Spotify at 20: A World-Span of All-Time Streaming Leaders

To celebrate 20 years, Spotify released global all-time leaders across five categories—artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks—based on worldwide streams as of April 2026, drawn from hundreds of millions of listeners. Notables include top artists Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake; top albums Un Verano Sin Ti, Starboy, ÷ (Deluxe); top songs Blinding Lights, Shape of You and Sweater Weather; top podcasts The Joe Rogan Experience, Gemischtes Hack, and Crime Junkie; and top audiobooks A Court of Thorns and Roses, The Fellowship of the Ring, and Fourth Wing.