Bad Bunny is Spotify’s Most Streamed Artist Globally of 2025

The Puerto Rican artist dethroned Taylor Swift

Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for 2025, racking up a tidy 19.8 billion streams across the year. He replaces Taylor Swift, who wore the crown in 2023 and 2024, and who came in second in 2025.

Album success:

  • The Puerto Rican artist also landed the top album of 2025 with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, while his 2022 record Un Verano Sin Ti came in at Number 10.

Other top performers:

  • Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars had the number one global song of 2025 with “Die With a Smile.”

  • Kendrick Lamar’s “luther (with sza)” was the top song of the year in the US.

  • Taylor Swift was the top artist in the US for 2025.

  • Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem led the top albums in the US.

  • The Joe Rogan Experience was the most popular global and US podcast.

Key results:

  • Most-Streamed Artists Globally:

  • 1. Bad Bunny

  • 2. Taylor Swift

  • 3. The Weeknd

  • 4. Drake

  • 5. Billie Eilish

  • 6. Kendrick Lamar

  • 7. Bruno Mars

  • 8. Ariana Grande

  • 9. Arijit Singh

  • 10. Fuerza Regida

  • Global Top Albums of 2025

  • 1. DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny

  • 2. KPop Demon Hunters by KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys

  • 3. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

  • 4. SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA

  • 5. Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

  • 6. Mayhem by Lady Gaga

  • 7. You’ll Be Alright, Kid by Alex Warren

  • 8. I’m the Problem by Morgan Wallen

  • 9. GNX by Kendrick Lamar

  • 10. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

  • Global Top Songs of 2025

  • 1. “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

  • 2. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish

  • 3. “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars

  • 4. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren

  • 5. “DtMF” by Bad Bunny

  • 6. “back to friends” by sombr

  • 7. “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

  • 8. “luther (with sza)” by Kendrick Lamar

  • 9. “That’s So True” by Gracie Abrams

  • 10. “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish

Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for 2025, racking up a tidy 19.8 billion streams across the year. He replaces Taylor Swift, who wore the crown in 2023 and 2024, and who came in second in 2025.

Album success:

  • The Puerto Rican artist also landed the top album of 2025 with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, while his 2022 record Un Verano Sin Ti came in at Number 10.

Other top performers:

  • Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars had the number one global song of 2025 with “Die With a Smile.”

  • Kendrick Lamar’s “luther (with sza)” was the top song of the year in the US.

  • Taylor Swift was the top artist in the US for 2025.

  • Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem led the top albums in the US.

  • The Joe Rogan Experience was the most popular global and US podcast.

Key results:

  • Most-Streamed Artists Globally:

  • 1. Bad Bunny

  • 2. Taylor Swift

  • 3. The Weeknd

  • 4. Drake

  • 5. Billie Eilish

  • 6. Kendrick Lamar

  • 7. Bruno Mars

  • 8. Ariana Grande

  • 9. Arijit Singh

  • 10. Fuerza Regida

  • Global Top Albums of 2025

  • 1. DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny

  • 2. KPop Demon Hunters by KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys

  • 3. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

  • 4. SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA

  • 5. Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

  • 6. Mayhem by Lady Gaga

  • 7. You’ll Be Alright, Kid by Alex Warren

  • 8. I’m the Problem by Morgan Wallen

  • 9. GNX by Kendrick Lamar

  • 10. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

  • Global Top Songs of 2025

  • 1. “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

  • 2. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish

  • 3. “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars

  • 4. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren

  • 5. “DtMF” by Bad Bunny

  • 6. “back to friends” by sombr

  • 7. “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

  • 8. “luther (with sza)” by Kendrick Lamar

  • 9. “That’s So True” by Gracie Abrams

  • 10. “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish

Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for 2025, racking up a tidy 19.8 billion streams across the year. He replaces Taylor Swift, who wore the crown in 2023 and 2024, and who came in second in 2025.

Album success:

  • The Puerto Rican artist also landed the top album of 2025 with DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, while his 2022 record Un Verano Sin Ti came in at Number 10.

Other top performers:

  • Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars had the number one global song of 2025 with “Die With a Smile.”

  • Kendrick Lamar’s “luther (with sza)” was the top song of the year in the US.

  • Taylor Swift was the top artist in the US for 2025.

  • Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem led the top albums in the US.

  • The Joe Rogan Experience was the most popular global and US podcast.

Key results:

  • Most-Streamed Artists Globally:

  • 1. Bad Bunny

  • 2. Taylor Swift

  • 3. The Weeknd

  • 4. Drake

  • 5. Billie Eilish

  • 6. Kendrick Lamar

  • 7. Bruno Mars

  • 8. Ariana Grande

  • 9. Arijit Singh

  • 10. Fuerza Regida

  • Global Top Albums of 2025

  • 1. DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny

  • 2. KPop Demon Hunters by KPop Demon Hunters Cast, HUNTR/X, Saja Boys

  • 3. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish

  • 4. SOS Deluxe: LANA by SZA

  • 5. Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter

  • 6. Mayhem by Lady Gaga

  • 7. You’ll Be Alright, Kid by Alex Warren

  • 8. I’m the Problem by Morgan Wallen

  • 9. GNX by Kendrick Lamar

  • 10. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

  • Global Top Songs of 2025

  • 1. “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

  • 2. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish

  • 3. “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars

  • 4. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren

  • 5. “DtMF” by Bad Bunny

  • 6. “back to friends” by sombr

  • 7. “Golden” by HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast

  • 8. “luther (with sza)” by Kendrick Lamar

  • 9. “That’s So True” by Gracie Abrams

  • 10. “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish

👋 Disclosures & Transparency Block
  • This story was written with information from Variety and The Music Network.

  • We covered it because it’s news of the most popular artists on Spotify in 2025. 

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