The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is the only track ever to pass 5 billion Spotify plays, leading a top 10 that spans a decade of streaming-era hits.
Quick answer: 1. Blinding Lights, 2. Shape of You, 3. Sweater Weather, 4. Starboy, 5. As It Was, 6. Someone You Loved, 7. One Dance, 8. Sunflower, 9. Perfect, 10. STAY.
Spotify play counts are the closest thing pop music has to a universal scoreboard, and a handful of songs have racked up numbers that dwarf everything else in the catalog. This list ranks the ten most-streamed individual tracks in Spotify history by their total cumulative all-time plays. The leaders are a mix of modern chart-toppers and slow-burning catalog songs that kept accumulating streams for years. The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran each place two songs in the top ten, while a 2013 track like "Sweater Weather" shows how a long social-media resurgence can push an older song past far newer hits.
The clear all-time leader and the only song ever to pass 5 billion Spotify streams, crossing that mark on August 31, 2025. Its synth-pop hook made it a defining track of the streaming era.
Long the all-time streaming leader before Blinding Lights overtook it, and now closing in on the 5 billion mark itself. It remains one of the most ubiquitous pop singles of the decade.
A 2013 track that kept accumulating streams for over a decade, powered by a long social-media resurgence. Its staying power lifted it above far newer hits.
The Weeknd's second entry in the top 10, giving him two of the four most-streamed songs in Spotify history. Its Daft Punk collaboration became a streaming juggernaut in its own right.
The fastest-rising entry in the top tier, reaching this level in just a few years since its 2022 release. It climbed faster than any other song on the list.
Lewis Capaldi's breakout ballad and one of the most-streamed songs ever by a UK solo artist. Its slow-building emotional pull kept it in heavy rotation for years.
One of the earliest tracks to dominate the streaming era and long among Spotify's most-played songs. Its Afrobeats-inflected groove made it a global crossover.
From the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack, this was the eighth song to cross 4 billion streams. Its soundtrack tie-in helped it reach audiences well beyond the charts.
Ed Sheeran's second entry in the top 10, both drawn from his 2017 album Divide. The wedding-favorite ballad has quietly amassed one of the largest stream counts of any love song.
Rounds out the top 10 just under the 4 billion mark and closing on the songs above it. The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber turned its short runtime into one of the era's most-replayed hits.
| # | Name | artist | releaseYear | featuredArtists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blinding Lights | The Weeknd | 2019 | None |
| 2 | Shape of You | Ed Sheeran | 2017 | None |
| 3 | Sweater Weather | The Neighbourhood | 2013 | None |
| 4 | Starboy | The Weeknd | 2016 | Daft Punk |
| 5 | As It Was | Harry Styles | 2022 | None |
| 6 | Someone You Loved | Lewis Capaldi | 2018 | None |
| 7 | One Dance | Drake | 2016 | Wizkid & Kyla |
| 8 | Sunflower | Post Malone & Swae Lee | 2018 | Swae Lee |
| 9 | Perfect | Ed Sheeran | 2017 | None |
| 10 | STAY | The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber | 2021 | Justin Bieber |
Songs are ranked by total cumulative all-time plays on Spotify, from highest (rank 1) to lowest. Play-count figures are taken from kworb.net, which aggregates Spotify's own public play counts, and corroborated against Wikipedia's List of Spotify streaming records. Only individual tracks are counted (not albums or artist totals), and each song is counted by its primary or most-streamed Spotify track version. Figures are current as of early July 2026 and continue to climb daily, so exact totals are point-in-time snapshots; the ordering reflects the standings on that date.
"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd is the most-streamed song in Spotify history. It is the only track ever to pass 5 billion streams, crossing that milestone on August 31, 2025, and remains the clear all-time leader with over 5.48 billion plays as of early July 2026.
As of early July 2026, all ten songs in this list are at or near the 4 billion mark. "Blinding Lights" and "Shape of You" have gone well past it, with "Blinding Lights" the only song above 5 billion, while "STAY" sits just under 4 billion and is closing in.
The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran each place two songs in the top 10. The Weeknd is represented by "Blinding Lights" (No. 1) and "Starboy" (No. 4), while Ed Sheeran has "Shape of You" (No. 2) and "Perfect" (No. 9), both from his 2017 album Divide.
The figures are drawn from kworb.net, which aggregates Spotify's own public play counts, and corroborated against Wikipedia's List of Spotify streaming records. Because streams accumulate daily, the totals are point-in-time snapshots current as of early July 2026.