Sometimes I wonder if this list is getting too long, but then I remember you can never have too much metal!
Welcome to this month's edition of the Spotify Mega List, where we rank metal and hard rock bands by their Spotify listeners. Just like last month, we calculated how each band changed in monthly listeners from the previous month. The vast majority saw a big rise in followers, with the largest being the legendary Ozzy Osbourne with 1,353,048 new followers. See a band you don't recognize? Looking for some new tunes? Click each band's name to be taken directly to their Spotify page.
As always, 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.
How do these numbers look to you? What surprises you the most?
- Queen: 32,742,033 +128,761
- Linkin Park: 17,717,120 +132,509
- AC/DC: 17,482,868 +312,722
- Guns N’ Roses: 17,302,836 +449,219
- Bon Jovi: 15,925,907 +774,571
- Metallica: 14,819,708 +323,448
- Aerosmith: 13,902,451 +663,343
- Nirvana: 13,609,253 +218,407
- Led Zeppelin: 13,477,979 +173,807
- Pink Floyd: 12,581,766 +17,532
- Foo Fighters: 10,873,863 -184,739
- Pearl Jam: 10,007,025 +270,122
- Ozzy Osbourne: 8,792,364 +1,353,048
- System of A Down: 8,583,659 +65,437
- Van Halen: 8,467,075 +356,561
- Scorpions: 7,874,543 +275,991
- Kiss: 7,834,791 +204,634
- Disturbed: 7,719,646 +101,628
- Papa Roach: 7,360,174 +104,603
- Black Sabbath: 7,326,726 +252,967
- Slipknot: 7,086,244 +58,560
- Rage Against The Machine: 6,759,926 +361,032
- Limp Bizkit: 6,205,663 +137,801
- Rammstein: 6,051,972 -1,091
- Evanesence: 5,971,726 +128,537
- Deep Purple: 5,935,171 +80,006
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5,933,542 +345,850
- Three Days Grace: 5,902,950 +190,313
- Five Finger Death Punch: 5,490,955 +220,372
- Iron Maiden: 5,482,043 +173,988
- Motley Crue: 5,326,089 +185,470
- Korn: 5,181,244 +126,656
- Whitesnake: 5,045,081 +198,688
- Skillet: 5,016,351 +119,337
- Def Leppard: 4,988,388 +282,356
- Rise Against: 4,882,495 +113,883
- Audioslave: 4,882,074 +143,156
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4,846,189 +54,765
- Bring Me the Horizon: 4,678,122 -276,469
- Breaking Benjamin: 4,673,800 +8,162
- Shinedown: 4,591,789 +94,736
- Marilyn Manson: 4,571,174 -30,713
- Soundgarden: 4,491,095 +65,175
- Seether: 4,260,988 +119,527
- Alice in Chains: 4,238,197 +64,634
- A Day to Remember: 3,990,257 +36,438
- Volbeat: 3,705,557 +27,054
- Stone Sour: 3,689,578 +51,547
- Blue Oyster Cult: 3,648,003 +106,417
- Motorhead: 3,595,510 +56,031
- Rush: 3,550,708 -410,167
- Theory of a Deadman: 3,529,845 +185,620
- Thin Lizzy: 3,499,182 +78,081
- Godsmack: 3,437,208 +94,487
- Pantera: 3,391,563 +144,467
- Twisted Sister: 3,243,297 +128,804
- Poison: 3,145,879 +167,380
- Bullet For My Valentine: 3,063,188 +75,608
- Judas Priest: 2,979,767 +71,521
- Megadeth: 2,913,496 +106,172
- Quiet Riot: 2,908,246 +137,512
- Bad Wolves: 2,902,608 -51,266
- Falling In Reverse: 2,889,564 +303,856
- Tool: 2,770,327 -91,035
- Faith No More: 2,766,011 +166,639
- I Prevail: 2,744,653 -57,723
- Puddle Of Mudd: 2,728,717 +95,684
- Asking Alexandria: 2,560,751 +161,440
- Skid Row: 2,537,397 +106,751
- Greta Van Fleet: 2,338,406 -73,379
- Deftones: 2,224,985 +51,509
- Drowning Pool: 2,152,103 +51,329
- Rob Zombie: 2,118,503 +67,165
- Killswitch Engage: 2,075,768 +14,766
- Dio: 1,960,048 +1,412
- Sabaton: 1,910,969 +4,199
- Nightwish: 1,901,435 +352,559
- Starset: 1,895,218 +6,483
- Slayer: 1,888,965 +59,432
- Our Last Night: 1,848,789 +157,629
- Alter Bridge: 1,834,779 +51,041
- Ghost: 1,738,242 -66,105
- Lamb of God: 1,715,594 +418,698
- Halestorm: 1,707,262 +15,088
- Warrant: 1,662,849 +69,480
- Trivium: 1,641,446 +76,605
- Atreyu: 1,622,668 -15,033
- In This Moment: 1,593,187 +197,966
- Silverstein: 1,492,079 +154,645
- Parkway Drive: 1,480,993 +80,892
- Mudvayne: 1,475,636 +37,250
- Pop Evil: 1,433,368 +29,940
- The Cult: 1,428,073 +36,406
- Dragonforce: 1,423,496 +42,763
- In Flames: 1,410,426 -21,127
- Of Mice & Men: 1,390,438 -29,148
- Machine Head: 1,385,985 +185,476
- All That Remains: 1,377,812 +29,762
- Slash: 1,365,049 +610
- Within Temptation: 1,347,464 -3,367
- Motionless in White: 1,340,514 +43,759
- Dream Theater: 1,250,742 +16,545
- Static-X: 1,226,139 +153,717
- The Amity Affliction: 1,207,866 +116,172
- Dope: 1,206,790 +28,860
- Sepultura: 1,177,853 +188,144
- The Pretty Reckless: 1,164,890 +14,793
- Amaranthe: 1,141,954 +70,085
- Amon Amarth: 1,140,703 +29,356
- Anthrax: 1,135,221 +44,034
- Nothing More: 1,092,833 -22,119
- Danzig: 1,084,899 +61,270
- Primus: 1,083,374 +67,620
- As I Lay Dying: 1,083,082 +31,426
- Gojira: 1,079,882 +54,109
- Helloween: 1,003,075 -16,340
- Adelitas Way: 994,288 +18,910
- Airbourne: 992,511 +24,223
- Ice Nine Kills: 990,501 -13,121
- White Zombie: 990,367 +49,218
- RATT: 988,597 +40,959
- Coheed and Cambria: 983,460 +41,229
- Mastodon: 980,503 +14,860
- Misfits: 971,255 +24,271
- Underoath: 953,069 +19,194
- Sevendust: 920,478 -4,283
- Accept: 877,399 +21,630
- A.S.P: 861,219 Recently Added
- Black Stone Cherry: 859,742 +9,647
- HELLYEAH: 833,794 +2,771
- Wage War: 811,213 +27,475
- Tesla: 785,745 +63,231
- Architects: 774,092 -15,191
- August Burns Red: 765,811 +181,281
- Queensryche: 761,114 +24,755
- Hammerfall: 758,098 -6,443
- Testament: 740,269 +187,177
- Hatebreed: 727,460 +103,861
- Riot: 719,070 +34,885
- Children of Bodom: 709,415 +14,799
- Bury Tomorrow: 703,394 +93,785
- Living Colour: 702,830 +32,416
- Manowar: 701,553 +30,850
- Opeth: 695,251 +3,410
- Alestorm: 692,464 +21,542
- Arch Enemy: 688,000 +23,951
- Soil: 686,408 -3,282
- Uriah Heep: 673,333 +15,842
- Lacuna Coil: 647,160 -1,260
- Fear Factory: 624,573 +17,811
- Fozzy: 620,980 +40,885
- Clutch: 620,489 +48,534
- Suicide Silence: 608,817 +41,891
- Suicidal Tendencies: 597,019 +22,413
- Babymetal: 546,348 +9,711
- Type O Negative: 533,581 +10,361
- Eluveitie: 528,854 +8,608
- Skindred: 524,006 +8,136
- Saxon: 521,626 +11,213
- Korpiklaani: 517,469 +7,766
- Meshuggah: 515,509 +30,640
- Bad Omens: 515,260 +37,925
- Fit For a King: 510,012 +11,031
- Sonata Arctica: 506,387 +11
- The Devil Wears Prada: 502,818 +12,357
- Insane Clown Posse: 502,553 -11,644
- Steel Panther: 499,366 +17,427
- Cold: 499,107 +9,240
- Porcupine Tree: 495,883 +12,363
- Epica: 488,289 +2,825
- Death: 480,858 +15,120
- Polyphia: 479,711 +8,609
- Blind Guardian: 469,686 -10,194
- Northlane: 468,922 +8,959
- Heaven Shall Burn: 466,425 +85,659
- Whitechapel: 449,118 +8,861
- Dethklok: 443,601 +16,140
- Soulfly: 442,919 +31,776
- Code Orange: 439,028 +58,313
- After The Burial: 433,841 +12,986
- Thy Art is Murder: 433,322 +3,020
- Jinjer: 417,754 +906
- The Plot In You: 415,324 +11,198
- Refused: 412,107 -15,294
- Attila: 409,506 +8,922
- Demon Hunter: 406,830 -8,082
- Periphery: 400,314 -13,243
- Avantasia: 393,419 +4,294
- Exodus: 389,466 +12,473
- Turisas: 387,022 +11,778
- Cradle of Filth: 370,222 +11,577
- Behemoth: 369,227 -7,423
- Kvelertak: 359,986 +69,618
- Chon: 358,094 +8,014
- Cannibal Corpse: 356,767 +20,280
- Avatar: 354,140 +2,816
- Delain: 349,591 +56,667
- Dirty Honey: 339,406 +12,257
- Soilwork: 338,099 -398
- Amorphus: 334,305 Recently Added
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 333,362 +133,752
- Crobot: 332,462 +125,988
- Light the Torch: 330,440 +723
- Volumes: 325,154 +80,936
- Kamelot: 324,904 +7,947
- Monster Magnet: 314,593 +11,036
- Chelsea Grin: 310,280 +9,598
- Kreator: 309,177 +8,916
- Corrosion of Conformity: 308,105 +19,523
- Dimmu Borgir: 301,693 +3,283
- Animals As Leaders: 294,773 +2,378
- Poets of the Fall: 286,087 +2,585
- Emmure: 281,000 +6,004
- Overkill: 275,744 +4,468
- The Ghost Inside: 275,499 +5,571
- Veil of Maya: 272,591 +9,809
- Krokus: 271,163 +7,255
- New Years Day: 270,015 -2,404
- KMFDM: 269,614 -1,508
- Born of Osiris: 268,176 +10,733
- Spineshank: 263,618 -98
- Anathema: 262,235 +7,878
- Knocked Loose: 260,800 +7,090
- Diamond Head: 249,968 +12,638
- Equilibrium: 249,863 +5,541
- Turmion Kätilöt: 249,721 +37,800
- Venom: 244,894 +20,679
- Mercyful Fate: 244,776 +15,298
- Sonic Syndicate: 240,761 +5,478
- Ensiferum: 239,872 +9,277
- Secrets: 234,099 -2,112
- Devin Townsend: 226,860 -2,331
- Baroness: 226,138 +4,386
- King Diamond: 219,959 -149
- Dark Tranquility: 218,909 +4,663
- Red Fang: 217,487 +5,893
- Every Time I Die: 215,197 -1,697
- Pain: 214,483 +4,118
- Plini: 211,335 +5,272
- Myrkur: 211,228 +23,856
- Between the Buried and Me: 205,344 -41
- 3Teeth: 201,626 +8,151
- Stick To Your Guns: 201,544 -4,106
- TesseracT: 198,507 +1,313
- Insomnium: 193,595 Recently Added
- Otep: 191,010 +2,379
- Sleep: 190,470 +4,592
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: 188,165 +1,894
- Counterparts: 187,143 -2,636
- Fit For An Autopsy: 183,400 -14,248
- Rhapsody of Fire: 179,608 +2,994
- Death Angel: 178,708 +876
- The Contortionist: 178,107 +5,651
- Riverside: 175,412 +2,006
- Strapping Young Lad: 174,157 +5,238
- The Birthday Massacre: 174,018 +7,181
- The Browning: 173,235 +3,520
- Cattle Decapitation: 169,692 -24,898
- Mayhem: 167,082 -4,738
- Caliban: 166,710 -1,957
- At the Gates: 163,831 +1,955
- Rotting Christ: 158,837 +2,861
- Chimaira: 156,515 +7,335
- Alien Weaponry: 154,847 -744
- Burzum: 152,301 +1,804
- The Acacia Strain: 151,793 -8,479
- Kobra & the Lotus 150,222 -3,936
- Deicide: 149,386 +4,077
- Elvenking: 148,279 -1,215
- Carnifex: 148,042 -629
- Metal Church: 147,729 +9,973
- Satyricon: 142,254 +3,963
- Gamma Ray: 142,141 +491
- Finntroll: 138,102 +5,509
- Karnivool: 137,599 +6,502
- Dying Fetus: 135,684 +2,530
- Biohazard: 131,984 +9,810
- Converge: 130,993 -5,899
- Shadows Fall: 130,513 +1,699
- Unearth: 130,100 +1,246
- Protest The Hero: 128,369 +1,710
- The Unguided: 127,738 +915
- High on Fire: 125,304 +5,505
- Carcass: 125,133 -22,942
- Municipal Waste: 124,038 +2,524
- Deafheaven: 119,709 +1,956
- Celtic Frost: 115,741 +3,541
- Darkthrone: 113,732 -456
- If These Trees Could Talk: 111,078 -1,875
- Bloodbath: 108,321 +847
- Darkest Hour: 107,404 +1,842
- Gwar: 107,277 +1,692
- Heidevolk: 105,376 +10,139
- Havok: 103,349 +13,967
- Scar Symmetry: 99,838 +1,584
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 95,920 -54
- Nevermore: 95,362 Recently Added
- Wintersun: 91,872 +1,169
- Cult of Luna: 91,819 -4,389
- Emperor: 90,616 +3,805
- Bolt Thrower: 90,536 +3,760
- Within the Ruins: 89,027 +3,649
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 87,412 -1,469
- Decapitated: 85,928 +1,270
- Nuclear Assault: 84,416 +3,565
- The Agonist: 82,128 -1,059
- The Ocean: 75,997 Recently Added
- Dark Funeral: 75,005 +732
- Rivers of Nihil: 74,354 +9,855
- Oh, Sleeper: 73,836 -964
- Marduk: 72,788 +584
- Bloodywood: 71,854 +5,619
- Cellar Darling: 71,044 -3,339
- The Faceless: 70,566 +2,097
- Antimatter: 69,885 +2,549
- Isis: 69,648 +1,229
- Devilskin: 69,137 -4,280
- Armored Saint: 67,449 +1,499
- Revocation: 66,915 +5,223
- Toxic Holocaust: 66,904 +989
- Crowbar: 62,022 +3,833
- Torche: 61,816 -2,108
- Allegaeon: 60,337 -890
- Neurosis: 59,379 +2,580
- Warbringer: 55,985 +384
- Infected Rain: 54,826 -2,816
- Vein: 51,755 -587
- Wednesday 13: 46,363 Recently Added
- Yob: 41,227 +1,480
- Aborted: 39,927 +802
- Iron Reagan: 38,394 Recently Added
- Nachtblut: 36,481 +2,863
- Uneven Structure: 35,160 +2,065
- Beneath the Massacre: 34,379 +10,934
- The Warning: 31,874 +1,234
- Employed To Serve: 29,348 Recently Added
- Imonolith: 29,001 Recently Added
- Green Lung: 27,782 +2,701
- Rolo Tomassi: 22,402 Recently Added
- Sanctuary: 20,786 +1,758
- Lovebites: 19,847 -2,064
- Brutality Will Prevail: 16,124 Recently Added
- Arrival of Autumn: 13,916 -3,039
- A Dark Halo: 13,788 -5,446
- Baest: 13,469 +643
- Divine Chaos: 11,545 Recently Added
- Lords of the Trident: 10,099 +1,478
- Evil Scarecrow: 8,688 Recently Added
- Mortality Rate: 8,665 Recently Added
- Evil Invaders: 7,813 -383
