Music streaming

Spotify's Greatest Hits

Being the most popular music streaming service in the world, there is probably no better company than Spotify to crown the song of the year. And so it has become a nice tradition for the Swedish company to publish its Year in Music list every December, treating us to some interesting insights about what the world was listening to in the year gone by.

According to this year’s list, Drake was clearly the most popular artist of 2018. Not only did the Canadian rapper single-handedly rack up 8.2 billion streams this year, he also took home the trophies for the most streamed album ("Scorpion") and the most streamed song ("God's Plan" – 1.1 billion streams).

As our chart illustrates, the most-streamed songs of the past six years also tell us something about the increase in music listening on Spotify. While Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” was the most-streamed song of 2013 with “just” 160 million streams, this year’s number 1 hit was played nearly 7 times as often even though it fell short of Ed Sheeran's megahit "Shape of You", which was streamed an unbelievable 1.4 billion times in 2017.

Description

This chart shows the most-streamed songs on Spotify from 2013 to 2018.

Download Chart
Premium statistics
Revenue share of music streaming in the Netherlands 2013-2023
International music streaming sales South Korea 2014-2023
Premium statistics
Most downloaded music streaming apps in Portugal 2023
Premium statistics
Most frequently used music streaming services South Korea 2024, by gender
Premium statistics
Leading music streaming apps in Portugal 2023, by revenue
Premium statistics
Music streaming revenue in Hungary 2016-2023

Any more questions?

Get in touch with us quickly and easily.
We are happy to help!

Do you still have questions?

Feel free to contact us anytime using our contact form or visit our FAQ page.

Statista Content & Design

Need infographics, animated videos, presentations, data research or social media charts?

More Information