Spotify’s all-time most-streamed songs list is a fascinating document of how music consumption has changed, what sticks across generations, and which artists have built catalogs that refuse to quit. The top 100, ranked by cumulative streams since release, tells a story that goes well beyond chart performance. These are the songs people keep coming back to, year after year, regardless of what’s currently trending.
The Weeknd owns the top spot with “Blinding Lights” at 5.392 billion streams, a number so far ahead of the field it’s almost its own category. Released in November 2019, it remains the most-streamed song in Spotify history by a significant margin. He appears six times in the top 100 total, more than any other artist on the list, with “Starboy” with Daft Punk (4.508B), “Die For You” (3.246B), “The Hills” (3.024B), “Save Your Tears” (2.701B), and “One of the Girls” with Jennie and Lily-Rose Depp (2.608B) rounding out his presence.
Ed Sheeran places four times with “Shape of You” (4.888B), “Perfect” (3.936B), “Photograph” (3.400B), and “Thinking Out Loud” (3.104B). Bruno Mars lands four times as well, spread across collaborations and solo cuts. Imagine Dragons place four times. Post Malone, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Kendrick Lamar, Linkin Park, Justin Bieber, and Queen each appear multiple times, a testament to how streaming rewards consistency and catalog depth over one-off moments.
One of the most striking aspects of the list is its age range. “Every Breath You Take” by The Police, released in 1983, sits at No. 24 with 3.468 billion streams. Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” from 1977 appears at No. 89, powered significantly by a viral TikTok moment years after its original release. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen, out since 1975, holds at No. 45 with 3.138 billion streams. Oasis’s “Wonderwall” and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” both make the cut. Streaming hasn’t just rewarded new music. It’s given catalog tracks a second, third, and fourth life.
The newer entries deserve attention too. Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” released May 2024, already sits at No. 18 with 3.679 billion streams, one of the fastest climbs on the entire list. “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, also from 2024, lands at No. 19 with 3.641 billion. Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” from April 2024 places at No. 62 with 2.961 billion, and Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” from January 2024 sits at No. 64 with 2.919 billion. These are relatively young songs already competing with tracks that have had decades to accumulate plays.
The list also quietly validates some long-underrated cuts. Lord Huron’s “The Night We Met” from 2015 sits at No. 16 with 3.719 billion streams, higher than most would expect. The Neighbourhood’s “Sweater Weather,” released in 2012, holds at No. 3 with 4.569 billion, making it one of the most-streamed songs in history despite never being a mainstream radio juggernaut in the traditional sense. Tom Odell’s “Another Love” from 2012 places at No. 23 with 3.536 billion, a song that found most of its audience through sync placements and social media years after release.
Here is the full top 100:
- “Blinding Lights” — The Weeknd — 5.392B
- “Shape of You” — Ed Sheeran — 4.888B
- “Sweater Weather” — The Neighbourhood — 4.569B
- “Starboy” — The Weeknd and Daft Punk — 4.508B
- “As It Was” — Harry Styles — 4.387B
- “Someone You Loved” — Lewis Capaldi — 4.306B
- “Sunflower” — Post Malone and Swae Lee — 4.223B
- “One Dance” — Drake with Wizkid and Kyla — 4.200B
- “Perfect” — Ed Sheeran — 3.936B
- “Stay” — The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber — 3.899B
- “Believer” — Imagine Dragons — 3.828B
- “I Wanna Be Yours” — Arctic Monkeys — 3.757B
- “Heat Waves” — Glass Animals — 3.743B
- “Lovely” — Billie Eilish and Khalid — 3.739B
- “Yellow” — Coldplay — 3.728B
- “The Night We Met” — Lord Huron — 3.719B
- “Closer” — The Chainsmokers and Halsey — 3.700B
- “Birds of a Feather” — Billie Eilish — 3.679B
- “Die With A Smile” — Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars — 3.641B
- “Riptide” — Vance Joy — 3.637B
- “Something Just Like This” — The Chainsmokers and Coldplay — 3.612B
- “Say You Won’t Let Go” — James Arthur — 3.587B
- “Another Love” — Tom Odell — 3.536B
- “Every Breath You Take” — The Police — 3.468B
- “Counting Stars” — OneRepublic — 3.447B
- “Take Me To Church” — Hozier — 3.446B
- “Dance Monkey” — Tones and I — 3.432B
- “Photograph” — Ed Sheeran — 3.400B
- “Rockstar” — Post Malone and 21 Savage — 3.373B
- “Cruel Summer” — Taylor Swift — 3.334B
- “Iris” — The Goo Goo Dolls — 3.329B
- “Can’t Hold Us” — Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton — 3.308B
- “Señorita” — Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello — 3.306B
- “Viva La Vida” — Coldplay — 3.303B
- “Watermelon Sugar” — Harry Styles — 3.273B
- “Just the Way You Are” — Bruno Mars — 3.250B
- “Die For You” — The Weeknd — 3.246B
- “Don’t Start Now” — Dua Lipa — 3.216B
- “Locked Out Of Heaven” — Bruno Mars — 3.209B
- “Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber — 3.187B
- “That’s What I Like” — Bruno Mars — 3.181B
- “Mr. Brightside” — The Killers — 3.171B
- “Circles” — Post Malone — 3.145B
- “In The End” — Linkin Park — 3.139B
- “Bohemian Rhapsody” — Queen — 3.138B
- “When I Was Your Man” — Bruno Mars — 3.125B
- “Goosebumps” — Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar — 3.120B
- “Lucid Dreams” — Juice WRLD — 3.119B
- “Thinking Out Loud” — Ed Sheeran — 3.104B
- “Wake Me Up” — Avicii — 3.088B
- “Shallow” — Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper — 3.073B
- “Without Me” — Eminem — 3.064B
- “All of Me” — John Legend — 3.062B
- “God’s Plan” — Drake — 3.057B
- “The Hills” — The Weeknd — 3.024B
- “Let Me Love You” — DJ Snake and Justin Bieber — 3.018B
- “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots — 3.015B
- “Demons” — Imagine Dragons — 3.012B
- “Thunder” — Imagine Dragons — 3.005B
- “All The Stars” — Kendrick Lamar and SZA — 2.975B
- “Do I Wanna Know?” — Arctic Monkeys — 2.968B
- “Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter — 2.961B
- “Seven” — Jung Kook and Latto — 2.921B
- “Beautiful Things” — Benson Boone — 2.919B
- “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish — 2.911B
- “See You Again” — Tyler, the Creator and Kali Uchis — 2.909B
- “Humble” — Kendrick Lamar — 2.906B
- “No Role Modelz” — J. Cole — 2.904B
- “Unforgettable” — French Montana and Swae Lee — 2.893B
- “Sorry” — Justin Bieber — 2.889B
- “Lose Yourself” — Eminem — 2.887B
- “Smells Like Teen Spirit” — Nirvana — 2.876B
- “Creep” — Radiohead — 2.863B
- “Flowers” — Miley Cyrus — 2.855B
- “Treat You Better” — Shawn Mendes — 2.841B
- “The Scientist” — Coldplay — 2.838B
- “Drivers License” — Olivia Rodrigo — 2.822B
- “Don’t Stop Believin'” — Journey — 2.806B
- “7 Rings” — Ariana Grande — 2.804B
- “505” — Arctic Monkeys — 2.803B
- “Let Her Go” — Passenger — 2.800B
- “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” — Shawn Mendes — 2.790B
- “Kill Bill” — SZA — 2.786B
- “Wonderwall” — Oasis — 2.764B
- “Take On Me” — A-ha — 2.752B
- “Numb” — Linkin Park — 2.721B
- “Save Your Tears” — The Weeknd — 2.701B
- “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)” — Elton John and Dua Lipa with Pnau — 2.698B
- “Dreams” — Fleetwood Mac — 2.697B
- “Sweet Child O’ Mine” — Guns N’ Roses — 2.690B
- “One Kiss” — Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa — 2.676B
- “Billie Jean” — Michael Jackson — 2.670B
- “Lean On” — Major Lazer and DJ Snake with MØ — 2.660B
- “Payphone” — Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa — 2.657B
- “Don’t Stop Me Now” — Queen — 2.643B
- “Uptown Funk” — Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars — 2.637B
- “Good 4 U” — Olivia Rodrigo — 2.634B
- “One of the Girls” — The Weeknd, Jennie, and Lily-Rose Depp — 2.608B
- “Happier” — Marshmello and Bastille — 2.601B
- “Someone Like You” — Adele — 2.590B