Swift tops Spotify
- Social reports say Taylor Swift is now Spotify’s most‑streamed artist of all time, sparking online buzz. - The social post about the milestone drew about 11.5K likes and 1.5K reposts. - The claim circulated widely on platforms as fans and commentators reacted to the streaming milestone (x.com).
Taylor Swift is now Spotify’s most-streamed artist of all time, according to the platform’s first all-time ranking released Thursday, April 23. (newsroom.spotify.com) Spotify published the list as part of its 20th-anniversary package, saying the rankings reflect global Spotify streams “as of April 2026.” Bad Bunny ranked No. 2, followed by Drake, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande. (newsroom.spotify.com) The release is the first time Spotify has publicly issued an all-time leaderboard for artists, songs and albums across the service’s history. Billboard’s recap of the list matched Spotify’s ranking, with Swift at No. 1 and Bad Bunny at No. 2. (billboard.com) The milestone lands after Swift spent the last two years at the top of Spotify’s annual Wrapped rankings. Spotify said she was the platform’s top global artist in 2023 with more than 26.1 billion streams that year, and again in 2024 as its No. 1 global artist. (newsroom.spotify.com 1) (newsroom.spotify.com 2) The all-time list measures cumulative listening over nearly two decades, not just a single release cycle. That format favors artists with both long catalog lives and repeat streaming across older hits, re-recordings and new albums. (newsroom.spotify.com) (billboard.com) Swift also placed twice on Spotify’s top 20 all-time albums list: *Lover* at No. 8 and *Midnights* at No. 18. Bad Bunny’s *Un Verano Sin Ti* led that album ranking, while The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” topped Spotify’s all-time songs list. (newsroom.spotify.com) (billboard.com) Spotify’s own artist page for Swift showed about 102 million monthly listeners on April 23, a current-popularity measure that is separate from the all-time total behind Thursday’s ranking. Monthly listeners track recent reach; the anniversary list totals streams accumulated over Spotify’s full run. (open.spotify.com) (newsroom.spotify.com) The new chart gives Spotify a permanent scoreboard for the streaming era, and Swift now sits at the top of it. On Thursday, the platform’s own list turned a fan-driven social media claim into an official company record. (newsroom.spotify.com)
