Earlier this year, we began tracking how many monthly listeners hard rock and heavy metal artists have been getting on Spotify. Where did we get this data? It's all publicly available on artists' pages.
Please note, this is not an exact science, the rankings should not be taken as fact, as these are just ranking relative to the other artists we chose for this study. Meaning, there could be artists that may not have been listed who have more listens. We try to keep the list as accurate as possible, so if you know an artist missing, please mention it in the comments and we'll add it for next month.
Here are the readings for the last 30 days. You can see our previous standings here.
Based on comparisons of the top artists from last months, it looks like rock got a small bump in listens compared to last month. How do these numbers look to you?
- Queen: 32 million
- AC/DC: 18 million
- Linkin Park: 16.7 million
- Guns N’ Roses: 16.5 million
- Metallica: 14.1 million
- Nirvana: 13.4 million
- Aerosmith: 13 million
- Led Zeppelin: 13 million
- Foo Fighters: 10.8 million
- Pearl Jam: 8.6 million
- System of A Down: 8.4 million
- Van Halen: 8.4 million
- Kiss: 7.5 million
- Scorpions: 7.5 million
- Disturbed: 7.3 million
- Papa Roach: 7.1 million
- Black Sabbath: 7 million
- Slipknot: 6.8 million
- Rage Against The Machine: 6.1 milion
- Limp Bizkit: 6 million
- Ozzy Osbourne: 5.9 million
- Three Days Grace: 5.6 million
- Deep Purple: 5.6 million
- Rammstein: 5.6 million
- Evanesence: 5.6 million
- Marilyn Manson: 5.6 million
- Iron Maiden: 5.4 million
- Motley Crue: 5.2 million
- Korn: 5.1 million
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5.1 million
- Rise Against: 5 million
- Whitesnake: 4.8 million
- Skillet: 4.8 million
- Def Leppard: 4.7 million
- Soundgarden: 4.6 million
- Audioslave: 4.6 million
- Five Finger Death Punch: 4.6 million
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4.6 million
- Breaking Benjamin: 4.4 million
- Blue Oyster Cult: 4.4 million
- Shinedown: 4.3 million
- Bring Me the Horizon: 4.2 million
- Seether: 4.1 million
- Alice in Chains: 4.1 million
- A Day to Remember: 3.7 million
- Volbeat: 3.7 million
- Stone Sour: 3.6 million
- Thin Lizzy: 3.4 million
- Godsmack: 3.4 million
- Motorhead: 3.4 million
- Tool: 3.2 million
- Pantera: 3.2 million
- Twisted Sister: 3.1 million
- Theory of a Deadman: 3.1 million
- Bullet For My Valentine: 3 million
- Poison: 2.9 million
- Judas Priest: 2.8 million
- Quiet Riot: 2.8 million
- Bad Wolves: 2.8 million
- Puddle Of Mudd: 2.7 million
- Megadeth: 2.7 million
- I Prevail: 2.6 million
- Greta Van Fleet: 2.4 million
- Skid Row: 2.4 million
- Faith No More: 2.4 million
- Rob Zombie: 2.4 million
- Asking Alexandria: 2.3 million
- Deftones: 2.1 million
- Drowning Pool: 2.1 million
- Killswitch Engage: 2.1 million
- Ghost: 2 million
- Dio: 1.9 million
- Alter Bridge: 1.9 million
- Slayer: 1.8 million
- Starset: 1.8 million
- Sabaton: 1.8 million
- Halestorm: 1.7 million
- Our Last Night: 1.7 million
- Trivium: 1.6 million
- Atreyu: 1.6 million
- Warrant: 1.6 million
- Mudvayne: 1.5 million
- Pop Evil: 1.5 million
- Of Mice & Men: 1.5 million
- Slash: 1.5 million
- Nightwish: 1.5 million
- In Flames: 1.4 million
- Dragonforce: 1.4 million
- The Cult: 1.3 million
- All That Remains: 1.3 million
- In This Moment: 1.3 million
- Lamb of God: 1.3 million
- Within Temptation: 1.3 million
- Parkway Drive: 1.3 million
- Machine Head: 1.3 million
- Misfits: 1.3 million
- Dope: 1.2 million
- Dream Theater: 1.2 million
- The Pretty Reckless: 1.2 million
- Amon Amarth: 1.1 million
- Nothing More: 1.1 million
- Static-X: 1.1 million
- Anthrax: 1.1 million
- Motionless in White: 1.1 million
- Helloween: 1.1 million
- As I Lay Dying: 1 million
- Danzig: 1 million
- Gojira: 993000
- Airbourne: 989000
- Adelitas Way: 980000
- White Zombie: 974000
- Sevendust: 960000
- Coheed and Cambria: 957000
- RATT: 948000
- Black Stone Cherry: 908000
- Mastodon: 908000
- HELLYEAH: 891000
- The Amity Affliction: 865000
- Amaranthe: 864000
- Accept: 846000
- Sepultura: 836000
- Soil: 774000
- Lacuna Coil: 771000
- Architects: 754000
- Babymetal: 750000
- Wage War: 745000
- Opeth: 718000
- Tesla: 715000
- Hammerfall: 715000
- Queensryche: 710000
- Children of Bodom: 692000
- Arch Enemy: 661000
- Alestorm: 638000
- Manowar: 638000
- Uriah Heep: 632000
- Living Colour: 615000
- Riot: 606000
- Hatebreed: 602000
- Insane Clown Posse: 597000
- Fear Factory: 593000
- Suicidal Tendencies: 584000
- August Burns Red: 581000
- The Devil Wears Prada: 557000
- Clutch: 549000
- Type O Negative: 542000
- Steel Panther: 538000
- Testament: 530000
- Refused: 527000
- Skindred: 522000
- Eluveitie: 520000
- Fozzy: 518000
- Jinjer: 513000
- Sonata Arctica: 498000
- Cold 494000
- Epica: 487000
- Meshuggah: 461000
- Blind Guardian: 460000
- Whitechapel: 447000
- Thy Art is Murder: 446000
- Northlane: 443000
- Death: 437000
- Korpiklaani: 429000
- Dethklok: 413000
- Polyphia: 405000
- After The Burial: 397000
- Demon Hunter: 393000
- Periphery: 393000
- Bury Tomorrow: 392000
- Suicide Silence: 387000
- Attila: 386000
- Soulfly: 385000
- Avantasia: 374000
- Cradle of Filth: 374000
- Soilwork: 372000
- Light the Torch: 369000
- Turisas: 359000
- Chon: 339000
- Avatar: 338000
- Cannibal Corpse: 329000
- Behemoth: 320000
- Bad Omens: 318000
- Kamelot: 317000
- Exodus: 302000
- Dirty Honey: 297000
- Dimmu Borgir: 293000
- Chelsea Grin: 283000
- Monster Magnet: 281000
- New Years Day: 270000
- Delain: 266000
- Emmure: 266000
- The Ghost Inside: 265000
- KMFDM: 264000
- Krokus: 260000
- Animals As Leaders: 257000
- Veil of Maya: 256000
- Kreator: 256000
- Corrosion of Conformity: 255000
- Spineshank: 254000
- Born of Osiris: 248000
- Fit For An Autopsy: 246000
- Mercyful Fate: 239000
- Equilibrium: 233000
- Sonic Syndicate: 232000
- King Diamond: 232000
- Dark Tranquility: 229000
- Mayhem: 225000
- Baroness: 223000
- Ensiferum: 223000
- Overkill: 223000
- Venom: 214000
- Devin Townsend: 214000
- Red Fang: 213000
- Code Orange: 210000
- Pain: 205000
- Stick To Your Guns: 204000
- Turmion Kätilöt: 204000
- Diamond Head: 202000
- Every Time I Die: 199000
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 196000
- Plini: 196000
- Otep: 194000
- Tesseract: 194000
- Between the Buried and Me: 192000
- Sleep: 190000
- Heaven Shall Burn: 184000
- Elvenking: 180000
- The Contortionist: 177000
- Carnifex: 177000
- Rhapsody of Fire: 172000
- The Dillinger Escape Plan 171000
- At the Gates: 170000
- Death Angel: 169000
- Caliban: 166000
- 3Teeth: 165000
- The Browning: 163000
- Gamma Ray: 153000
- Cult of Luna: 153000
- Cattle Decapitation: 152000
- Strapping Young Lad: 151,000
- Alien Weaponry: 148000
- Chimaira: 147000
- Deicide: 144000
- Burzum: 139000
- Rotting Christ: 138000
- Crobot: 136000
- Municipal Waste: 135000
- Metal Church: 135000
- Kobra & the Lotus 135000
- Satyricon: 132000
- Dying Fetus: 131000
- Finntroll: 131000
- Unearth: 124000
- Karnivool: 124000
- Converge: 123000
- Darkthrone: 121000
- Shadows Fall: 121000
- The Unguided: 120000
- Carcass: 119000
- Protest The Hero: 119000
- Bloodbath: 117000
- The Acacia Strain: 117000
- High on Fire: 115000
- Celtic Frost: 115000
- Myrkur: 113000
- Deafheaven: 113000
- If These Trees Could Talk: 112000
- Oh, Sleeper: 107000
- Gwar: 103000
- Kvelertak: 100000
- Wintersun: 99000
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 98000
- Scar Symmetry: 98000
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 97000
- Within the Ruins: 91000
- Darkest Hour: 91000
- Emperor: 89000
- Havok: 85000
- Decapitated: 83000
- The Agonist: 82000
- Dark Funeral: 74000
- Allegaeon: 72000
- Marduk: 71000
- Bloodywood: 69000
- Torche: 68000
- Cellar Darling: 67000
- Revocation: 67000
- The Faceless: 67000
- Armored Saint: 67000
- Isis: 64000
- Neurosis: 64000
- Warbringer: 62000
- Rivers of Nihil: 60000
- Crowbar: 59000
- Nuclear Assault: 59000
- Vein: 53000
- Uneven Structure: 52000
- Yob: 45000
- Nachtblut: 30000
- The Warning: 27000
- Green Lung: 18000
- Sanctuary: 18000
- Evil Invaders: 9,000
