As of May 26, 2025, the most listened-to artist on Spotify by monthly listeners is Bruno Mars, with approximately 122.8 million monthly listeners. He is followed by The Weeknd and Lady Gaga, with 116.1 million and 115.5 million monthly listeners respectively

. However, in terms of total streams historically, Taylor Swift remains the most-streamed artist on Spotify overall, holding the record for the most streams in Spotify's history and being the top global artist in 2024 with over 26.6 billion streams

. Additionally, when considering followers (a different metric from monthly listeners), Indian playback singer Arijit Singh leads with 134.2 million followers, followed by Taylor Swift with 130.4 million followers

Summary:

• Most monthly listeners (current): Bruno Mars (~122.8M)
• Most total streams historically: Taylor Swift
• Most followers: Arijit Singh (134.2M)

This shows that Bruno Mars is currently the most listened-to artist on Spotify by monthly listeners, while Taylor Swift holds the record for most streams overall, and Arijit Singh has the highest follower count