600+ Artists Spotify Listenership
600 Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) Artists Spotify Listenership
It’s been a few months since one of these went out, so here’s a round-up of around 600 Hard Rock, Metal, and Punk(ish) Artists’ monthly Spotify listenership. All figures are current as of October 11 or thereabouts.
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Hard Rock Billions Club
Songs with over 1 Billion Streams…
Queen “Bohemian”
TØP “Stressed Out”
TØP “Heathens”
Nirvana “Teen Spirit”
Queen “Don’t Stop…”
Journey “Don’t Stop…’”
Queen “Another One…”
TØP “Ride”
Linkin Park “In the End”
GN’R “Sweet Child…”
P!ATD “High Hopes”
Queen/Bowie “Under Pressure”
Måneskin “Beggin’”
Linkin Park “Numb”
AC/DC “Back in Black”
AC/DC “Highway to Hell”
Bon Jovi “Livin’ On A Prayer”
AC/DC “Thunderstruck”
RHCP “Under the Bridge”
Closing in on 1 Billion…
RHCP “Californication”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Fall Out Boy “Centuries”
Monthly Spotify Listeners
39.29M - Queen
25.65M - Red Hot Chili Peppers
24.59M - Guns N’ Roses
24.51M - Linkin Park
24.27M - AC/DC
24.26M - Nirvana
23.04M - Metallica
21.92M - Panic! At The Disco
21.62M - Bon Jovi
21.32M - Green Day
20.71M - Måneskin
19.53M - Twenty One Pilots
18.28M - Fall Out Boy
17.01M - Aerosmith
16.75M - Paramore
16.44M - Led Zeppelin
16.02M - Foo Fighters
15.61M - Journey
15.51M - Pink Floyd
15.22M - Machine Gun Kelly
13.71M - blink-182
13.26M - The Offspring
12.82M - System Of A Down
12.80M - KISS
12.45M - Nickelback
12.20M - My Chemical Romance
12.07M - Ghost
12.06M - Muse
11.80M - Weezer
11.63M - Cage The Elephant
11.40M - Scorpions
11.26M - Bring Me The Horizon
10.77M - Pearl Jam
10.73M - Van Halen
10.53M - Slipknot
10.45M - Black Sabbath
9.34M - Limp Bizkit
9.18M - The Smashing Pumpkins
9.15M - Disturbed
8.99M - Papa Roach
8.94M - Evanescence
8.81M - Rage Against The Machine
8.79M - Rammstein
8.56M - Ozzy Osbourne
8.54M - 3 Doors Down
8.21M - Three Days Grace
7.93M - YUNGBLUD
7.82M - Korn
7.67M - Iron Maiden
7.33M - Motley Crue
7.15M - Sum 41
6.83M - Jimmy Eat World
6.80M - Avenged Sevenfold
6.45M - Five Finger Death Punch
6.40M - All Time Low
6.35M - Audioslave
6.32M - Def Leppard
6.14M - Deep Purple
6.07M - Deftones
6.02M - Alice In Chains
5.89M - Queens Of The Stone Age
5.87M - Skillet
5.79M - Marilyn Manson
5.72M - Rise Against
5.53M - Incubus
5.47M - Ghostemane
5.46M - Breaking Benjamin
5.27M - Seether
5.21M - Shinedown
5.08M - Stone Temple Pilots
5.07M - Whitesnake
5.00M - Good Charlotte
4.98M - Megadeth
4.69M - Alice Cooper
4.68M - Falling In Reverse
4.50M - Volbeat
4.48M - A Day To Remember
4.37M - Pantera
4.28M - Pierce The Veil
4.15M - Motörhead
4.10M - Hollywood Undead
4.08M - Godsmack
4.01M - Rob Zombie
3.98M - Judas Priest
3.95M - Slayer
3.79M - Placebo
3.71M - Nine Inch Nails
3.66M - AWOLNATION
3.66M - I Prevail
3.63M - ONE OK ROCK
3.50M - Greta Van Fleet
3.39M - Red Jumpsuit…
3.35M - Staind
3.32M - TOOL
3.20M - Bush
3.12M - Faith No More
3.08M - Asking Alexandria
3.08M - Skid Row
3.01M - P.O.D.
2.92M - Danzig
2.92M - Bowling For Soup
2.92M - Theory Of A Deadman
2.87M - The Used
2.83M - Royal Blood
2.81M - Sabaton
2.81M - Daughtry
2.81M - Hinder
2.78M - Thousand Foot Krutch
2.74M - AFI
2.72M - Bad Wolves
2.62M - STARSET
2.59M - Manchester Orchestra
2.57M - Dropkick Murphys
2.55M - Taking Back Sunday
2.55M - Sleeping With Sirens
2.52M - Motionless In White
2.52M - Set It Off
2.49M - PVRIS
2.48M - Halestorm
2.46M - Saliva
2.41M - Neck Deep
2.27M - You Me At Six
2.24M - Chevelle
2.23M - Our Last Night
2.23M - Escape The Fate
2.17M - Lamb Of God
2.17M - Apocalyptica
2.16M - Waterparks
2.13M - IDKHOW
2.10M - Black Veil Brides
2.10M - Killswitch Engage
2.06M - Mayday Parade
2.05M - Within Temptation
2.02M - Alter Bridge
2.02M - Buckcherry
2.00M - Nightwish
1.99M - We Came As Romans
1.96M - The Pretty Reckless
1.91M - Mudvayne
1.91M - The Plot In You
1.90M - MOTHICA
1.90M - Atreyu
1.89M - Misfits
1.89M - Poppy
1.85M - In Flames
1.84M - Parkway Drive
1.80M - Pop Evil
1.79M - The Rasmus
1.77M - DragonForce
1.75M - Palaye Royale
1.73M - Ice Nine Kills
1.70M - Architects
1.69M - Dope
1.68M - New Found Glory
1.67M - Machine Head
1.65M - Anthrax
1.64M - Biffy Clyro
1.63M - Accept
1.61M - Of Mice & Men
1.61M - Bad Religion
1.58M - In This Moment
1.57M - Gojira
1.57M - Beartooth
1.57M - Black Label Society
1.56M - Trivium
1.54M - Dashboard Confessional
1.47M - All That Remains
1.46M - Amaranthe
1.44M - 10 Years
1.43M - Dream Theater
1.42M - Coheed And Cambria
1.42M - Silverstein
1.41M - Slash
1.40M - NOTHING MORE
1.38M - Bad Omens
1.34M - Helloween
1.34M - Amon Amarth
1.33M - Sepultura
1.33M - Static-X
1.32M - Silversun Pickups
1.32M - Hatebreed
1.29M - Fame On Fire
1.29M - Point North
1.28M - Rancid
1.27M - Mastodon
1.26M - Powerwolf
1.25M - Primus
1.25M - Wage War
1.24M - NOFX
1.24M - Polyphia
1.21M - Underoath
1.21M - Memphis May Fire
1.21M - The HU
1.20M - DOROTHY
1.17M - Queensrÿche
1.16M - State Champs
1.13M - Dance Gavin Dance
1.13M - The Word Alive
1.13M - Arch Enemy
1.12M - Testament
1.11M - With Confidence
1.11M - Angels & Airwaves
1.10M - Badflower
1.08M - The Devil Wears Prada
1.07M - Turnstile
1.06M - Spiritbox
1.06M - Thrice
1.04M - Red
1.04M - BABYMETAL
1.04M - Stratovarius
1.03M - Kim Dracula
1.02M - From Ashes To New
1.02M - Hawthorne Heights
1.02M - HammerFall
1.02M - Type O Negative
1.01M - The Ataris
1.00M - Flogging Molly
1.00M - HUNNY
1.00M - Peyton Parrish
1.00M - Clutch
987.0k - Pennywise
983.0k - The Amity Affliction
976.4k - Dead Kennedys
975.4k - As I Lay Dying
945.7k - Senses Fail
943.4k - All Good Things
930.7k - Manowar
922.5k - Sixx:A.M.
910.8k - Fear Factory
905.5k - Cory Marks
903.9k - Sevendust
889.1k - State Of Mine
884.1k - Corey Taylor
881.5k - Stand Atlantic
877.9k - Lorna Shore
832.3k - Fit For A King
830.4k - The Story So Far
821.0k - Cold
820.7k - The Interrupters
818.4k - Caskets
809.7k - Alestorm
803.4k - Holding Absence
801.3k - Cold Hart
786.1k - Dayseeker
776.8k - Blind Guardian
775.4k - Ace Frehley
767.8k - While She Sleeps
764.8k - Descendents
763.4k - Less Than Jake
754.6k - Meg Myers
753.3k - Movements
749.5k - Broadside
740.5k - Opeth
731.5k - Soilwork
727.3k - Steve Vai
725.4k - Lacuna Coil
719.8k - Rival Sons
715.5k - Emmure
711.1k - Avantasia
710.8k - Northlane
709.8k - BONES UK
709.3k - Polaris
688.1k - Icon For Hire
678.9k - Crown The Empire
676.8k - Fire From The Gods
674.7k - DON BROCO
674.5k - Demon Hunter
670.7k - Light The Torch
669.5k - Miss May I
666.7k - Suicide Silence
664.3k - Ministry
658.1k - August Burns Red
656.7k - Kreator
655.9k - Cannibal Corpse
654.2k - Mushroomhead
651.5k - Avatar
648.1k - Meshuggah
647.7k - Joe Satriani
647.3k - Knocked Loose
645.4k - Scene Queen
638.0k - Bayside
636.2k - Municipal Waste
624.0k - Slaughter To Prevail
619.6k - Magnolia Park
615.8k - cleopatrick
607.2k - FEVER 333
605.4k - girlfriends
604.0k - Korpiklaani
599.0k - Andy Black
597.9k - Exodus
595.5k - AS IT IS
591.4k - Boston Manor
584.8k - Eluveitie
589.2k - Alexisonfire
583.2k - Enter Shikari
581.2k - Against Me!
577.0k - Behemoth
575.6k - Dead Poet Society
560.7k - guccihighwaters
559.7k - Bury Tomorrow
550.9k - Upon A Burning Body
555.0k - Currents
554.3k - Alpha Wolf
548.8k - Sonata Arctica
526.2k - LANDMVRKS
518.8k - Monster Magnet
517.8k - Attila
516.3k - Jinjer
513.0k - Melvins
511.5k - L.A. Guns
510.4k - Hyro The Hero
510.0k - Thy Art Is Murder
508.6k - I See Stars
501.2k - Lordi
499.0k - Real Friends
494.4k - Chelsea Grin
492.7k - Soulfly
484.4k - Joyce Manor
478.1k - MxPx
477.7k - The Bouncing Souls
470.6k - Cradle Of Filth
467.8k - Frank Turner
461.5k - Loathe
457.6k - La Dispute
444.1k - Four Year Strong
440.7k - DevilDriver
438.9k - Whitechapel
433.1k - Ill Niño
430.7k - PUP
419.2k - Grayscale
418.7k - Black Flag
397.7k - The Ghost Inside
388.6k - Gloryhammer
388.3k - Knuckle Puck
384.2k - Palisades
382.4k - Amyl and The Sniffers
374.3k - WARGASM (UK)
372.4k - ERRA
366.6k - Periphery
363.9k - Circa Survive
358.9k - After The Burial
355.0k - The Menzingers
354.9k - Amigo The Devil
349.7k - Fit For Rivals
346.5k - Body Count
345.9k - Amorphis
345.4k - The Sword
343.3k - Mammoth WVH
341.7k - Greer
341.7k - Violent Soho
338.2k - The Vandals
338.0k - Until I Wake
333.9k - The Dead Daisies
333.7k - At the Drive-In
330.4k - Jerry Cantrell
330.2k - Paradise Lost
329.5k - Turisas
328.1k - Death Angel
327.7k - Chon
325.3k - Story Untold
325.1k - Lil Lotus
322.6k - Refused
320.2k - Mayhem
319.2k - Fit For An Autopsy
316.7k - Make Them Suffer
314.7k - Through Fire
313.9k - Microwave
313.5k - Vended
313.1k - Animals As Leaders
312.8k - Gemini Syndrome
307.0k - Oceans Ate Alaska
302.6k - Betraying The Martyrs
298.3k - Dirty Honey
293.3k - Heaven Shall Burn
296.0k - Veil Of Maya
295.4k - Night Riots
292.5k - Crystal Lake
289.2k - Thursday
287.8k - The Spill Canvas
283.3k - Obituary
280.9k - Kataklysm
280.2k - Kamelot
277.3k - Killer Be Killed
276.3k - Mark Morton
276.3k - Belmont
273.9k - Born Of Osiris
272.2k - Dark Tranquility
264.1k - Varials
259.4k - Katatonia
259.0k - Seaway
257.8k - Devin Townsend
256.3k - Otep
255.9k - Cane Hill
255.6k - New Years Day
254.1k - Kingdom Of Giants
253.9k - Thousand Below
251.8k - Sylosis
250.0k - Overkill
247.0k - D.R.U.G.S.
244.2k - Nita Strauss
243.2k - Carnifex
243.0k - DED
242.0k - Blacktop Mojo
241.3k - Butcher Babies
240.1k - Decapitated
239.1k - Red Fang
237.2k - Murderdolls
236.0k - Early Eyes
233.8k - The Dillinger Escape Plan
233.5k - Mannequin Pussy
231.5k - Stick To Your Guns
229.9k - Satyricon
224.6k - Gwar
224.6k - Comeback Kid
224.3k - Carcass
223.6k - Zeal & Ardor
223.5k - Norma Jean
221.9k - Candlemass
221.6k - Wintersun
220.9k - Twiztid
220.8k - Ensiferum
218.5k - Every Time I Die
217.0k - Can’t Swim
214.8k - The Black Dahlia Murder
214.6k - The Bronx
212.5k - Orbit Culture
212.4k - King Diamond
212.3k - The Early November
201.8k - Ignite
203.0k - Malevolence
200.6k - Teenage Wrist
198.8k - Napalm Death
198.1k - Hot Water Music
196.6k - At The Gates
194.3k - Power Trip
192.1k - Hollow Front
191.3k - Frank Iero
190.0k - Spite
188.1k - The Linda Lindas
187.4k - Visions Of Atlantis
187.1k - Dying Fetus
186.9k - Darkest Hour
186.5k - Emery
183.2k - Deafheaven
180.4k - Converge
180.2k - All Shall Perish
179.9k - Mr. Bungle
178.4k - Baroness
176.9k - TesseracT
175.8k - Code Orange
174.9k - The Acacia Strain
174.5k - Quicksand
173.7k - Disciple
172.7k - Wolves At The Gate
169.2k - Evergrey
168.1k - Moonspell
168.0k - Drug Church
167.5k - The Halo Effect
166.1k - Insomnium
163.9k - BTBAM
162.9k - Primal Fear
162.6k - Touché Amoré
161.8k - Darkthrone
160.5k - NanowaR Of Steel
160.4k - Stray From The Path
157.7k - Tiger Army
153.7k - Tremonti
151.3k - Wednesday 13
147.9k - Alien Weaponry
147.0k - Ihsahn
146.2k - The Contortionist
143.3k - Armored Saint
142.4k - Black Star Riders
140.5k - Starbenders
139.6k - Protest The Hero
139.2k - Crowbar
138.9k - Spoken
138.4k - Enslaved
136.0k - Silent Planet
135.9k - Unearth
134.2k - Lilith Czar
134.0k - Revocation
133.8k - Terror
132.3k - Oceano
131.4k - Glassjaw
130.0k - Finntroll
128.9k - Doll Skin
126.3k - Marty Friedman
125.1k - Creeper
123.2k - Cattle Decapitation
122.6k - Bleeding Through
121.6k - Tetrarch
120.5k - Kvelertak
118.8k - Eidola
117.9k - Job For A Cowboy
117.9k - Vanna
117.0k - Life Of Agony
116.6k - Vein.fm
116.1k - Nile
110.4k - John 5
110.3k - Within The Ruins
107.1k - Shadows Fall
104.8k - Destruction
103.3k - Cancer Bats
101.6k - Sick Of It All
100.9k - Royal Coda
100.6k - The Letter Black
98.8k - Liquid Tension Ex
98.6k - Marmozets
97.6k - Defeater
97.2k - Toxic Holocaust
95.1k - Dying Wish
94.1k - Love And Death
93.7k - Cro-Mags
93.7k - The Juliana Theory
93.7k - John Petrucci
92.6k - The Agonist
92.3k - Unto Others
91.5k - Poison The Well
91.1k - Impending Doom
89.9k - High On Fire
89.1k - Sacred Reich
86.4k - Strike Anywhere
84.7k - Suffocation
83.7k - Cult Of Luna
81.7k - Despised Icon
81.4k - Like Pacific
80.8k - Throwdown
80.1k - Rivers Of Nihil
78.8k - Stitched Up Heart
78.1k - Warbringer
77.8k - My Dying Bride
77.0k - ONI
73.3k - Evile
73.3k - Kobra And The Lotus
72.0k - Eighteen Visions
70.1k - Dead Lakes
70.1k - Winds Of Plague
69.9k - Tribulation
68.7k - Blaqk Audio
68.5k - Cave In
68.4k - Classless Act
67.1k - Texas In July
67.1k - Horrorpops
67.0k - The Meteors
66.1k - Trapped Under Ice
65.1k - Soul Glo
64.4k - Masked Intruder
64.2k - Harms Way
63.9k - SeeYouSpaceCowboy
63.7k - Nekromantix
61.3k - Sumo Cyco
59.8k - Infected Rain
59.2k - Pig Destroyer
58.9k - War Of Ages
57.1k - Angel Vivaldi
53.6k - Gatecreeper
51.8k - VCTMS
50.5k - Greg Puciato
49.6k - Spirit Adrift
48.1k - Moon Tooth
47.9k - Rotting Out
47.3k - Drag Me Out
44.7k - Jesus Piece
44.0k - ’68
41.8k - KK’s Priest
41.6k - The Callous Daoboys
41.5k - Zao
41.4k - Violent New Breed
41.2k - God Forbid
40.8k - Plague Vendor
39.2k - Kirk Hammett
39.0k - Fireball Ministry
37.0k - Mad Sin
36.1k - DREGG
35.9k - Blood Incantation
34.1k - Alluvial
34.1k - Demented Are Go
33.9k - Nervosa
33.7k - Angelus Apatrida
33.5k - Great American Ghost
33.0k - Wolves In The Throne Room
32.5k - YOB
31.8k - Tomb Mold
31.0k - Higher Power
29.2k - 1914
28.2k - The Red Chord
27.5k - Black Breath
27.4k - Integrity
26.4k - Vio-Lence
24.8k - Le Butcherettes
24.0k - Sleeping Giant
23.1k - Wristmeetrazor
23.0k - DREAMCAR
22.4k - Escuela Grind
21.8k - Beneath The Massacre
19.2k - The Haxans
19.2k - Creeping Death
17.0k - Evil Invaders
13.3k - Bonded By Blood
11.8k - All Pigs Must Die
11.5k - Witch Vomit
11.1k - Mammoth Grinder