Streaming has rewritten the record books. No more waiting for decades of radio spins or physical sales tallies. Today, cultural impact is measured in billions of clicks. From 1970s rock staples to 2020s pop smashes, these are the 50 most-streamed songs ever, ranked by cumulative global streams.
- The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” – 5.305 billion
- Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You” – 4.796 billion
- The Neighbourhood – “Sweater Weather” – 4.422 billion
- The Weeknd and Daft Punk – “Starboy” – 4.397 billion
- Harry Styles – “As It Was” – 4.276 billion
- Lewis Capaldi – “Someone You Loved” – 4.243 billion
- Post Malone and Swae Lee – “Sunflower” – 4.143 billion
- Drake with Wizkid and Kyla – “One Dance” – 4.073 billion
- Ed Sheeran – “Perfect” – 3.854 billion
- The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – “Stay” – 3.815 billion
- Imagine Dragons – “Believer” – 3.762 billion
- Glass Animals – “Heat Waves” – 3.676 billion
- Billie Eilish and Khalid – “Lovely” – 3.669 billion
- Arctic Monkeys – “I Wanna Be Yours” – 3.635 billion
- Lord Huron – “The Night We Met” – 3.623 billion
- The Chainsmokers and Halsey – “Closer” – 3.621 billion
- Coldplay – “Yellow” – 3.615 billion
- James Arthur – “Say You Won’t Let Go” – 3.539 billion
- The Chainsmokers and Coldplay – “Something Just Like This” – 3.534 billion
- Vance Joy – “Riptide” – 3.529 billion
- Billie Eilish – “Birds of a Feather” – 3.524 billion
- Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile” – 3.473 billion
- Tom Odell – “Another Love” – 3.456 billion
- Tones and I – “Dance Monkey” – 3.401 billion
- Hozier – “Take Me To Church” – 3.372 billion
- OneRepublic – “Counting Stars” – 3.361 billion
- Post Malone and 21 Savage – “Rockstar” – 3.337 billion
- The Police – “Every Breath You Take” – 3.325 billion
- Ed Sheeran – “Photograph” – 3.322 billion
- Taylor Swift – “Cruel Summer” – 3.262 billion
- Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – “Señorita” – 3.258 billion
- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton – “Can’t Hold Us” – 3.225 billion
- Harry Styles – “Watermelon Sugar” – 3.217 billion
- Coldplay – “Viva La Vida” – 3.209 billion
- The Weeknd – “Die for You” – 3.171 billion
- Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now” – 3.168 billion
- The Goo Goo Dolls – “Iris” – 3.158 billion
- Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are” – 3.149 billion
- Post Malone – “Circles” – 3.090 billion
- Justin Bieber – “Love Yourself” – 3.085 billion
- Bruno Mars – “Locked Out Of Heaven” – 3.083 billion
- Juice Wrld – “Lucid Dreams” – 3.080 billion
- Queen – “Bohemian Rhapsody” – 3.075 billion
- Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar – “Goosebumps” – 3.075 billion
- Bruno Mars – “That’s What I Like” – 3.064 billion
- Ed Sheeran – “Thinking out Loud” – 3.046 billion
- The Killers – “Mr. Brightside” – 3.044 billion
- Linkin Park – “In The End” – 3.036 billion
- Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man” – 3.034 billion
- Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” – 3.025 billion


