Survey presents songs of the most varied times; First place is occupied by album that has four tracks in the “Billion Club” of the platform
Main music streaming platform, the Spotify It was officially released in 2006. However, it took a while until great artists and bands made their catalogs available to the application public.
Spotify is estimated to count on approximately 678 million monthly active users. Of this number, 268 million pay subscription to listen to music and podcasts without advertisements. Another 410 million resort to the free features, which allow you to listen to the published material, but with ads.
Naturally, songs from genres like pop and hip hop are among the most popular in the catalog. However, there is a good presence of rock among the record holders on the platform, with some of them surpassing the two billion mark of reproductions (Streams).
The following list features the 12 most heard rock records on Spotify throughout its history. For the survey, they were considered only studio albums (no collections and live records) that fit the main genre more than other styles. That is, pop rock hybrids, as imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots, Olivia Rodrigo and the latest works of the Coldplay They had no inclusion in this ranking.
In addition, obviously, the numbers considered were recorded on September 25, 2025. Check it out!
The 12 most heard rock records on Spotify
12. Arctic Monkeys – Favorite Worst Nightmare (Launched in 2007)
Streams in total: 5,067,589,800
11. system of a Down – Toxicity (2001)
Streams in total: 5,077,638,445
10. Metallic – Metallic [também conhecido como Black Album] (1991)
Streams in total: 5,305,861,552
9. Oasis – (What’s the story) Morning Glory? [Remastered] (1995 /2014)
Streams in total: 5,330,549,293
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers – CALIFORNATION (1999)
Streams in total: 5,482,728,204
7. Guns n ‘Roses – APPETITE FOR DESTRATION (1987)
Streams in total: 5,931,953,728
6. Coldplay – Parachutes (2000)
Streams in total: 6,247,536,142
5. Linkin Park – Meteor [20th Anniversary Edition] (2003 /2023)
Streams in total: 7,053,696,413 (when considered only the original version of 2003, 6,460,059,176)
4. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1975)
Streams in total: 7,265,914,685
3. Nirvana – Snowmind (1991)
Streams in total: 7,343,276,778
2. Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory (2000)
Streams in total: 7,399,069,212
1. Arctic Monkeys – AM (2013)
Streams in total: 12,839,420,663
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Source: Rollingstone
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