Most Streamed Song on Spotify of All Time (2026 Rankings)

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is still the king of Spotify, sitting at 5.26 billion streams right now. It’s the first song ever to break past 5 billion plays on the platform.

Seven songs have now crossed 4 billion streams, which shows just how much music streaming has grown.

This article gives you the complete list, shows which songs might break in soon, and explains exactly why these tracks keep getting played over and over again.

Top 30 Most Streamed Songs on Spotify

The top 30 shows you the full picture of which songs define the streaming era. Here’s every track that’s broken into the 3 billion club on Spotify:

Rank	Song Title	Artist(s)	Total Streams (Billions)	Year
1	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	5.26	2019
2	Shape of You	Ed Sheeran	4.76	2017
3	Sweater Weather	The Neighbourhood	4.36	2012
4	Starboy	The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk	4.35	2016
5	As It Was	Harry Styles	4.23	2022
6	Someone You Loved	Lewis Capaldi	4.21	2018
7	Sunflower	Post Malone & Swae Lee	4.11	2018
8	One Dance	Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla	4.02	2016
9	Perfect	Ed Sheeran	3.82	2017
10	Stay	The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber	3.79	2021
11	Believer	Imagine Dragons	3.73	2017
12	Heat Waves	Glass Animals	3.65	2020
13	Lovely	Billie Eilish & Khalid	3.64	2018
14	Closer	The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey	3.59	2016
15	I Wanna Be Yours	Arctic Monkeys	3.58	2013
16	The Night We Met	Lord Huron	3.58	2015
17	Yellow	Coldplay	3.56	2000
18	Say You Won’t Let Go	James Arthur	3.52	2016
19	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay	3.50	2017
20	Riptide	Vance Joy	3.49	2013
21	Birds Of A Feather	Billie Eilish	3.45	2024
22	Another Love	Tom Odell	3.42	2012
23	Die With A Smile	Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars	3.39	2024
24	Dance Monkey	Tones And I	3.39	2019
25	Take Me To Church	Hozier	3.34	2013
26	Counting Stars	OneRepublic	3.32	2013
27	Rockstar	Post Malone ft. 21 Savage	3.32	2017
28	Photograph	Ed Sheeran	3.29	2014
29	Every Breath You Take	The Police	3.25	1983
30	Señorita	Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello	3.24	2019

Keep an eye on the lower half of this list; tracks like “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” are climbing so fast they’ll likely hit the top 10 by summer.

Each song here got big for different reasons. Some blew up on TikTok years after release, others dominated playlists from day one.

Why This Song Became the Most Streamed on Spotify

“Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, listen here on Spotify, became the most-streamed song in history for three specific reasons. 

• First, the 80s synth-pop sound gave people instant nostalgia without feeling dated. 
• Second, it went viral on TikTok with the “Blinding Lights Challenge” right when everyone was stuck at home in 2020. 
• Third, it dominated radio and playlists for over two years straight, which is basically unheard of for a single song. 

The track crossed 5 billion streams in August 2025 and now sits at 5.26 billion, with no one catching up anytime soon. 

The Weeknd’s vocal melody sticks in your head after one listen, and Spotify’s algorithm keeps feeding it to new listeners because the skip rate stays incredibly low compared to other tracks.

Most Streamed Artist on Spotify (2026)

The artist rankings show which musicians dominate the entire platform, not just individual songs. Here’s the current top 10 most-streamed artists based on their total catalog streams:

Rank	Artist	Lead Streams (Billions)	All-Credits (Billions)	Monthly Listeners (Millions)
1	Drake	98.3	127.3	86.6
2	Taylor Swift	118.6	119.8	107.3
3	Bad Bunny	102.8	114.1	83.7
4	The Weeknd	81.5	91.2	122.0
5	Justin Bieber	55.3	71.1	102.8
6	Ariana Grande	60.9	64.7	123.8
7	Travis Scott	43.2	62.2	60.1
8	Ed Sheeran	57.6	62.2	101.5
9	Eminem	54.6	61.8	72.3
10	Kanye West	51.5	61.1	66.9

While Drake holds the “All-Credits” crown with his endless features, Taylor Swift is the undisputed queen of solo power as she has 118 billion lead streams.

Ariana Grande and The Weeknd are currently fighting for the highest monthly listener count. Bad Bunny sits in third place. His success proves that non-English music is the main engine driving global streaming in 2026.

Most Streamed Songs on Spotify by Year

Each year produces different winners based on what sounds and trends dominated that specific period. 

Here’s the song that pulled the most annual streams for each year:

Year	Song	Artist	Annual Streams (Millions)
2019	Señorita	Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello	2,147
2020	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	2,693
2021	STAY	The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber	2,508
2022	As It Was	Harry Styles	2,214
2023	Flowers	Miley Cyrus	1,891
2024	BIRDS OF A FEATHER	Billie Eilish	2,140
2025	Die With A Smile	Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars	2,108

“Blinding Lights” still holds the record for most streams in a single year, which it hit during 2020’s lockdown period. The 2025 winner is particularly interesting because “Die With A Smile” held Spotify’s global #1 spot for 201 consecutive days.

Most Streamed Non-English Song on Spotify

Spanish completely dominates the non-English streaming world, but other languages are starting to break through. 

Here’s the current top 10 non-English tracks:

Rank	Song	Artist	Language	Streams (Billions)
1	Despacito	Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee	Spanish	3.12
2	LA CANCIÓN	Bad Bunny & J Balvin	Spanish	2.45
3	DÁKITI	Bad Bunny & Jhayco	Spanish	2.41
4	Who	Jimin	Korean	2.22
5	Me Porto Bonito	Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone	Spanish	2.18
6	Tití Me Preguntó	Bad Bunny	Spanish	1.99
7	Ojitos Lindos	Bad Bunny & Bomba Estéreo	Spanish	1.89
8	La Bachata	Manuel Turizo	Spanish	1.87
9	Gata Only	FloyyMenor	Spanish	1.81
10	Yonaguni	Bad Bunny	Spanish	1.76

“Despacito” made history as the first non-English song to cross 2 billion streams, and in late 2025, it became the first to pass 3 billion.

While that record is impressive, the real story is Bad Bunny. He has six separate songs in the top 10, doubling his previous record. This is a feat no other artist has ever come close to achieving. 

How Spotify Counts Streams

The basic rules are simpler than you’d think, but Spotify has specific thresholds that determine what actually counts as a “stream” for artists and their royalty payments.

Here’s exactly when Spotify registers a stream:

• The song must play for at least 30 seconds to count.
• Skip before 30 seconds equals zero streams recorded.
• Replaying the same song immediately still counts each time.
• Premium and free users both contribute equally to stream counts.
• Offline plays sync and count when the device reconnects to the internet.

While free and premium users both count toward the total stream number, premium plays generate significantly higher royalty payments for the artists. This distinction is why artists often push for fans to subscribe to the paid tier.

Conclusion: Blinding Lights By The Weeknd Is The Most Streamed Song on Spotify

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has locked down its spot as the most-streamed song in Spotify history, and the 500 million stream lead over Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” means nobody’s catching up anytime soon.

These numbers show that people around the world love songs with either nostalgic sounds, emotional honesty, or TikTok moments (best if you have all three).

The real question now is whether Billie Eilish’s “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” or Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With A Smile” will break into the Top 10 by December 2026. Start watching those numbers if you want to win music debates later.

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