Armin van Buuren

Armin van Buuren's "A State of Trance" radio show has never missed a weekly broadcast in 22 years, now reaching 40 million listeners across 84 countries—triple the audience of #2 Martin Garrix's podcast. His 2026 album debuted at #1 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic chart with 18,000 album-equivalent units, a 15% higher first-week turnout than his 2024 release. The five-time world #1 DJ also led trance's resurgence: 12 of the top 20 Beatport trance tracks last quarter came from his Armada Music roster. While Afrojack leans on festival anthems, van Buuren's 2025 livestream series averaged 2.7 million concurrent viewers per episode, proving his digital engagement outperforms #1 Tiesto's similar format by 60%.