Last month, we started tracking where rock and heavy metal artists stand exclusively based on Spotify streams. It was a fun exercise, so we figured, why not update the stats?
What did we learn? More people listened to rock and metal this month than they did last month. Most artists' number of listeners is up, so that's great. Just for comparison, Ed Sheeran is at 68.2 million listeners, Shawn Mendes at 58.6 million, Taylor Swift has 43.2 million monthly listeners.
Here are the rock and metal standings.
- Queen: 32.3 million
- AC/DC: 17.2 million
- Guns N’ Roses: 16.7 million
- Linkin Park: 16.59 million
- Metallica: 13.84 million
- Nirvana: 13.49 million
- Aerosmith: 13.42 million
- Led Zeppelin: 13.21 million
- Foo Fighters: 10.7 million
- Pearl Jam: 8.8 million
- Van Halen: 8.3 million
- System of A Down: 8.3 million
- Scorpions: 7.9 million
- Kiss: 7.8 million
- Slipknot: 7.5 million
- Disturbed: 7.4 million
- Papa Roach: 7.3 million
- Black Sabbath: 6.6 million
- Rage Against The Machine: 6.3 million
- Limp Bizkit: 6 million
- Deep Purple: 5.9 million
- Rammstein 5.8 million
- Three Days Grace: 5.6 million
- Tool 5.5 Million
- Motley Crue: 5.5 million
- Ozzy Osbourne: 5.5 million
- Evanesence: 5.4 million
- Korn: 5.2 million
- Soundgarden: 5 million
- Def Leppard: 5 million
- Rise Against: 5 million
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5 million
- Whitesnake: 5 million
- Iron Maiden: 4.9 million
- Audioslave: 4.7 million
- Five Finger Death Punch: 4.7 million
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4.6 million
- Skillet: 4.6 million
- Shinedown: 4.4 million
- Alice in Chains: 4.4 million
- Breaking Benjamin: 4.4 million
- Bring Me the Horizon: 4.2 million
- Seether: 4.2 million
- A Day to Remember: 4.1 million
- Marilyn Manson: 4 million
- Blue Oyster Cult: 3.8 million
- Stone Sour: 3.8 million
- Thin Lizzy: 3.7 million
- Volbeat: 3.7 million
- Godsmack: 3.4 million
- Motorhead: 3.3 million
- Twisted Sister: 3.2 million
- Pantera: 3.1 million
- Bullet For My Valentine: 3.1 million
- Theory of a Deadman: 3.05 million
- Poison: 3 million
- Puddle Of Mudd: 2.9 million
- Judas Priest: 2.9 million
- Quiet Riot: 2.8 million
- Greta Van Fleet: 2.6 million
- Megadeth: 2.57 million
- Skid Row: 2.5 million
- Faith No More: 2.5 million
- Bad Wolves: 2.5 million
- Killswitch Engage: 2.34 million
- I Prevail: 2.3 million
- Deftones: 2.2 million
- Drowning Pool: 2.2 million
- Asking Alexandria: 2.2 million
- Rob Zombie: 1.92 million
- Dio: 1.9 million
- Alter Bridge: 1.8 million
- Halestorm: 1.78 million
- Slayer: 1.71 million
- Trivium: 1.7 million
- Sabaton: 1.7 million
- Atreyu: 1.7 million
- Warrant: 1.65 million
- Our Last Night: 1.63 million
- Ghost: 1.6 million
- Mudvayne: 1.6 million
- In Flames: 1.5 million
- Pop Evil: 1.5 million
- Slash: 1.4 million
- All That Remains: 1.4 million
- Dragonforce: 1.4 million
- Nightwish: 1.37 million
- The Cult: 1.3 million
- Lamb of God: 1.3 million
- In This Moment: 1.27 million
- Within Temptation: 1.24 million
- Parkway Drive: 1.2 million
- Machine Head: 1.2 million
- Dope: 1.2 million
- Dream Theater: 1.2 million
- Amon Amarth: 1.1 million
- Motionless in White: 1.1 million
- Nothing More: 1.1 million
- The Pretty Reckless: 1.1 million
- Sevendust: 1.08 million
- RATT: 1 million
- Static-X: 1 million
- Anthrax: 1 million
- Danzig: 1 million
- Gojira: 1 million
- Helloween: 992,000
- Adelitas Way: 973,000
- As I Lay Dying: 972,000
- White Zombie: 970,000
- Black Stone Cherry: 962,000
- HELLYEAH: 950,000
- Coheed and Cambria: 943,000
- Airbourne: 931,000
- Mastodon: 902,000
- Misfits: 899,000
- Soil: 885,000
- The Amity Affliction: 866,000
- Amaranthe: 862,000
- Accept: 839,000
- Wage War: 828,000
- Tesla: 808,000
- Sepultura: 802,000
- Hammerfall: 775,000
- Queenseryche: 773,000
- Architects: 763,000
- Children of Bodom: 729,000
- Opeth: 726,000
- Arch Enemy: 672,000
- Riot: 646,000
- Alestorm: 640,000
- Manowar: 631,000
- Insane Clown Posse: 620,000
- Poppy 620,000
- Uriah Heep: 618,000
- Hatebreed: 610,000
- Living Colour: 601,000
- Steel Panther: 591,000
- Fear Factory: 590,000
- August Burns Red: 586,000
- Lacuna Coil: 581,000
- Skindred: 575,000
- Cold 567,000
- Sonata Arctica: 552,000
- Fozzy: 525,000
- Fever 333 522,000
- Clutch: 519,000
- Testament: 506,000
- Northlane: 506,000
- Babymetal: 504,000
- Eluveitie: 498,000
- The Devil Wears Prada: 481,000
- Blind Guardian: 479,000
- Meshuggah: 478,000
- Suicidal Tendencies: 468,000
- Thy Art is Murder: 466,000
- Bury Tomorrow: 463,000
- Epica: 462,000
- Type O Negative: 436,000
- Demon Hunter: 432,000
- Death: 422,000
- Korpiklaani: 421,000
- Whitechapel: 418,000
- Avantasia: 410,000
- After The Burial: 408,000
- Soulfly: 404,000
- Attila: 396,000
- Dethklok: 390,000
- Periphery: 389,000
- Soilwork: 377,000
- Polyphia: 374,000
- Suicide Silence: 369,000
- Refused: 369,000
- Jinjer: 360,000
- Turisas: 359,000
- Light the Torch: 354,000
- Behemoth: 352,000
- Chon: 351,000
- Bad Omens: 339,000
- Avatar: 335,000
- Cradle of Filth: 335,000
- Kamelot: 331,000
- Cannibal Corpse: 322,000
- Dimmu Borgir: 299,000
- Krokus: 295,000
- Equilibrium: 293,000
- The Ghost Inside: 292,000
- Chelsea Grin: 285,000
- Monster Magnet: 272,000
- New Years Day: 266,000
- Corrosion of Conformity: 262,000
- Exodus: 262,000
- Kreator: 261,000
- Spineshank: 261,000
- Animals As Leaders: 258,000
- Born of Osiris: 255,000
- Code Orange: 254,000
- Emmure: 245,000
- Delain: 236,000
- Sonic Syndicate: 234,000
- Veil of Maya: 234,000
- Dirty Honey: 233,000
- Mercyful Fate: 228,301
- Baroness: 227,000
- Dark Tranquility: 225,000
- Ensiferum: 223,000
- Red Fang: 222,000
- KMFDM: 222,000
- Stick To Your Guns: 219,000
- Elvenking: 216,000
- Otep: 207,000
- Venom: 205,000
- Devin Townsend: 205,000
- Every Time I Die: 204,000
- Overkill: 203,000
- Pain: 202,000
- The Contortionist: 202,000
- Turmion Kätilöt: 197,000
- Tesseract: 196,000
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 195,000
- Rhapsody of Fire: 194,000
- King Diamond: 194,000
- Plini: 194,000
- Sleep: 190,000
- Fit For An Autopsy: 188,000
- Between the Buried and Me: 184,000
- Diamond Head: 176,000
- Heaven Shall Burn: 173,000
- The Browning: 173,000
- At the Gates: 172,000
- Caliban: 170,000
- Mayhem: 168,000
- 3Teeth: 155,000
- Gamma Ray: 153,000
- Carnifex: 150,000
- Deicide: 147,000
- Chimaira: 147,000
- Death Angel: 145,000
- Rotting Christ: 142,000
- Municipal Waste: 139,000
- Burzum: 137,000
- Satyricon: 132,000
- Finntroll: 132,000
- Dying Fetus: 131,000
- Karnivool: 131,000
- Alien Weaponry: 129,000
- Metal Church: 127,000
- High on Fire: 127,000
- Kobra & the Lotus 127,000
- Protest The Hero: 125,000
- Unearth: 124,000
- Oh, Sleeper: 123,000
- Carcass: 123,000
- The Acacia Strain: 123,000
- Bloodbath: 121,000
- Celtic Frost: 121,000
- Crobot: 121,000
- Shadows Fall: 120,000
- Darkthrone: 119,000
- The Unguided: 118,000
- Converge: 118,000
- Myrkur: 113,000
- Deafheaven: 112,000
- If These Trees Could Talk: 110,000
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 109,000
- Infant Annihilator 105,000
- Kvelertak: 104,000
- Wintersun: 101,000
- Gwar: 100,000
- Scar Symmetry: 99,000
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 98,000
- Within the Ruins: 95,000
- Emperor: 92,000
- Darkest Hour: 90,000
- Cattle Decapitation: 90,000
- Cult of Luna: 89,000
- The Agonist: 88,000
- Decapitated: 85,000
- Havok: 79,000
- Allegaeon: 75,000
- Dark Funeral: 73,000
- Torche: 72,000
- Cellar Darling: 72,000
- Marduk: 70,000
- The Faceless: 69,000
- Neurosis: 68,000
- Bloodywood: 66,000
- Revocation: 65,000
- Isis: 64,000
- Armored Saint: 64,000
- Rivers of Nihil: 61,000
- Crowbar: 59,000
- Nuclear Assault: 58,000
- Uneven Structure: 55,000
- Vein: 54,000
- Warbringer: 48,000
- Yob: 46,000
- The Warning: 28,000
- Nachtblut: 27,000
- IRONBUNNY 26,000
- Sanctuary: 19,000
- Green Lung: 17,000
- Evil Invaders 9,000
