Spotify’s all-time most-streamed list changes every day, and the top of it barely moves. Below is the list as of October 27, 2026, with two calculations the raw ranking doesn’t show: when the top 100 songs were released, and how fast each one is piling up streams.
The short version
- No. 1: The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” 5.653 billion streams. Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” (5.161 billion) and The Neighbourhood’s “Sweater Weather” (4.986 billion) follow.
- The top 100 add up to about 345.6 billion streams.
- The 2010s own the list: 63 of the 100. Fifteen were released in the 2020s and 13 before 2000. The median release year is 2016. No 2025 or 2026 release has made it in yet.
- The fastest climbers are from 2024. “Die with a Smile” (Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars) averages about 1.87 billion streams a year since release, and “Birds of a Feather” (Billie Eilish) about 1.66 billion. That’s roughly twice the lifetime average pace of “Blinding Lights.”
The top 50
| Rank | Song | Artist(s) | Streams (billions) | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | 5.653 | 29 November 2019 |
| 2 | Shape Of You | Ed Sheeran | 5.161 | 6 January 2017 |
| 3 | Sweater Weather | The Neighbourhood | 4.986 | 3 December 2012 |
| 4 | Starboy | The Weeknd and Daft Punk | 4.834 | 21 September 2016 |
| 5 | As It Was | Harry Styles | 4.689 | 1 April 2022 |
| 6 | One Dance | Drake, Wizkid, and Kyla | 4.537 | 5 April 2016 |
| 7 | Sunflower | Post Malone and Swae Lee | 4.531 | 18 October 2018 |
| 8 | Someone You Loved | Lewis Capaldi | 4.481 | 8 November 2018 |
| 9 | Perfect | Ed Sheeran | 4.163 | 3 March 2017 |
| 10 | Stay | The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber | 4.119 | 27 July 2021 |
| 11 | Die With A Smile | Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars | 4.098 | 16 August 2024 |
| 12 | I Wanna Be Yours | Arctic Monkeys | 4.077 | 9 September 2013 |
| 13 | Birds of a Feather | Billie Eilish | 4.069 | 17 May 2024 |
| 14 | Yellow | Coldplay | 4.058 | 26 June 2000 |
| 15 | The Night We Met | Lord Huron | 4.007 | 7 April 2015 |
| 16 | Believer | Imagine Dragons | 3.999 | 1 February 2017 |
| 17 | Riptide | Vance Joy | 3.983 | 21 May 2013 |
| 18 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 3.977 | 29 June 2020 |
| 19 | Closer | The Chainsmokers and Halsey | 3.935 | 29 July 2016 |
| 20 | Lovely | Billie Eilish and Khalid | 3.920 | 19 April 2018 |
| 21 | Every Breath You Take | The Police | 3.841 | 20 May 1983 |
| 22 | Iris | The Goo Goo Dolls | 3.819 | 1 April 1998 |
| 23 | Something Just Like This | The Chainsmokers and Coldplay | 3.819 | 22 February 2017 |
| 24 | Another Love | Tom Odell | 3.749 | 15 October 2012 |
| 25 | Say You Won’t Let Go | James Arthur | 3.729 | 9 September 2016 |
| 26 | Counting Stars | OneRepublic | 3.703 | 14 June 2013 |
| 27 | Take Me To Church | Hozier | 3.633 | 13 September 2013 |
| 28 | Photograph | Ed Sheeran | 3.596 | 20 June 2014 |
| 29 | Viva La Vida | Coldplay | 3.584 | 25 May 2008 |
| 30 | Locked Out Of Heaven | Bruno Mars | 3.577 | 1 October 2012 |
| 31 | Can’t Hold Us | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Ray Dalton | 3.570 | 16 August 2011 |
| 32 | Mr. Brightside | The Killers | 3.562 | 29 September 2003 |
| 33 | Just the Way You Are | Bruno Mars | 3.540 | 20 July 2010 |
| 34 | Dance Monkey | Tones And I | 3.536 | 10 May 2019 |
| 35 | Cruel Summer | Taylor Swift | 3.521 | 23 August 2019 |
| 36 | Die For You | The Weeknd | 3.477 | 25 November 2016 |
| 37 | Rockstar | Post Malone and 21 Savage | 3.476 | 15 September 2017 |
| 38 | Señorita | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | 3.456 | 21 June 2019 |
| 39 | That’s What I Like | Bruno Mars | 3.452 | 30 January 2017 |
| 40 | In The End | Linkin Park | 3.436 | 24 October 2000 |
| 41 | Watermelon Sugar | Harry Styles | 3.428 | 16 November 2019 |
| 42 | Love Yourself | Justin Bieber | 3.406 | 9 November 2015 |
| 43 | Don’t Start Now | Dua Lipa | 3.352 | 31 October 2019 |
| 44 | When I Was Your Man | Bruno Mars | 3.344 | 7 December 2012 |
| 45 | Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | 3.336 | 29 November 1982 |
| 46 | Circles | Post Malone | 3.320 | 30 August 2019 |
| 47 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | 3.314 | 31 October 1975 |
| 48 | Without Me | Eminem | 3.279 | 13 May 2002 |
| 49 | Let Me Love You | DJ Snake and Justin Bieber | 3.276 | 5 August 2016 |
| 50 | Wake Me Up | Avicii and Aloe Blacc | 3.272 | 17 June 2013 |
Stream counts and release dates as compiled from Spotify’s own play counts in Wikipedia’s list of Spotify streaming records, as of October 27, 2026. Positions 51 to 100 are in the same list.
When the top 100 came out
| Released in | Songs in the top 100 |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 3 |
| 1980s | 6 |
| 1990s | 4 |
| 2000s | 9 |
| 2010s | 63 |
| 2020s | 15 |
Our count from the list’s release dates.
The 2010s dominate largely because of timing. A song released in 2016 has had about ten years of streaming, all of them at the scale Spotify reached in that decade. Older songs had to earn their streams as catalogue, and a 2024 song has had only two years. The peak years are 2017 (11 songs), 2019 (9), 2016 and 2018 (8 each).
The 13 songs from before 2000 are the evergreen catalogue: “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975), “Dreams” (1977), “Don’t Stop Me Now” (1979), “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981), “Billie Jean” and “Africa” (1982), “Every Breath You Take” (1983), “Take On Me” (1984), “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987), “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991), “Creep” (1992), “Wonderwall” (1995) and “Iris” (1998). These are the songs catalogue buyers are paying for when they buy old hits (see why hit songs are now a Wall Street asset class).
The pace: which songs are climbing fastest
Total streams favor old songs. Dividing each song’s total by the years since its release gives its average annual pace, a rough measure of how fast it’s climbing. (For songs released before Spotify launched in October 2008, we count from the launch date.)
Four of the ten fastest songs came out in 2024: “Die with a Smile,” “Birds of a Feather,” “Espresso” and “Beautiful Things.” With 4.098 billion and 4.069 billion streams, “Die with a Smile” and “Birds of a Feather” already rank 11th and 13th, ahead of songs that had a decade’s head start.
Two caveats. This is an average over each song’s whole life, not its current daily rate, and streaming usually slows after a song’s first year or two. Treat it as a measure of how fast each song got this far, not a forecast of when it reaches No. 1.
Who has the most songs in the top 100
Counting lead and featured credits from the list:
| Artist | Songs in the top 100 |
|---|---|
| The Weeknd | 6 |
| Bruno Mars | 6 |
| Ed Sheeran | 4 |
| Justin Bieber | 4 |
| Coldplay | 4 |
| Post Malone, Arctic Monkeys, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, Shawn Mendes, Dua Lipa, Kendrick Lamar | 3 each |
For what all those streams pay, see Spotify’s own payout data in how many artists make money on Spotify. Streams are royalties to rights holders, not a fixed rate per play.
Method
- Data: Spotify’s displayed play counts for its 100 most-streamed songs, as compiled in Wikipedia’s list of Spotify streaming records, dated October 27, 2026.
- Our calculations: decade and year counts from release dates, credit counts by artist (lead and featured), total streams, and average streams per year (total ÷ years from release, or from Spotify’s launch on October 7, 2008, to October 27, 2026).
- Updates: the list moves daily. We’ll refresh it periodically and change the “as of” date when we do.
Last updated: October 28, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most-streamed song on Spotify? The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights, with about 5.653 billion streams as of October 27, 2026. Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You is second with about 5.161 billion, and The Neighbourhood’s Sweater Weather third with about 4.986 billion.
What is the fastest-growing song in Spotify’s all-time top 100? By average streams per year since release, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Die with a Smile (released August 2024, about 4.1 billion streams) is the fastest, at about 1.87 billion a year. Billie Eilish’s Birds of a Feather is next at about 1.66 billion a year. Blinding Lights, the No. 1, averages about 0.82 billion a year. These are averages over each song’s life, not current daily rates.
Which artist has the most songs among Spotify’s 100 most-streamed? Counting lead and featured credits, The Weeknd and Bruno Mars each have six songs in the top 100 as of October 2026, followed by Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber and Coldplay with four each.
What is the oldest song in Spotify’s top 100? Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, released in 1975, at No. 47. Thirteen of the top 100 were released before 2000, including Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams (1977), Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now (1979), Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean (1982) and Toto’s Africa (1982).
