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These Are The Most Listened to Hard Rock/Metal Artists on Spotify In The Last Month

Metallica is not #1!

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Did you know that Spotify displays public monthly listener counts for all of its artists? I learned this yesterday in a tweet exchange and was fascinated by the news. How have I missed this? It made me wonder what are the most listened to hard rock and heavy metal bands on the service?

First off, look at how insane streaming numbers are for mainstream pop artists:

It's easy to see why they command the majority of the Spotify royalties, which only really start adding up when you hit these megamillion streams.

Of course, if you think about it, the results skew a bit towards artists with new releases, since more people are likely to check stream new stuff than go back and jam the classics, but some of the results here prove that if you're a big enough band, that doesn't quite matter. Thankfully, I am not the only one who pondered this as MetalSucks' Vince Neilstein went ahead and did the legwork to tally up artists and came back with this ranking. If we missed an artist, let us know in the comments and we'll update this.

  1. Queen: 33 million
  2. Halestorm: 17.3 million
  3. AC/DC: 17.16 million
  4. Guns N’ Roses: 16.82 million
  5. Linkin Park: 16.64 million
  6. Nirvana: 13.5 million
  7. Metallica: 13.38 million
  8. Aerosmith: 13.2 million
  9. Led Zeppelin: 13.2 million
  10. Foo Fighters: 10.7 million
  11. Pearl Jam: 8.9 million
  12. Van Halen: 8.5 million
  13. System of A Down: 8.13 million
  14. Kiss: 7.68 million
  15. Scorpions: 7.6 million
  16. Disturbed: 7.34 million
  17. Papa Roach: 7.3 million
  18. A Day to Remember: 6.56 million
  19. Black Sabbath: 6.46 million
  20. Slipknot: 6.35 million
  21. Rage Against The Machine: 6.2 million
  22. Rammstein 6.06 million
  23. Limp Bizkit: 5.96 million
  24. Motley Crue: 5.8 million
  25. Three Days Grace: 5.5 million
  26. Deep Purple: 5.4 million
  27. Evanesence: 5.3 million
  28. Ozzy Osbourne: 5.26 million
  29. Soundgarden: 5.03 million
  30. Def Leppard: 4.93 million
  31. Korn: 4.93 million
  32. Rise Against: 4.9 million
  33. Avenged Sevenfold: 4.79 million
  34. Whitesnake: 4.76 million
  35. Iron Maiden: 4.7 million
  36. Audioslave: 4.58 million
  37. Five Finger Death Punch: 4.58 million
  38. Bring Me the Horizon: 4.52 million
  39. Queens of the Stoneage: 4.5 million
  40. Shinedown: 4.31 million
  41. Alice in Chains: 4.30 million
  42. Skillet: 4.3 million
  43. Seether: 4.1 million
  44. Breaking Benjamin: 4.07 million
  45. Marilyn Manson: 3.96 million
  46. Thin Lizzy: 3.8 million
  47. Blue Oyster Cult: 3.7 million
  48. Stone Sour: 3.69 million
  49. Volbeat: 3.56 million
  50. Godsmack: 3.3 million
  51. Motorhead: 3.1 million
  52. Poison: 3.1 million
  53. Twisted Sister: 3.1 million
  54. Pantera: 3.03 million
  55. Bullet For My Valentine: 3 million
  56. Theory of a Deadman: 2.9 million
  57. Puddle Of Mudd: 2.8 million
  58. Quiet Riot: 2.8 million
  59. Judas Priest: 2.75 million
  60. Greta Van Fleet: 2.7 million
  61. Skid Row: 2.5 million
  62. Megadeth: 2.43 million
  63. Faith No More: 2.41 million
  64. I Prevail: 2.2 million
  65. Bad Wolves: 2.18 million
  66. Deftones: 2.11 million
  67. Drowning Pool: 2.1 million
  68. Dio: 1.95 million
  69. Killswitch Engage: 1.95 million
  70. Rob Zombie: 1.92 million
  71. Asking Alexandria: 1.9 million
  72. Trivium: 1.74 million
  73. Warrant: 1.74 million
  74. Our Last Night: 1.7 million
  75. Ghost: 1.69 million
  76. Sabaton: 1.69 million
  77. Slayer: 1.68 million
  78. Alter Bridge: 1.6 million
  79. In Flames: 1.59 million
  80. Atreyu: 1.5 million
  81. Pop Evil: 1.5 million
  82. Slash: 1.5 million
  83. Mudvayne: 1.4 million
  84. The Cult: 1.3 million
  85. All That Remains: 1.28 million
  86. In This Moment: 1.27 million
  87. Nightwish: 1.27 million
  88. Lamb of God: 1.26 million
  89. Within Temptation: 1.24 million
  90. Parkway Drive: 1.18 million
  91. Machine Head: 1.15 million
  92. Dragonforce: 1.14 million
  93. Amon Amarth: 1.11 million
  94. Dope: 1.1 million
  95. Dream Theater: 1.1 million
  96. Motionless in White: 1.1 million
  97. Nothing More: 1.1 million
  98. The Pretty Reckless: 1.1 million
  99. Sevendust: 1.05 million
  100. RATT: 1 million
  101. Static-X: 1 million
  102. Anthrax: 959,000
  103. Danzig: 951,000
  104. Coheed and Cambria: 931,000
  105. Helloween: 924,000
  106. Adelitas Way: 912,000
  107. HELLYEAH: 903,000
  108. Gojira: 889,000
  109. Black Stone Cherry: 873,000
  110. Tesla: 853,000
  111. Amaranthe: 849,000
  112. Arch Enemy: 843,000
  113. Soil: 843,000
  114. White Zombie: 843,000
  115. Misfits: 827,000
  116. Mastodon: 819,000
  117. As I Lay Dying: 798,000
  118. Sepultura: 796,000
  119. Architects: 792,000
  120. The Amity Affliction: 790,000
  121. Accept: 778,000
  122. Airbourne: 753,000
  123. Queenseryche: 749,000
  124. Children of Bodom: 714,000
  125. Wage War: 678,000
  126. Hammerfall: 672,000
  127. Riot: 651,000
  128. Insane Clown Posse: 622,000
  129. August Burns Red: 612,000
  130. Alestorm: 607,000
  131. Skindred: 603,000
  132. Alestorm: 597,000
  133. Living Colour: 595,000
  134. Uriah Heep: 593,000
  135. Manowar: 588,000
  136. Clutch: 586,000
  137. Opeth: 582,000
  138. Steel Panther: 582,000
  139. Babymetal: 571,000
  140. Fear Factory: 570,000
  141. Hatebreed: 563,000
  142. Bury Tomorrow: 541,000
  143. Cold 530,000
  144. Sonata Arctica: 497,000
  145. Testament: 484,000
  146. Eluveitie: 467,000
  147. Thy Art is Murder: 464,000
  148. Fozzy: 450,000
  149. Lacuna Coil: 446,000
  150. Northlane: 444,000
  151. Suicidal Tendencies: 443,000
  152. Blind Guardian: 440,000
  153. Meshuggah: 421,000
  154. Death: 412,000
  155. Demon Hunter: 409,000
  156. Epica: 408,000
  157. Korpiklaani: 405,000
  158. Avantasia: 404,000
  159. Soilwork: 398,000
  160. Whitechapel: 397,000
  161. Attila: 391,000
  162. Type O Negative: 390,000
  163. Suicide Silence: 388,000
  164. After The Burial: 386,000
  165. Periphery: 386,000
  166. Soulfly: 384,000
  167. Polyphia: 367,000
  168. Chon: 360,000
  169. Dethklok: 358,000
  170. The Devil Wears Prada: 353,000
  171. Avatar: 347,000
  172. Light the Torch: 339,000
  173. Refused: 334,000
  174. Cradle of Filth: 331,000
  175. Turisas: 325,000
  176. Behemoth: 317,000
  177. Bad Omens: 316,000
  178. Kamelot: 312,000
  179. Cannibal Corpse: 311,000
  180. Dimmu Borgir: 294,000
  181. Krokus: 293,000
  182. Equilibrium: 284,000
  183. New Years Day: 282,000
  184. Chelsea Grin: 278,000
  185. Kreator: 275,000
  186. The Ghost Inside: 271,000
  187. Monster Magnet: 267,000
  188. Jinjer: 264,000
  189. Corrosion of Conformity: 258,000
  190. Animals As Leaders: 257,000
  191. Baroness: 252,000
  192. Born of Osiris: 248,000
  193. Red Fang: 248,000
  194. KMFDM: 242,000
  195. Spineshank: 242,000
  196. Exodus: 238,000
  197. Emmure: 234,000
  198. Sonic Syndicate: 233,000
  199. Dark Tranquility: 227,000
  200. Delain: 226,000
  201. Veil of Maya: 226,000
  202. Stick To Your Guns: 224,000
  203. Ensiferum: 223,000
  204. Dirty Honey: 213,000
  205. 3Teeth: 209,000
  206. Otep: 206,000
  207. Tesseract: 205,000
  208. Mercyful Fate: 204,000
  209. Turmion Kätilöt: 200,000
  210. Every Time I Die: 199,000
  211. Overkill: 196,000
  212. Sleep: 190,000
  213. Venom: 189,000
  214. Devin Townsend: 188,000
  215. Rhapsody of Fire: 187,000
  216. King Diamond: 184,000
  217. Pain: 184,000
  218. The Black Dahlia Murder: 184,000
  219. Caliban: 183,000
  220. The Contortionist: 183,000
  221. Plini: 181,000
  222. Between the Buried and Me: 179,000
  223. Elvenking: 173,000
  224. Heaven Shall Burn: 172,000
  225. At the Gates: 169,000
  226. The Browning: 167,000
  227. Carnifex: 164,000
  228. Oh, Sleeper: 158,000
  229. Gamma Ray: 147,000
  230. Deicide: 146,000
  231. Chimaira: 141,000
  232. Rotting Christ: 139,000
  233. Alien Weaponry: 136,000
  234. Death Angel: 135,000
  235. Diamond Head: 134,000
  236. Dying Fetus: 132,000
  237. Satyricon: 132,000
  238. Burzum: 128,000
  239. Mayhem: 128,000
  240. The Unguided: 128,000
  241. Darkthrone: 125,000
  242. Finntroll: 125,000
  243. Converge: 123,000
  244. Finntroll: 123,000
  245. Kvelertak: 123,000
  246. Municipal Waste: 123,000
  247. Carcass: 121,000
  248. Unearth: 121,000
  249. Metal Church: 119,000
  250. Code Orange: 118,000
  251. If These Trees Could Talk: 118,000
  252. Bloodbath: 115,000
  253. Protest The Hero: 114,000
  254. Torche: 114,000
  255. High on Fire: 113,000
  256. Karnivool: 113,000
  257. Shadows Fall: 113,000
  258. The Acacia Strain: 112,000
  259. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 111,000
  260. Myrkur: 109,000
  261. Deafheaven: 107,000
  262. Fleshgod Apocalypse: 101,000
  263. Gwar: 98,000
  264. Wintersun: 96,000
  265. Celtic Frost: 94,000
  266. Scar Symmetry: 94,000
  267. Within the Ruins: 91,000
  268. Fit For An Autopsy: 88,000
  269. Darkest Hour: 87,000
  270. Emperor: 85,000
  271. The Agonist: 82,000
  272. Decapitated: 81,000
  273. Allegaeon: 80,000
  274. Kobra & the Lotus 77,000
  275. Cult of Luna: 74,000
  276. Dark Funeral: 73,000
  277. Havok: 73,000
  278. Cellar Darling: 69,000
  279. Crobot: 69,000
  280. Bloodywood: 68,000
  281. Revocation: 67,000
  282. Marduk: 66,000
  283. The Faceless: 66,000
  284. Cattle Decapitation: 64,000
  285. Isis: 64,000
  286. Neurosis: 63,000
  287. Crowbar: 61,000
  288. Armored Saint: 59,000
  289. Rivers of Nihil: 57,000
  290. Nuclear Assault: 51,000
  291. Yob: 51,000
  292. Vein: 50,000
  293. Warbringer: 47,000
  294. The Warning: 38,000
  295. Green Lung: 34,000
  296. Nachtblut: 28,000
  297. Sanctuary: 18,000
  298. Uneven Structure: 14,000
  299. Evil Invaders 9,000

 

Are you surprised with any of the rankings here? If so, get to listening!

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