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Ranking the 10 most-streamed tracks in Spotify history as of November 2026 by total plays, global chart longevity, and milestone velocity. Spotify's all-time streaming leaderboard surpassed a major threshold in late 2026 as 3 songs now sit…
above 5 billion plays and all 10 tracks exceed 4.14 billion streams. As of November 12, 2026, The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" leads with 5.679 billion streams, ahead of Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" at 5.186 billion and The Neighbourhood's "Sweater Weather" at 5.026 billion. The top 10 blends long-running catalog staples from 2012 to 2019 with newer hits like Harry Styles' "As It Was" and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' 2024 duet "Die With A Smile." This ranking tracks the 10 highest-streaming songs on Spotify as of November 12, 2026, led by The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" at 5.679 billion streams. Each entry is evaluated on total cumulative streams, global chart staying power, and the speed of major streaming milestones. Rankings are ordered by official cumulative Spotify stream counts as of November 12, 2026, sourced from Wikipedia's List of Spotify streaming records and cross-checked against Quartz and RouteNote. Weighted scores combine Total Spotify Streams (60%), Global Chart Longevity (25%), and Streaming Velocity and Milestones (15%). Scores are normalized on a 0 to 100 scale using verified chart weeks, days at number 1, and milestone dates.
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Released on November 29, 2019, as the second single from After Hours, The Weeknd's synth-pop track "Blinding Lights" sits at number 1 on Spotify with 5.679 billion streams as of November 12, 2026. It overtook Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" on January 1, 2023, and has held the top spot for more than 1,410 days.
Ed Sheeran released "Shape Of You" on January 6, 2017, as a lead single from his third studio album Divide, and it ranks second all-time on Spotify with 5.186 billion streams as of November 12, 2026. The dancehall-pop track held the number 1 spot on Spotify's all-time leaderboard for a record 1,928 days, from September 21, 2017, until December 31, 2022.
Originally released on December 3, 2012, as the lead single from The Neighbourhood's debut album I Love You, "Sweater Weather" sits third all-time with 5.026 billion Spotify streams as of November 12, 2026. On November 2, 2026, it became only the third song in Spotify history to surpass 5 billion streams and remains the most-streamed track by a band on the platform.
Released on September 21, 2016, as the lead single from his third studio album of the same name, "Starboy" by The Weeknd featuring French electronic duo Daft Punk has accumulated 4.864 billion Spotify streams as of November 12, 2026. Written by Abel Tesfaye, Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Doc McKinney, Cirkut, and DaHeala, the track reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 2017.
Harry Styles released "As It Was" on April 1, 2022, as the lead single from Harry's House, and it ranks fifth all-time on Spotify with 4.712 billion streams as of November 12, 2026. Upon debut, it broke the Guinness World Records mark for the most-streamed track on Spotify in 24 hours by a male artist and finished 2022 as Spotify's most-streamed song of the year.
Released on April 5, 2016, from his fourth studio album Views, Drake's "One Dance" featuring Wizkid and Kyla holds sixth place all-time with 4.563 billion Spotify streams as of November 12, 2026. In October 2016, "One Dance" became the first song in Spotify history to surpass 1 billion streams, holding the platform's all-time number 1 record for 338 days before "Shape Of You" passed it.
Post Malone and Swae Lee released "Sunflower" on October 18, 2018, for the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack, and it ranks seventh all-time with 4.555 billion Spotify streams as of November 12, 2026. The track reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and remained in the top 10 for 33 weeks, later appearing on Post Malone's 2019 album Hollywood's Bleeding.
Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi released "Someone You Loved" on November 8, 2018, and it holds eighth place all-time with 4.497 billion Spotify streams as of November 12, 2026. In August 2025, the piano ballad became only the fourth song in Spotify history to reach 4 billion streams.
Ed Sheeran's romantic ballad "Perfect," from his 2017 album Divide, sits ninth all-time on Spotify with 4.183 billion streams as of November 12, 2026. After peaking at number 4 in the UK upon album release in March 2017, the song climbed to number 1 in both the US and UK in December 2017 following the release of "Perfect Duet" with Beyoncé and "Perfect Symphony" with Andrea Bocelli.
Released on August 16, 2024, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' duet "Die With A Smile" entered Spotify's all-time top 10 in mid-November 2026 with 4.140 billion streams, overtaking The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's "Stay" (4.135 billion). It is the newest song on the leaderboard by more than 2 years and set Spotify's speed record by reaching 1 billion streams in 96 days, later becoming the fastest track in platform history to cross 4 billion streams.
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