The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" sits atop Spotify's all-time chart with 5.6 billion streams — ranked here by cumulative plays per track.
Quick answer: 1. Blinding Lights, 2. Shape of You, 3. Sweater Weather, 4. Starboy, 5. As It Was, 6. One Dance, 7. Sunflower, 8. Someone You Loved, 9. Perfect, 10. Stay.
Only ten songs in Spotify's 20-year history have crossed 4 billion streams, and The Weeknd owns the summit with a record that keeps growing: "Blinding Lights" is the first song ever to pass 5 billion plays. This list ranks them by cumulative all-time stream count, from synth-pop blockbusters to a 2012 slow burner that refused to fade.
The Weeknd's 2019 synth-pop anthem has held Spotify's all-time crown since January 1, 2023, and was the first song to cross 5 billion streams — it still gains about 3 million plays a day. It was the IFPI Global Single of 2020, the best-selling track of that year worldwide.
Ed Sheeran's 2017 smash held the most-streamed crown for 1,928 days — from September 2017 until "Blinding Lights" overtook it in January 2023. It was the first song to cross 2 billion and then 3 billion Spotify streams, a pace nothing else matched at the time.
The Neighbourhood's hazy 2012 slow burner found its second life a decade after release as a streaming and TikTok phenomenon. It is the most-streamed song released in 2012, and the biggest alternative-rock hit of the streaming era.
The title track from The Weeknd's 2016 album pairs him with Daft Punk and topped the Billboard Hot 100. It is one of two Weeknd songs in the all-time top 10, and it is still gaining nearly 4 million streams a day.
Harry Styles' 2022 comeback single is the most-streamed song released in 2022, sitting just under 4.7 billion plays. Its parent album, Harry's House, won Album of the Year at the 2023 Grammys.
Drake's 2016 Afrobeats-tinged hit was the first song ever to reach 1 billion Spotify streams, and it held the all-time crown for 338 days. It remains the most-streamed Drake track on the platform.
The Post Malone and Swae Lee collaboration from the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack is the most-streamed song released in 2018 — and the most-streamed soundtrack song in Spotify history.
Lewis Capaldi's piano ballad spent seven weeks at UK #1 and three weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, winning Song of the Year at the 2020 BRIT Awards. It is the second-most-streamed song released in 2019, behind only "Blinding Lights."
Ed Sheeran's wedding-song juggernaut is his second entry on this list, from the same ÷ album as "Shape of You." It spent six weeks at UK #1, including the 2017 Christmas week.
The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber's 2021 synth-pop collaboration ruled the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks. It is the most-streamed song released in 2021.
| # | Name | album | artist | releaseYear | streamsBillions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blinding Lights | After Hours | The Weeknd | 2019 | 5.597 |
| 2 | Shape of You | ÷ (Divide) | Ed Sheeran | 2017 | 5.104 |
| 3 | Sweater Weather | I Love You. | The Neighbourhood | 2012 | 4.889 |
| 4 | Starboy | Starboy | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | 2016 | 4.764 |
| 5 | As It Was | Harry's House | Harry Styles | 2022 | 4.632 |
| 6 | One Dance | Views | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | 2016 | 4.474 |
| 7 | Sunflower | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (soundtrack) | Post Malone and Swae Lee | 2018 | 4.468 |
| 8 | Someone You Loved | Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | Lewis Capaldi | 2019 | 4.441 |
| 9 | Perfect | ÷ (Divide) | Ed Sheeran | 2017 | 4.116 |
| 10 | Stay | F*CK LOVE 3: OVER YOU | The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber | 2021 | 4.08 |
Ranked by cumulative all-time Spotify stream count per track, using kworb.net's public Spotify charts (updated daily) as the primary source, cross-checked against Spotify's own official 20th-anniversary all-time rankings published in April 2026. Figures are rounded to three decimal places of a billion from the latest data (September 20, 2026). Spotify counts a stream after roughly 30 seconds of playback; remixes, live versions, and re-recordings are tracked separately and do not combine with the original.
"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd, with about 5.597 billion cumulative streams as of September 20, 2026. It has held Spotify's all-time most-streamed crown since January 1, 2023, and was the first song to pass the 5-billion-stream mark (Ed Sheeran’s "Shape of You" has since crossed 5 billion as well).
Spotify counts a play as a stream once roughly 30 seconds of the track has been listened to. The totals on this page are cumulative all-time plays of each song's primary version — remixes, live recordings, and re-recordings are tracked as separate songs.
Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You." It held the all-time crown for 1,928 days, from September 21, 2017, until "Blinding Lights" passed it on January 1, 2023. Before that, Drake's "One Dance" — the first song ever to reach 1 billion Spotify streams — held the record for 338 days.
Fast. "Blinding Lights" still gains around 3 million streams a day, and Arctic Monkeys' "I Wanna Be Yours" — currently #11 at 4.01 billion — is gaining nearly 4 million a day, so it could break into the top 10 next. Totals on this page are refreshed against kworb's daily Spotify charts; treat each figure as a snapshot, not a live count.
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