplay
- “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron
- “Closer” by The Chainsmokers and Halsey
- “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish
- “Riptide” by Vance Joy
- “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
Spotify’s Most Streamed Podcasts of All Time:
- 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
- Não Inviabilize
- Pardon My Take
- Distractible
- La Cotorrisa
- Dateline NBC
- Mordlust
- Baywatch Berlin
- Hobbylos
- Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén
Spotify’s Most Streamed Audiobooks of All Time:
- 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’m 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
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