The list is growing! Earlier this 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: 33.3 million
- Linkin Park: 16.7 million
- AC/DC: 16.5 million
- Guns N’ Roses: 16.3 million
- Metallica: 13.8 million
- Nirvana: 13.3 million
- Led Zeppelin: 12.9 million
- Aerosmith: 12.8 million
- Foo Fighters: 10.4 million
- Pearl Jam: 8.6 million
- System of A Down: 8.3 million
- Van Halen: 7.9 million
- Kiss: 7.4 million
- Scorpions: 7.4 million
- Disturbed: 7.2 million
- Papa Roach: 7 million
- Black Sabbath: 7 million
- Ozzy Osbourne: 6.9 million
- Slipknot: 6.7 million
- Rage Against The Machine: 6.2 milion
- Limp Bizkit: 5.9 million
- Evanesence: 5.7 million
- Deep Purple: 5.6 million
- Rammstein: 5.6 million
- Three Days Grace: 5.5 million
- Iron Maiden: 5.2 million
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5.2 million
- Motley Crue: 5 million
- Bring Me the Horizon: 5 million
- Korn: 4.9 million
- Rise Against: 4.7 million
- Whitesnake: 4.7 million
- Skillet: 4.7 million
- Marilyn Manson: 4.6 million
- Def Leppard: 4.6 million
- Audioslave: 4.6 million
- Five Finger Death Punch: 4.6 million
- Soundgarden: 4.5 million
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4.5 million
- Breaking Benjamin: 4.3 million
- Shinedown: 4.3 million
- Seether: 4.1 million
- Alice in Chains: 4.1 million
- A Day to Remember: 3.9 million
- Blue Oyster Cult: 3.5 million
- Volbeat: 3.5 million
- Stone Sour: 3.5 million
- Motorhead: 3.4 million
- Thin Lizzy: 3.3 million
- Godsmack: 3.2 million
- Pantera: 3.1 million
- Twisted Sister: 3.1 million
- Theory of a Deadman: 3.1 million
- Tool: 3 million
- Bullet For My Valentine: 3 million
- Poison: 2.9 million
- Judas Priest: 2.8 million
- Quiet Riot: 2.7 million
- Bad Wolves: 2.7 million
- Puddle Of Mudd: 2.6 million
- Megadeth: 2.6 million
- I Prevail: 2.6 million
- Greta Van Fleet: 2.4 million
- Skid Row: 2.4 million
- Faith No More: 2.4 million
- Asking Alexandria: 2.2 million
- Deftones: 2.1 million
- Rob Zombie: 2 million
- Drowning Pool: 2 million
- Killswitch Engage: 2 million
- Dio: 1.9 million
- Slayer: 1.9 million
- Alter Bridge: 1.8 million
- Starset: 1.8 million
- Ghost: 1.7 million
- Sabaton: 1.7 million
- Halestorm: 1.7 million
- Our Last Night: 1.7 million
- Trivium: 1.6 million
- Atreyu: 1.6 million
- Warrant: 1.5 million
- Nightwish: 1.5 million
- Mudvayne: 1.4 million
- Pop Evil: 1.4 million
- Of Mice & Men: 1.4 million
- Slash: 1.4 million
- In Flames: 1.4 million
- Dragonforce: 1.4 million
- The Cult: 1.3 million
- All That Remains: 1.3 million
- Lamb of God: 1.3 million
- Within Temptation: 1.3 million
- Parkway Drive: 1.3 million
- In This Moment: 1.2 million
- Machine Head: 1.2 million
- Dope: 1.2 million
- Dream Theater: 1.2 million
- The Pretty Reckless: 1.1 million
- Amon Amarth: 1.1 million
- Nothing More: 1.1 million
- Static-X: 1.1 million
- Anthrax: 1.1 million
- Motionless in White: 1.1 million
- Helloween: 1 million
- As I Lay Dying: 1 million
- Danzig: 997000
- Gojira: 993000
- Airbourne: 973000
- Misfits: 953000
- Sepultura: 948000
- Adelitas Way: 946000
- Coheed and Cambria: 934000
- RATT: 918000
- White Zombie: 908000
- Sevendust: 908000
- Mastodon: 904000
- Black Stone Cherry: 882000
- Amaranthe: 869000
- The Amity Affliction: 864000
- Accept: 838000
- HELLYEAH: 822000
- Architects: 821000
- Soil: 730000
- Hammerfall: 711000
- Queensryche: 706000
- Wage War: 704000
- Opeth: 698000
- Tesla: 696000
- Children of Bodom: 685000
- Lacuna Coil: 680000
- August Burns Red: 658000
- Living Colour: 655000
- Alestorm: 648000
- Arch Enemy: 647000
- Manowar: 636000
- Uriah Heep: 631000
- Riot: 630000
- Hatebreed: 602000
- Babymetal: 586000
- Fear Factory: 582000
- Clutch: 567000
- Insane Clown Posse: 558000
- Suicidal Tendencies: 534000
- Testament: 528000
- Fozzy: 526000
- Eluveitie: 519000
- Skindred: 510000
- Sonata Arctica: 508000
- Steel Panther: 507000
- The Devil Wears Prada: 496000
- Type O Negative: 489000
- Epica: 487000
- Cold: 471000
- Blind Guardian: 471000
- Suicide Silence: 466000
- Meshuggah: 456000
- Northlane: 453000
- Refused: 449000
- Whitechapel: 447000
- Thy Art is Murder: 445000
- Death: 442000
- Jinjer: 436000
- Polyphia: 433000
- Korpiklaani: 431000
- Dethklok: 423000
- Bury Tomorrow: 423000
- After The Burial: 406000
- Demon Hunter: 396000
- Periphery: 396000
- Attila: 393000
- Soulfly: 385000
- Avantasia: 373000
- Light the Torch: 368000
- Cradle of Filth: 366000
- Turisas: 363000
- Chon: 347000
- Soilwork: 345000
- Avatar: 345000
- Behemoth: 333000
- Cannibal Corpse: 331000
- Bad Omens: 328000
- Exodus: 318000
- Kamelot: 314000
- King Diamond: 301000
- Dimmu Borgir: 296000
- Chelsea Grin: 292000
- Emmure: 290000
- Delain: 289000
- Monster Magnet: 281000
- New Years Day: 273000
- Animals As Leaders: 272000
- Dirty Honey: 267000
- The Ghost Inside: 265000
- Kreator: 262000
- KMFDM: 258000
- Krokus: 257000
- Corrosion of Conformity: 254000
- Veil of Maya: 253000
- Born of Osiris: 246000
- Spineshank: 245000
- Mercyful Fate: 244000
- Diamond Head: 239000
- Equilibrium: 236000
- Overkill: 235000
- Sonic Syndicate: 232000
- Baroness: 232000
- Ensiferum: 229000
- Fit For An Autopsy: 227000
- Devin Townsend: 219000
- Venom: 218000
- Red Fang: 216000
- Dark Tranquility: 212000
- Pain: 212000
- Code Orange: 209000
- Turmion Kätilöt: 204000
- Stick To Your Guns: 203000
- Every Time I Die: 200000
- Between the Buried and Me: 199000
- Plini: 197000
- Mayhem: 196000
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 193000
- Otep: 191000
- TesseracT: 188000
- Heaven Shall Burn: 187000
- Sleep: 185000
- Cattle Decapitation: 185000
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: 184000
- 3Teeth: 183000
- Carnifex: 174000
- Rhapsody of Fire: 173000
- The Browning: 171000
- The Contortionist: 169000
- Caliban: 167000
- Death Angel: 165000
- At the Gates: 160000
- Kobra & the Lotus 159000
- Crobot: 155000
- Elvenking: 154000
- Strapping Young Lad: 154000
- Alien Weaponry: 153000
- Rotting Christ: 148000
- Burzum: 147000
- Chimaira: 142000
- Kvelertak: 142000
- Metal Church: 141000
- Gamma Ray: 139000
- Deicide: 137000
- Satyricon: 133000
- Dying Fetus: 132000
- Karnivool: 132000
- Finntroll: 129000
- Unearth: 125000
- Municipal Waste: 123000
- Shadows Fall: 121000
- The Unguided: 121000
- Protest The Hero: 121000
- High on Fire: 120000
- Deafheaven: 120000
- Carcass: 118000
- The Acacia Strain: 116000
- Converge: 115000
- Myrkur: 113000
- If These Trees Could Talk: 113000
- Darkthrone: 112000
- Celtic Frost: 110000
- Bloodbath: 105000
- Gwar: 104000
- Cult of Luna: 100000
- Darkest Hour: 97000
- Scar Symmetry: 95000
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 92000
- Emperor: 90000
- Wintersun: 89000
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 89000
- Havok: 86000
- Within the Ruins: 83000
- The Agonist: 83000
- Decapitated: 81000
- Oh, Sleeper: 78000
- Dark Funeral: 71000
- Cellar Darling: 71000
- Nuclear Assault: 71000
- Isis: 69000
- Marduk: 67000
- Bloodywood: 67000
- Armored Saint: 67000
- Toxic Holocaust: 66000
- The Faceless: 64000
- Torche: 63000
- Neurosis: 62000
- Infected Rain: 62000
- Allegaeon: 59000
- Revocation: 59000
- Rivers of Nihil: 57000
- Crowbar: 57000
- Warbringer: 56000
- Vein: 46000
- Yob: 44000
- Uneven Structure: 39000
- Nachtblut: 32000
- The Warning: 32000
- Green Lung: 19000
- Sanctuary: 18000
- Evil Invaders: 9,600
- Arrival of Autumn: 5100
