StreambinderMost Streamed Album on Spotify Ever: Top 15 List
The most streamed album on Spotify is "Un Verano Sin Ti" by Bad Bunny (2022), with about 24.6 billion streams as of our October 25, 2026 snapshot. That is well ahead of the runner-up, "Starboy" by The Weeknd, at about 20.1 billion. Below is the top 15, plus the fine print you need to read album totals correctly.
The 15 most streamed albums on Spotify
These totals come from public Spotify numbers collected on kworb.net. Each figure adds up the streams of every track on one edition of the album: deluxe, anniversary or expanded versions are separate listings and are counted on their own. Streambinder is an independent project, not affiliated with Spotify.
| # | Album | Artist | Year | Streams (approx.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Un Verano Sin Ti | Bad Bunny | 2022 | 24.6 billion |
| 2 | Starboy | The Weeknd | 2016 | 20.1 billion |
| 3 | Proof | BTS | 2022 | 19.2 billion |
| 4 | SOUR | Olivia Rodrigo | 2021 | 18.1 billion |
| 5 | After Hours | The Weeknd | 2020 | 17.1 billion |
| 6 | Hollywood's Bleeding | Post Malone | 2019 | 16.1 billion |
| 7 | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | 2019 | 16.0 billion |
| 8 | LOOK AT ME: THE ALBUM | XXXTENTACION | 2022 | 15.5 billion |
| 9 | HIStory - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - BOOK I | Michael Jackson | 1995 | 15.5 billion |
| 10 | AM | Arctic Monkeys | 2013 | 15.4 billion |
| 11 | Lover | Taylor Swift | 2019 | 15.1 billion |
| 12 | WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? | Billie Eilish | 2019 | 14.2 billion |
| 13 | SOS | SZA | 2022 | 14.1 billion |
| 14 | Purpose | Justin Bieber | 2015 | 13.9 billion |
| 15 | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS | Bad Bunny | 2025 | 13.8 billion |
What an album total really measures
It is tempting to read "24.6 billion" as "people listened to this album 24.6 billion times". Not quite. An album total is the sum of the streams of its tracks. That has a few consequences:
- Big hits do most of the work. An album that contains several mega-singles will outrun an album people love as a whole but stream track by track.
- More tracks, more streams. Every track adds to the total, so a long tracklist has an edge over a short one.
- Editions count separately. If a standard edition and a deluxe edition both exist, each has its own total. The deluxe version's streams are not folded into the original, so an album's "true" popularity can be larger than the figure for any single listing.
- It is not sales. Album streaming totals are not the same as album sales or industry certifications. If you want to know how those work, read our explainer on streaming certifications.
What the top 15 tells you
A few patterns stand out:
- Bad Bunny appears twice, with "Un Verano Sin Ti" at number 1 and "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" (2025) at number 15. A Spanish-language album leading the all-time list says a lot about how global streaming has become.
- The Weeknd also appears twice, with "Starboy" and "After Hours".
- One entry predates streaming by a long way: Michael Jackson's "HIStory - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - BOOK I" from 1995 sits at number 9, at about 15.5 billion, proof that a catalog can keep finding listeners decades later.
- Recent albums dominate. Eleven of the 15 albums were released in 2019 or later. Streaming favors music from the era in which it grew up, as we explain in our guide to streaming numbers.
- A British band holds its own. Arctic Monkeys' "AM" (2013) sits at number 10, at about 15.4 billion streams, one of the older albums in the top 15.
Why the ranking changes
Like any streaming list, this one is a photograph taken on a given day. Totals grow every day, albums can overtake each other, and different editions may be tracked as separate listings. If you see another site showing a slightly different order, check three things: the date, which edition is counted and whether the total includes only the main release.
For fresher, national numbers, Streambinder updates its charts every Monday. See the most streamed artists in the US and the most streamed songs in the UK. Those pages count streams in that country while a song was in the weekly top 200, which is a different measure from the worldwide totals above.
What these albums would be as cards
In Streambinder, albums are cards too, and their rarity follows their Spotify streams. In the US edition, an album becomes Mythic from 13 billion streams. All 15 albums above clear that line, so all of them would be Mythic cards by streams alone. The next step down, Legendary, starts at 7.6 billion. Thresholds differ from one country edition to another, and a card you own never loses its rarity. The full explanation is in card rarity explained.
Curious what an album card feels like? Open a free pack and see what you pull.
FAQ
What is the most streamed album on Spotify ever? "Un Verano Sin Ti" by Bad Bunny, with about 24.6 billion streams in our October 25, 2026 snapshot.
Do deluxe editions count in the total? Not in the same listing. A deluxe or anniversary edition is counted separately from the standard one.
Is a streaming total the same as album sales? No. It is a count of plays of the tracks on one edition of the album, not a count of copies sold.
What is the most streamed album by a woman on this list? "SOUR" by Olivia Rodrigo, at about 18.1 billion streams, ranks highest among the albums by women in the top 15.