How do you know which artists are the most popular on Spotify? Monthly listeners hardly tell you the truth of it and Spotify’s popularity index isn’t so easy to read although it’s key to understanding one’s success. Let’s shed some light on popularity on Spotify.

Top 50 most popular artists on Spotify

Last updated on 02/17/24

RankArtistPopularityWeekly +/-Daily Streams1Taylor Swift100=86,340,9262Drake96=42,664,6013The Weeknd95=43,493,5814Bad Bunny95=39,666,1685Kanye West94+361,972,1606Travis Scott93=25,271,8347Peso Pluma92=25,021,666821 Savage92-120,351,7529Feid91=23,045,77010Lana Del Rey90=23,519,64111Eminem90=19,830,89712Rihanna90=19,266,32913Ariana Grande90=17,002,41714Karol G89=24,638,85615Junior H89=20,122,68816Justin Bieber89=19,935,77917SZA89=19,467,67018Arijit Singh89=18,578,34519Future89=9,548,36520Ty Dolla $ign88+935,091,35421Fuerza Regida88+119,046,07522Metro Boomin88-118,374,80523Billie Eilish88=18,014,52224Bruno Mars88=17,635,73325Olivia Rodrigo88=17,382,43426Coldplay88=17,043,28427Kendrick Lamar88=14,654,03628Nicki Minaj88=10,602,13329Pritam87=18,069,92730Noah Kahan87+117,738,00131Dua Lipa87=15,544,07232Post Malone87=15,028,89533Ed Sheeran87-114,959,29434David Guetta87=14,944,31535Natanael Cano87=14,723,64436Morgan Wallen87=14,675,06137BTS87=13,604,30038Doja Cat87-113,226,96639Jung Kook87=12,145,16040Juice WRLD87=12,140,72041Rauw Alejandro87=11,937,20642Chris Brown87=10,243,67543Zach Bryan87=044Kali Uchis87=045Xavi86=13,334,70546Carin Leon86=12,871,18647Tate McRae86=12,832,59448Myke Towers86=11,354,41949Lil Baby86=8,682,43450Playboi Carti86=6,836,801

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Most popular artists – How it works

What does this top mean?

We know that the popularity index is both poorly known and not so user friendly: it’s a 0-to-100 index rather than raw data. It’s based on ongoing streams relative to remaining artists, with the biggest one being rated 100.

Internally though, this index is key as it’s used as part of algorithms which create and update playlists, bringing a huge value for artists. The highest the popularity index of an artist, the more visible he will get on Spotify.

Convinced of its importance for a long time, we developed this page to retrieve the top 50 best performers of the platform, but also how many daily streams they recorded. This last statistic, unique online, adds to the popularity index the concrete meaning it lacks.

In general, an artist will need 10 million daily streams to hit a score of 90, about twice as many streams as the global

1 single usually gets. You have read this correctly. An artist scoring 90 is gaining far more streams than the current

1 smash.

As numbers reflect a scale 100 based on the top performer, the score of an artist can go up or down even when they are consistent by themselves. For example, the madness surrounding Taylor Swift in the second half of 2023 pushed artists amassing 10 million streams per day down to roughly 83.

While the exact formula isn’t shared by Spotify, the scale is exponential, with streams doubling every 5 points. It means that an artist scoring 95 gets about twice as many streams as an artist at 90, itself scoring twice as much as an artist at 85.

This indicator ends up showing how healthy a catalog is, something fundamental to become one of the most popular artists on Spotify.

How do we build this top?

The daily streaming total includes streams on which an artist is featured. The page also displays the 1-week evolution of the index.

We may miss the daily streams total for some entries in this list. No worries, this will last only 24 hours in general. More than 1,500 of the biggest stars are tracked to make sure to not miss artists.

Also, at times daily streams can show a negative total, something happening when one or several songs from an artist are made unavailable by Spotify.

Some history & records

Our own history of rating scores dates back to April 2020. Premium users can see former ratings of artists at this link.

As of November 15, 2023, the leader is no other than Taylor Swift. In fact, she took over the top position on March 19, 2023 and never gave it up. Below are all leaders since April 21, 2020.

Who is the

1 artist in the world 2023?

Taylor Swift Is Billboard's Top Artist of 2023 Further demonstrating Swift's sustained success on Billboard's charts, the span from her first Top Artists triumph in 2009 to her latest in 2023 marks the longest in the retrospective's history.

Who is the most viewed artist in 2023?

Peso Pluma top streamed YouTube artist of 2023, beats Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny : NPR. Peso Pluma top streamed YouTube artist of 2023, beats Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny The Mexican singer-songwriter racked up more than 8.5 billion views globally on the platform this year.

Who is the hottest artist in 2023?

Like Apple Music, Spotify has confirmed that Taylor Swift is the top global artist of 2023. “Reimagined rereleases, record-breaking world tours, and colorful friendship bracelets—fans everywhere will be thrilled to see Taylor Swift as this year's top artist, with more than 26.1 billion global streams since January 1.”

Who is the

1 artist right now?

Taylor Swift is still the number one best-performing artist, after overthrowing Drake last year. The most popular male artist is Drake at number two.