This Pop Star Is Officially Spotify's Most-Streamed Artist of All Time
Swifties, I'm not sure how it could get better than this: Spotify has officially named Taylor Swift as their most-streamed artist of all time. On Thursday, April 23rd, the streaming service began releasing two decades worth of data about their listeners to celebrate 20 years of music on the platform.
For most-streamed artists, Taylor topped the chart beating out Bad Bunny, Ariana Grande, Drake, and most notably to her ride or die fans, Kanye West.
For most-streamed albums of all time, Bad Bunny topped the list with his album Un Verano Sin Ti. Swift cracked the top 20 twice with her album Midnights being number 18 on the list, and Lover sitting at number 8. Taylor Swift currently holds over 101 million monthly listeners on Spotify, making her the sixth most popular artist in the world for the platform.
Fans of Swift will note her history with Spotify hasn't always been opalite. In 2014, she and Big Machine famously asked that Spotify not include her music in the "free" tier, which was refused. This resulted in Swift and her label pulling her entire catalog with Swift stating in an open letter explaining the decision relating to low royalty fees: "Music is art; art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for." She and her Taylor Nation team would not put her full back catalog onto all forms of Spotify again until 2017.
Being the number one most-streamed artist of all time is yet another accolade Swift can pop on her robust resume. Her Eras Tour is the highest-grossing tour in history, generating over $2 billion from almost 150 shows with over 10 million people in attendance. Additionally, she most recently took home seven trophies at the iHeartRadio awards, the most out of any artist of the night.
All part of the life of a showgirl!
Taylor Swift's Most Popular Songs on Spotify
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This story was originally published April 24, 2026 at 7:47 AM.