Most Streamed Songs on Spotify — All Time

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Most Streamed Songs on Spotify — All Time

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Key Findings

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Blinding Lights (The Weeknd) leads in Spotify Streams (Billions) with 4.30.

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Average Spotify Streams (Billions): 3.71 · median: 3.65.

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Gap: Blinding Lights (The Weeknd) is 1.3× larger than Closer (Chainsmokers ft. Halsey).

About This Dataset

Most Streamed Songs on Spotify — All Time

Songs ranked by total cumulative streams on Spotify since the platform launched in 2008, measured in billions of plays. Blinding Lights by The Weeknd became the most streamed song in Spotify history in 2023 with over 4 billion streams — surpassing Shape of You by Ed Sheeran and becoming a rare case of a 2019 release accumulating more streams than songs released earlier in the streaming era, driven by sustained algorithmic placement and viral TikTok use.

Analysis

Blinding Lights (The Weeknd) heads the table on 4.30, ahead of Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) (4.10) and Someone You Loved (Lewis Capaldi) (3.80) in Spotify Streams (Billions). 1 separates the highest figure (4.30) from the lowest (3.30). First and second are separated by 0.20, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 3.80 to 3.30.

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

4.30

Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)

Spotify Streams (Billions) · All Time

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Spotify Streams (Billions)

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All Time

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Spotify Streams (Billions)
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Spotify Streams (Billions) · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	Blinding Lights (The Weeknd)	4.30
🥈	Shape of You (Ed Sheeran)	4.10
🥉	Someone You Loved (Lewis Capaldi)	3.80
4	Dance Monkey (Tones and I)	3.70
5	Sunflower (Post Malone / Swae Lee)	3.60
6	One Dance (Drake)	3.50
7	Rockstar (Post Malone)	3.40
8	Closer (Chainsmokers ft. Halsey)	3.30

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinding_Lights Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape_of_You Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_You_Loved Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Monkey Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_(Post_Malone_and_Swae_Lee_song) Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Dance Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_(Post_Malone_song) Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closer_(The_Chainsmokers_song) Visit ↗

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