Another month and more bands added to the list! Last year, we began tracking how many monthly listeners hard rock and heavy metal artists have been getting on Spotify. Where did we get this data? It's all publicly available on artists' pages.
Please note, this is not an exact science, the rankings should not be taken as fact, as these are just ranking relative to the other artists we chose for this study. Meaning, there could be artists that may not have been listed who have more listens. We try to keep the list as accurate as possible, so if you know an artist missing, please mention it in the comments and we'll add it for next month.
Here are the readings for the last 30 days. You can see our previous standings here.
Based on comparisons of the top artists from last month, it looks like both rock and metal saw a bump in listens compared to last month. How do these numbers look to you?
- Queen: 40,280,024
- AC/DC: 17,366,451
- Linkin Park: 17,277,796
- Guns N’ Roses: 16,901,592
- Metallica: 14,289,391
- Led Zeppelin: 13,271,540
- Nirvana: 13,251,763
- Aerosmith: 12,924,723
- Foo Fighters: 10,664,483
- Pearl Jam: 9,320,766
- System of A Down: 8,203,298
- Van Halen: 7,895,276
- Kiss: 7,525,667
- Scorpions: 7,469,464
- Disturbed: 7,339,998
- Papa Roach: 6,917,930
- Black Sabbath: 6,840,607
- Slipknot: 6,674,604
- Rage Against The Machine: 6,078,405
- Ozzy Osbourne: 6,038,030
- Rammstein: 5,861,317
- Deep Purple: 5,822,511
- Limp Bizkit: 5,745,480
- Evanesence: 5,533,576
- Three Days Grace: 5,402,654
- Iron Maiden: 5,148,863
- Bring Me the Horizon: 5,057,693
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5,033,106
- Motley Crue: 5,000,096
- Five Finger Death Punch: 4,963,536
- Korn: 4,874,213
- Rise Against: 4,698,498
- Whitesnake: 4,646,304
- Def Leppard: 4,625,424
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4,580,207
- Skillet: 4,559,121
- Audioslave: 4,519,891
- Marilyn Manson: 4,396,180
- Soundgarden: 4,390,042
- Shinedown: 4,293,067
- Breaking Benjamin: 4,195,196
- Alice in Chains: 4,070,654
- Seether: 3,904,678
- A Day to Remember: 3,804,192
- Blue Oyster Cult: 3,529,584
- Volbeat: 3,529,584
- Stone Sour: 3,462,766
- Motorhead: 3,400,284
- Thin Lizzy: 3,316,843
- Twisted Sister: 3,168,254
- Theory of a Deadman: 3,159,161
- Godsmack: 3,114,123
- Pantera: 3,024,122
- Tool: 2,971,417
- Poison: 2,812,618
- Bullet For My Valentine: 2,794,343
- Bad Wolves: 2,737,634
- Judas Priest: 2,735,812
- Quiet Riot: 2,629,405
- I Prevail: 2,613,543
- Megadeth: 2,602,562
- Puddle Of Mudd: 2,528,017
- Greta Van Fleet: 2,461,554
- Faith No More: 2,433,860
- Falling In Reverse: 2,397,814
- Skid Row: 2,389,666
- Asking Alexandria: 2,243,656
- Deftones: 2,023,861
- Drowning Pool: 1,938,335
- Killswitch Engage: 1,936,286
- Rob Zombie: 1,915,694
- Dio: 1,825,511
- Ghost: 1,811,322
- Starset: 1,750,773
- Slayer: 1,733,697
- Sabaton: 1,675,830
- Halestorm: 1,657,919
- Alter Bridge: 1,641,230
- Our Last Night: 1,616,338
- Warrant: 1,506,632
- Nightwish: 1,498,468
- Trivium: 1,471,063
- Atreyu: 1,399,645
- In Flames: 1,358,825
- Mudvayne: 1,327,109
- Of Mice & Men: 1,320,018
- Pop Evil: 1,306,213
- Slash: 1,303,780
- Dragonforce: 1,301,470
- The Cult: 1,298,544
- Within Temptation: 1,285,460
- All That Remains: 1,236,139
- Parkway Drive: 1,206,525
- Lamb of God: 1,193,120
- In This Moment: 1,183,168
- Motionless in White: 1,173,251
- Dream Theater: 1,149,630
- Machine Head: 1,103,400
- The Pretty Reckless: 1,091,720
- Dope: 1,087,118
- Nothing More: 1,058,977
- Amon Amarth: 1,036,228
- Static-X: 1,002,482
- Anthrax: 993,692
- Danzig: 965,638
- As I Lay Dying: 955,351
- Helloween: 953,596
- Gojira: 949,066
- Sepultura: 944,826
- Misfits: 939,370
- Mastodon: 920,077
- Amaranthe: 894,282
- Airbourne: 891,341
- Adelitas Way: 887,502
- Coheed and Cambria: 881,642
- RATT: 876,771
- White Zombie: 855,930
- The Amity Affliction: 832,586
- Sevendust: 823,691
- August Burns Red: 806,858
- Accept: 801,738
- Black Stone Cherry: 797,127
- HELLYEAH: 764,114
- Architects: 763,282
- Hammerfall: 698,046
- Wage War: 693,894
- Queensryche: 690,661
- Tesla: 667,633
- Soil: 665,739
- Opeth: 650,758
- Children of Bodom: 649,779
- Riot: 646,191
- Uriah Heep: 644,276
- Alestorm: 642,220
- Lacuna Coil: 630,941
- Manowar: 615,984
- Living Colour: 615,943
- Arch Enemy: 612,777
- Clutch: 560,904
- Hatebreed: 560,246
- Fear Factory: 546,967
- Steel Panther: 532,420
- Babymetal: 531,626
- Insane Clown Posse: 516,630
- Sonata Arctica: 513,717
- Suicidal Tendencies: 511,733
- Testament: 503,161
- Eluveitie: 500,177
- Suicide Silence: 499,061
- Type O Negative: 494,747
- Fozzy: 493,628
- Korpiklaani: 481,139
- Skindred: 474,139
- Bury Tomorrow: 460,983
- Epica: 454,452
- The Devil Wears Prada: 449,527
- Blind Guardian: 448,840
- Polyphia: 442,586
- Meshuggah: 437,611
- Death: 430,232
- Cold: 427,858
- Northlane: 421,101
- Whitechapel: 413,183
- Dethklok: 410,329
- Jinjer: 400,806
- Thy Art is Murder: 399,634
- Bad Omens: 399,316
- Refused: 394,000
- After The Burial: 391,099
- Demon Hunter: 387,622
- Periphery: 383,653
- Attila: 380,672
- Avantasia: 363,653
- Soulfly: 360,498
- Turisas: 347,922
- Exodus: 338,737
- Avatar: 336,398
- Cradle of Filth: 333,265
- Behemoth: 328,451
- Chon: 327,183
- Light the Torch: 315,155
- Cannibal Corpse: 315,110
- Soilwork: 311,192
- Kamelot: 295,295
- Chelsea Grin: 285,794
- Monster Magnet: 279,539
- Dimmu Borgir: 279,014
- Kreator: 272,238
- Animals As Leaders: 269,070
- King Diamond: 268,869
- New Years Day: 259,266
- Emmure: 252,635
- Poets of the Fall: 252,585
- Delain: 251,370
- Krokus: 250,727
- The Ghost Inside: 249,303
- Overkill: 245,500
- Veil of Maya: 242,932
- KMFDM: 242,592
- Corrosion of Conformity: 240,869
- Born of Osiris: 239,182
- Spineshank: 230,120
- Dirty Honey: 226,443
- Venom: 223,914
- Equilibrium: 221,214
- Ensiferum: 217,643
- Mercyful Fate: 216,715
- Diamond Head: 216,410
- Devin Townsend: 213,393
- Sonic Syndicate: 212,316
- Baroness: 210,164
- Cattle Decapitation: 204,574
- Turmion Kätilöt: 203,427
- Fit For An Autopsy: 200,814
- Plini: 200,189
- Dark Tranquility: 199,668
- Code Orange: 199,615
- Every Time I Die: 198,990
- Red Fang: 195,015
- Pain: 194,549
- Stick To Your Guns: 188,795
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 185,202
- TesseracT: 182,660
- Between the Buried and Me: 180,304
- Heaven Shall Burn: 176,946
- 3Teeth: 176,611
- Sleep: 176,394
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: 175,724
- Otep: 174,451
- Carcass: 172,417
- Mayhem: 163,468
- Rhapsody of Fire: 161,478
- Death Angel: 160,296
- Caliban: 158,601
- The Contortionist: 156,864
- Kvelertak: 155,109
- The Browning: 151,594
- Crobot: 151,493
- The Acacia Strain: 149,433
- At the Gates: 148,204
- Rotting Christ: 148,065
- Alien Weaponry: 144,896
- Strapping Young Lad: 144,550
- Burzum: 142,264
- Kobra & the Lotus 141,247
- Elvenking: 137,027
- Deicide: 136,166
- Carnifex: 133,681
- Chimaira: 132,802
- Gamma Ray: 131,839
- Satyricon: 129,852
- Metal Church: 127,909
- Finntroll: 125,394
- Dying Fetus: 125,231
- Karnivool: 121,291
- The Unguided: 115,826
- Converge: 115,637
- Protest The Hero: 115,241
- Myrkur: 114,625
- Unearth: 114,599
- Municipal Waste: 114,369
- Shadows Fall: 110,832
- Deafheaven: 109,686
- High on Fire: 109,343
- Darkthrone: 109,019
- Gwar: 107,118
- Bloodbath: 101,721
- Celtic Frost: 100,876
- If These Trees Could Talk: 100,428
- Cult of Luna: 94,006
- Darkest Hour: 91,933
- Scar Symmetry: 89,965
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 88,283
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 86,131
- Wintersun: 85,465
- Havok: 84,957
- Emperor: 80,623
- Within the Ruins: 79,027
- Decapitated: 77,928
- The Agonist: 76,824
- Nuclear Assault: 73,682
- Oh, Sleeper: 69,305
- Marduk: 69,186
- Dark Funeral: 69,079
- Cellar Darling: 67,147
- The Faceless: 63,605
- Bloodywood: 62,373
- Toxic Holocaust: 62,249
- Armored Saint: 61,468
- Isis: 61,086
- Rivers of Nihil: 57,887
- Torche: 57,864
- Allegaeon: 57,726
- Revocation: 56,159
- Infected Rain: 53,618
- Crowbar: 52,981
- Warbringer: 52,485
- Neurosis: 50,824
- Vein: 43,964
- Yob: 36,634
- Nachtblut: 30,657
- Uneven Structure: 29,889
- The Warning: 29,135
- Green Lung: 20,732
- Sanctuary: 17,225
- Arrival of Autumn: 15,265
- Evil Invaders: 7,664
