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Taylor Swift Tops Spotify All-Time Streams, Beats Bad Bunny

4/26/2026

Summary

Story summary

Taylor Swift became Spotify’s most-streamed artist of all time, overtaking Bad Bunny in the platform’s first all-time rankings.
Spotify released its inaugural global all-time most-streamed lists on April 23-24, 2026, which show Bad Bunny’s *Un Verano Sin Ti* topping the albums list with 22 billion streams.
Spotify reports 290 million subscribers and 751 million users in 184 markets, representing roughly 31 % of the worldwide music-streaming market.

History

Historical Context

In 2008 Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon launched Spotify in Sweden, quickly growing to about 40 million subscribers and becoming the dominant subscription-based music service. After a high-profile 2014 dispute that saw Swift pull her catalog and later return in 2017, her streams have surged, and by 2026 she has overtaken Bad Bunny on Spotify’s all-time charts, illustrating streaming’s rise from niche startup to global music hub.

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Story summary

Taylor Swift became Spotify’s most-streamed artist of all time, overtaking Bad Bunny in the platform’s first all-time rankings.
Spotify released its inaugural global all-time most-streamed lists on April 23-24, 2026, which show Bad Bunny’s *Un Verano Sin Ti* topping the albums list with 22 billion streams.
Spotify reports 290 million subscribers and 751 million users in 184 markets, representing roughly 31 % of the worldwide music-streaming market.

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