600 Artists' Monthly Spotify Listenership

It's that time again...

600 Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) Artists Monthly Spotify Listenership.

The vast majority of these numbers are up from when I compiled one of these in June 2022. I’d like to give a particular shoutout to the artists whose monthly Spotify listenership massively increased over the last nine months:

Ghost, Deftones, Falling In Reverse, Megadeth, Pierce The Veil, Slayer, Judas Priest, Rob Zombie, I Prevail, Neck Deep, Bad Omens, In Flames, Testament, The Word Alive, Parkway Drive, Ice Nine Kills, Beartooth, Wage War, Polyphia, BABYMETAL, Powerwolf, Caskets, Emmure, Dayseeker, Lorna Shore, Steve Vai, The Ghost Inside, Avatar, Municipal Waste, Make Them Suffer, Loathe, Carcass, Thousand Below, and Insomnium.

I covered a wide variety of subgenres, digging through the rosters of various management companies, booking agencies, and record labels, in an effort to give a robust look at the health of the genre and how multiple bands are faring. Which marketing efforts paid off? Which tours helped build an audience? Hopefully, seeing this kind of data offers a bit of help in your decision-making.

Monthly Spotify Listeners 

As of March 23, 2023

44.3M - Queen 
33.4M - Linkin Park 
27.7M - Red Hot Chili Peppers 
26.6M - Nirvana 
26.0M - AC/DC 
25.6M - Guns N’ Roses 
25.3M - Måneskin 
25.0M - Metallica 
23.8M - Green Day 
23.6M - Bon Jovi 

22.3M - Aerosmith 
22.0M - Panic! At The Disco 
21.7M - Twenty One Pilots 
21.1M - Fall Out Boy 
18.8M - Pink Floyd 
18.7M - Paramore 
18.6M - Foo Fighters 
17.6M - Led Zeppelin 
16.2M - Journey 
15.9M - blink-182 

15.7M - System Of A Down
15.6M - The Offspring 
14.4M - Kordhell 
14.1M - Machine Gun Kelly 
14.0M - Nickelback 
13.3M - My Chemical Romance 
13.1M - KISS 
13.1M - Black Sabbath 
12.7M - Muse 
12.7M - Pearl Jam 
12.4M - Cage The Elephant 

12.3M - Weezer 
12.3M - Scorpions 
12.0M - Limp Bizkit 
11.6M - Bring Me The Horizon 
11.4M - Van Halen 
11.3M - Slipknot 
10.7M - Evanescence 
10.5M - Papa Roach 
10.4M - Rammstein 
10.3M - Disturbed 

9.91M - The Smashing Pumpkins 
9.82M - 3 Doors Down 
9.71M - Three Days Grace 
9.40M - Korn 
9.23M - Rage Against The Machine 
8.96M - Ghost 
8.74M - Ozzy Osbourne 
8.23M - Sum 41 
8.20M - Mötley Crüe
8.00M - Avenged Sevenfold 

7.99M - Iron Maiden 
7.96M - Jimmy Eat World 
7.86M - Deftones 
7.71M - Def Leppard 
7.28M - All Time Low 
7.26M - YUNGBLUD 
7.22M - Skillet 
7.01M - Audioslave 
6.98M - Alice In Chains 
6.74M - Five Finger Death Punch 

6.64M - Rise Against 
6.61M - Queens Of The Stone Age 
6.55M - Deep Purple 
6.48M - Falling In Reverse 
6.32M - Breaking Benjamin 
6.27M - Incubus 
6.20M - Marilyn Manson 
6.01M - Seether 
5.85M - Ghostemane 
5.60M - Pantera 

5.55M - Shinedown 
5.50M - Stone Temple Pilots 
5.45M - Whitesnake 
5.29M - Megadeth 
5.28M - Pierce The Veil 
5.23M - Good Charlotte 
5.21M - Slayer 
5.01M - Judas Priest 
4.95M - Godsmack 
4.91M - Volbeat 

4.85M - Alice Cooper 
4.83M - A Day To Remember 
4.79M - Rob Zombie 
4.72M - Motörhead 
4.54M - Hollywood Undead 
4.19M - I Prevail 
4.18M - Greta Van Fleet 
4.11M - Nine Inch Nails 
4.10M - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 
3.88M - Placebo 

3.81M - Staind 
3.79M - Neck Deep 
3.67M - Dropkick Murphys 
3.63M - TOOL 
3.56M - Daughtry 
3.50M - Faith No More 
3.48M - Skid Row 
3.38M - Thousand Foot Krutch 
3.33M - Theory Of A Deadman 
3.31M - Bush 

3.24M - P.O.D. 
3.22M - Motionless In White 
3.21M - Royal Blood 
3.12M - Bad Omens 
3.11M - The Used 
3.11M - Sabaton 
3.08M - ONE OK ROCK 
3.02M - Bowling For Soup 
3.01M - Asking Alexandria 
3.00M - Bad Wolves 

Ryan J. Downey @ryandowney

Happy 20th Birthday to AFI’s Sing The Sorrow and to one of my earliest cover stories. Have fun tonight, fellas.

2.97M - Hinder 
2.98M - AFI 
2.95M - Danzig 
2.91M - Manchester Orchestra 
2.88M - Set It Off 
2.76M - STARSET 
2.68M - Saliva 
2.65M - In Flames 
2.64M - PVRIS 
2.63M - Sleeping With Sirens 
2.62M - Chevelle 

2.61M - Apocalyptica 
2.54M - Halestorm 
2.53M - Lamb Of God 
2.51M - The Plot In You 
2.49M - Escape The Fate 
2.48M - Taking Back Sunday 
2.46M - Killswitch Engage 
2.39M - Nightwish 
2.37M - Testament 
2.36M - We Came As Romans 

2.30M - Mudvayne 
2.29M - Our Last Night 
2.28M - I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME 
2.27M - Atreyu 
2.19M - Black Veil Brides 
2.18M - Within Temptation 
2.10M - Alter Bridge 
2.08M - You Me At Six 
2.05M - The Word Alive 
2.04M - Waterparks 

2.03M - Of Mice & Men 
2.03M - Misfits 
2.02M - Gojira 
2.01M - Mayday Parade 
1.99M - Parkway Drive 
1.97M - Ice Nine Kills 
1.94M - Story Of The Year 
1.93M - Palaye Royale 
1.92M - Beartooth 
1.91M - Pop Evil 
1.91M - DragonForce 

1.89M - Architects 
1.87M - The Pretty Reckless 
1.88M - Buckcherry 
1.85M - Bad Religion 
1.82M - Dope 
1.76M - New Found Glory 
1.76M - Wage War 
1.75M - All That Remains 
1.74M - The Rasmus 
1.73M - Poppy 

1.70M - Trivium 
1.59M - Flogging Molly 
1.68M - MOTHICA 
1.68M - Polyphia 
1.65M - Static-X 
1.64M - Machine Head 
1.62M - Silverstein 
1.62M - BABYMETAL 
1.61M - Powerwolf 
1.61M - Amaranthe 
1.61M - Dashboard Confessional 

1.59M - Sepultura 
1.57M - Anthrax 
1.57M - From Ashes To New 
1.50M - In This Moment 
1.48M - Dream Theater 
1.47M - Amon Amarth 
1.45M - Fame On Fire 
1.45M - 10 Years 
1.45M - Memphis May Fire 
1.44M - Accept 

1.42M - Caskets 
1.41M - Biffy Clyro 
1.41M - Coheed And Cambria 
1.41M - Rancid 
1.40M - Point North 
1.40M - Hatebreed 
1.39M - NOFX 
1.38M - Black Label Society 
1.35M - Turnstile 
1.35M - The HU 

1.32M - Underoath 
1.31M - NOTHING MORE 
1.30M - Slash 
1.29M - Helloween 
1.26M - Silversun Pickups 
1.24M - HammerFall 
1.23M - The Amity Affliction 
1.22M - Spiritbox 
1.22M - Type O Negative 
1.20M - As I Lay Dying 

1.18M - Mastodon 
1.16M - Kim Dracula 
1.16M - Dance Gavin Dance 
1.14M - Primus 
1.14M - Queensrÿche 
1.14M - Kreator 
1.13M - Emmure 
1.12M - State Champs 
1.12M - Arch Enemy 
1.11M - Thrice 

1.09M - Angels & Airwaves 
1.07M - Manowar 
1.07M - Dayseeker 
1.07M - Social Distortion 
1.05M - Rival Sons 
1.04M - Hawthorne Heights 
1.03M - Pennywise 
1.02M - Red 
1.01M - Badflower 
1.01M - Currents 

1.00M - Stand Atlantic 
1.00M - All Good Things 
988k - Lorna Shore 
996k - Fear Factory 
980k - Holding Absence 
964k - The Devil Wears Prada 
951k - The Ataris 
935k - The Story So Far 
926k - Fit For A King 
900k - With Confidence 

899k - Sevendust 
892k - Steve Vai 
888k - Polaris 
877k - The Ghost Inside 
869k - Knocked Loose 
868k - Stratovarius 
866k - Senses Fail 
860k - August Burns Red 
856k - HUNNY 
853k - State Of Mine 

836k - Clutch 
826k - Avatar 
826k - Alestorm 
818k - Suicide Silence 
817k - Crown The Empire 
811k - Movements 
808k - Bury Tomorrow 
801k - Municipal Waste 
800k - Epica 
791k - Opeth 

790k - The Interrupters 
790k - While She Sleeps 
781k - Cold 
774k - Make Them Suffer 
772k - Enter Shikari 
761k - Eluveitie 
751k - Meshuggah 
750k - Blessthefall 
747k - Descendents 
745k - Less Than Jake 

745k - Loathe 
738k - Blind Guardian 
737k - Scene Queen 
735k - Icon For Hire 
723k - Slaughter To Prevail 
720k - Avantasia 
718k - Fire From The Gods 
709k - Korpiklaani 
706k - Chelsea Grin 
701k - Bayside 

698k - Soilwork
694k - Lacuna Coil
691k - Cannibal Corpse 
687k - Joyce Manor 
677k - Throw The Fight 
665k - Attila 
668k - Boston Manor 
682k - Alpha Wolf 
668k - Corey Taylor
668k - BONES UK 
664k - Ace Frehley 

663k - Miss May I 
656k - Joe Satriani 
649k - Periphery 
648k - Ministry 
640k - Minor Threat 
640k - Real Friends 
639k - LANDMVRKS 
637k - Soulfly 
636k - Alexisonfire 
628k - FEVER 333 

618k - Thy Art Is Murder 
605k - Against Me! 
602k - Mushroomhead 
595k - Kublai Khan TX 
592k - The Mars Volta 
588k - Demon Hunter 
573k - Dead Poet Society 
570k - Northlane 
568k - Andy Black 
566k - Upon A Burning Body 

560k - Cradle Of Filth 
551k - I See Stars 
550k - The Bouncing Souls
544k - Melvins 
541k - Carcass 
537k - Lordi 
534k - Jinjer 
525k - Sonata Arctica 
514k - DON BROCO 
510k - Behemoth 

500k - Monster Magnet 
494k - Exodus 
492k - Black Flag 
483k - DevilDriver 
465k - La Dispute 
461k - PUP 
455k - Whitechapel 
447k - girlfriends 
445k - AS IT IS 
443k - Frank Turner 

440k - Four Year Strong 
430k - Gloryhammer 
425k - Nita Strauss 
425k - Veil Of Maya 
424k - After The Burial 
419k - The Menzingers 
416k - Ill Niño 
413k - ERRA 
412k - MxPx 
409k - Thousand Below 

405k - The Sword 
402k - Knuckle Puck 
401k - Through Fire 
391k - Chon 
390k - Katatonia 
388k - Varials 
373k - Circa Survive 
373k - Story Untold 
370k - Refused 
362k - Kamelot 

360k - Paradise Lost 
357k - Palisades 
355k - Crystal Lake 
353k - Obituary 
352k - Hyro The Hero 
351k - Kingdom Of Giants 
351k - Fit For An Autopsy 
345k - Being As An Ocean 
345k - Mayhem 
344k - Heaven Shall Burn 

340k - Animals As Leaders 
337k - Body Count 
336k - At The Drive-In 
330k - Vended 
329k - Amigo The Devil 
318k - Born Of Osiris 
318k - The Acacia Strain 
314k - Amorphis 
312k - Gemini Syndrome 
304k - Insomnium 

304k - Mammoth WVH 
302k - Zeal & Ardor 
299k - New Years Day 
296k - Sylosis 
295k - Jerry Cantrell
292k - Thursday 
291k - The Vandals 
283k - Butcher Babies 
282k - Wargasm (UK) 
281k - Decapitated 

279k - Dark Tranquility 
275k - At The Gates 
274k - Code Orange 
265k - Fit For Rivals 
265k - Kataklysm 
264k - Invent Animate 
262k - Red Fang 
260k - Napalm Death 
257k - Mannequin Pussy 
250k - Drug Church 
247k - Betraying The Martyrs 

243k - Death Angel 
240k - Comeback Kid 
239k - The Haunted 
230k - Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows 
226k - The Dillinger Escape Plan 
225k - Scowl 
224k - Power Trip 
224k - Stick To Your Guns 
227k - Overkill 
226k - Pussy Riot 

220k - Ensiferum 
219k - Every Time I Die 
216k - Norma Jean 
213k - Satyricon 
212k - NanowaR of Steel 
211k - Night Riots 
206k - Cattle Decapitation 
206k - The Halo Effect 
205k - Archetypes Collide 
205k - The Black Dahlia Murder 

205k - Devin Townsend 
204k - Twiztid 
204k - Cane Hill 
202k - Dying Fetus 
201k - Unearth 
199k - Spite 
197k - Disciple 
196k - Candlemass 
193k - Carnifex 
192k - TesseracT 

189k - Darkthrone 
189k - Killer Be Killed 
189k - Wintersun 
188k - Moonspell 
186k - Enslaved 
185k - The Bronx
185k - Within Destruction 
177k - Haste The Day 
177k - Deafheaven 
174k - Between The Buried And Me 
171k - Touche Amore 

167k - Agnostic Front 
165k - Silent Planet 
164k - Emery 
163k - Celtic Frost
162k - Vein.fm 
161k - Wolves At The Gate 
159k - Stray From The Path 
158k - Ignite 
156k - Ihsahn 
154k - Baroness 

154k - The Contortionist 
154k - Mr. Bungle 
153k - Evergrey 
152k - Terror 
151k - Converge 
150k - King Diamond 
146k - Darkest Hour 
145k - Tremonti 
145k - Crowbar
141k - Glassjaw 

140k - Gwar 
140k - Marty Friedman 
137k - The Linda Lindas 
134k - Tiger Army 
129k - Primal Fear 
129k - Protest The Hero 
128k - Evile 
124k - Quicksand
122k - Lilith Czar 

122k - Finntroll 
118k - Madball 
118k - Nile 
114k - Sick Of It All 
114k - Cro-Mags 
114k - Kvelertak 
113k - H2O 
112k - The Letter Black 
112k - L.S. Dunes 
111k - Tetrarch

110k - Gorilla Biscuits 
108k - Creeper 
105k - Life Of Agony 
105k - Dying Wish 
104k - Within The Ruins 
100k - Bleeding Through 
100k - Throwdown 
100k - Mindforce 
100k - Vanna 
99k - Unto Others 

98k - Enterprise Earth 
97k - Full Of Hell 
97k - Incendiary 
93k - Caner Bats 
91k - Wednesday 13
90k - The Agonist 
87k - Toxic Holocaust
85k - High On Fire 
83k - Destruction 
82k - Revocation 

82k - Rivers Of Nihil 
81k - My Dying Bride 
81k - Poison The Well 
77k - Armored Saint 
75k - The Juliana Theory 
74k - Harms Way 
73k - Cult Of Luna 
73k - ONI 
72k - Stitched Up Heart 
72k - Fear 

72k - Sacred Reich 
69k - Soul Glo 
67k - Winds Of Plague 
66k - Warbringer 
65k - Eighteen Visions 
65k - Cave In 
64k - Jynx 
63k - Gatecreeper
58k - War Of Ages 
58k - Primitive Man 
51k - Greg Puciato 

46k - Nekromantix 
45k - Horrorpops 
45k - Elegant Weapons 
43k - Liturgy 
42k - Zao 
39k - ’68 
37k - Youth Of Today 
36k - Wolves In The Throne Room 
36k - Allluvial 
34k - Mad Sin 

34k - Blood Incantation 
33k - DREGG 
32k - Spirit Adrift 
31k - Twitching Tongues 
29k - Great American Ghost 
27k - Vio-Lence 
26k - The Callous Daoboys 
26k - Higher Power 
25k - Doyle 
24k - Integrity

24k - Judge 
22k - Undeath 
21k - Escuela Grind
21k - Exciter 
21k - Dead Cross 
20k - Living Sacrifice 
18k - Creeping Death 
16k - Evil Invaders 
16k - Wristmeetrazor 
11k - HolyName 

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