According to Spotify, the streaming service has more than 60 million subscribers and 140 million active users as of July 2017. With more than 30 million songs on the platform, it's often difficult to find who the leading artists.
While Kygo is one of the highest trending artists on Spotify today, he's far from the most followed artists. EDM Sauce has compiled a list of the top 100 most followed artists on Spotify.
Most Followed Artists on Spotify
| Rank | Artist | Total Followers |
| 1 | Rihanna | 13,327,205 |
| 2 | Justin Bieber | 12,771,540 |
| 3 | Ed Sheeran | 11,973,628 |
| 4 | David Guetta | 9,791,488 |
| 5 | Maroon 5 | 8,567,040 |
| 6 | Beyoncé | 8,409,279 |
| 7 | Coldplay | 8,312,527 |
| 8 | Ariana Grande | 8,141,477 |
| 9 | Bruno Mars | 7,848,805 |
| 10 | Calvin Harris | 7,599,235 |
| 11 | One Direction | 7,495,495 |
| 12 | The Weeknd | 7,425,162 |
| 13 | Adele | 7,017,580 |
| 14 | Nicki Minaj | 6,976,724 |
| 15 | Katy Perry | 6,888,629 |
| 16 | Taylor Swift | 6,793,403 |
| 17 | Avicii | 6,339,549 |
| 18 | Selena Gomez | 5,829,818 |
| 19 | Imagine Dragons | 5,442,333 |
| 20 | Kanye West | 5,367,699 |
| 21 | Lana Del Rey | 5,343,005 |
| 22 | Shakira | 5,092,480 |
| 23 | Chris Brown | 4,814,027 |
| 24 | Flo Rida | 4,640,608 |
| 25 | Shawn Mendes | 4,551,947 |
| 26 | Sia | 4,515,846 |
| 27 | Demi Lovato | 4,428,978 |
| 28 | Justin Timberlake | 4,371,779 |
| 29 | Pitbull | 4,193,700 |
| 30 | Usher | 4,099,262 |
| 31 | Michael Jackson | 3,864,302 |
| 32 | Ellie Goulding | 3,826,211 |
| 33 | Sam Smith | 3,749,546 |
| 34 | Miley Cyrus | 3,665,334 |
| 35 | Enrique Iglesias | 3,587,827 |
| 36 | Lady Gaga | 3,446,247 |
| 37 | Jason Derulo | 3,382,820 |
| 38 | Fifth Harmony | 3,199,146 |
| 39 | Florence + The Machine | 3,154,354 |
| 40 | OneRepublic | 2,967,319 |
| 41 | Meghan Trainor | 2,952,350 |
| 42 | P!nk | 2,805,061 |
| 43 | fun. | 2,773,999 |
| 44 | Amy Winehouse | 2,737,691 |
| 45 | Jessie J | 2,676,819 |
| 46 | Little Mix | 2,586,441 |
| 47 | Britney Spears | 2,559,008 |
| 48 | Jennifer Lopez | 2,527,467 |
| 49 | Lorde | 2,497,196 |
| 50 | 5 Seconds of Summer | 2,483,663 |
| 51 | Major Lazer | 2,432,505 |
| 52 | Iggy Azalea | 2,426,331 |
| 53 | Frank Ocean | 2,396,633 |
| 54 | Alicia Keys | 2,387,489 |
| 55 | John Mayer | 2,360,514 |
| 56 | John Legend | 2,295,180 |
| 57 | Paramore | 2,267,695 |
| 58 | Tyga | 2,221,846 |
| 59 | Melanie Martinez | 2,210,045 |
| 60 | The Script | 2,180,528 |
| 61 | Bastille | 2,169,968 |
| 62 | Michael Bublé | 2,156,987 |
| 63 | Ne-Yo | 2,122,889 |
| 64 | Trey Songz | 2,115,063 |
| 65 | Kesha | 2,108,455 |
| 66 | LMFAO | 2,096,750 |
| 67 | Carly Rae Jepsen | 2,066,706 |
| 68 | Zayn | 2,025,361 |
| 69 | Halsey | 2,016,962 |
| 70 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | 1,951,399 |
| 71 | Swedish House Mafia | 1,939,737 |
| 72 | Charlie Puth | 1,907,828 |
| 73 | Kygo | 1,905,426 |
| 74 | Foster The People | 1,883,613 |
| 75 | Avril Lavigne | 1,881,617 |
| 76 | Jason Mraz | 1,873,298 |
| 77 | Kelly Clarkson | 1,844,953 |
| 78 | The 1975 | 1,836,670 |
| 79 | Of Monsters and Men | 1,805,185 |
| 80 | Christina Aguilera | 1,762,293 |
| 81 | Mariah Carey | 1,736,024 |
| 82 | The Black Eyed Peas | 1,716,731 |
| 83 | The Lumineers | 1,713,393 |
| 84 | Train | 1,701,526 |
| 85 | Zedd | 1,697,195 |
| 86 | T.I. | 1,691,520 |
| 87 | Pharrell Williams | 1,643,327 |
| 88 | Troye Sivan | 1,642,210 |
| 89 | Hozier | 1,641,556 |
| 90 | Nick Jonas | 1,620,697 |
| 91 | Madonna | 1,611,707 |
| 92 | Alessia Cara | 1,610,744 |
| 93 | Birdy | 1,568,975 |
| 94 | Ciara | 1,559,936 |
| 95 | Bryson Tiller | 1,535,482 |
| 96 | Carrie Underwood | 1,465,506 |
| 97 | Whitney Houston | 1,461,697 |
| 98 | Evanescence | 1,389,989 |
| 99 | The Neighbourhood | 1,372,414 |
| 100 | Boyce Avenue | 1,361,335 |
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