We have begun 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. To see last month's standings, check this page out.
Based on comparisons of the top artists month-to-month, it looks like they are getting slightly less streams compared to the prior period. How do these numbers look to you?
- Queen: 31.8 million
- AC/DC: 17 million
- Linkin Park: 16.7 million
- Guns N’ Roses: 16.4 million
- Metallica: 13.8 million
- Nirvana: 13.3 million
- Aerosmith: 13 million
- Led Zeppelin: 12.9 million
- Foo Fighters: 10.9 million
- Pearl Jam: 8.6 million
- System of A Down: 8.5 million
- Van Halen: 8.1 million
- Kiss: 7.6 million
- Scorpions: 7.6 million
- Disturbed: 7.4 million
- Papa Roach: 7.2 million
- Slipknot: 6.9 million
- Black Sabbath: 6.8 million
- Rage Against The Machine: 6.1 milion
- Limp Bizkit: 6 million
- Ozzy Osbourne: 5.8 million
- Three Days Grace: 5.7 million
- Deep Purple: 5.7 million
- Rammstein 5.6 million
- Evanesence: 5.5 million
- Korn: 5.5 million
- Motley Crue: 5.3 million
- Iron Maiden: 5.3 million
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5.1 million
- Rise Against: 5 million
- Whitesnake: 4.9 million
- Def Leppard: 4.8 million
- Soundgarden: 4.7 million
- Audioslave: 4.7 million
- Five Finger Death Punch: 4.7 million
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4.6 million
- Skillet: 4.6 million
- Shinedown: 4.4 million
- Breaking Benjamin: 4.4 million
- Seether: 4.3 million
- Marilyn Manson: 4.3 million
- Bring Me the Horizon: 4.2 million
- Alice in Chains: 4.2 million
- A Day to Remember: 3.9 million
- Blue Oyster Cult: 3.8 million
- Stone Sour: 3.8 million
- Tool: 3.7 million
- Thin Lizzy: 3.5 million
- Volbeat: 3.5 million
- Godsmack: 3.4 million
- Motorhead: 3.3 million
- Twisted Sister: 3.2 million
- Pantera: 3.2 million
- Theory of a Deadman: 3.2 million
- Bullet For My Valentine: 3 million
- Poison: 2.9 million
- Puddle Of Mudd: 2.9 million
- Judas Priest: 2.9 million
- Quiet Riot: 2.8 million
- Megadeth: 2.7 million
- Greta Van Fleet: 2.6 million
- Bad Wolves: 2.6 million
- Skid Row: 2.5 million
- Faith No More: 2.4 million
- I Prevail: 2.4 million
- Deftones: 2.2 million
- Drowning Pool: 2.2 million
- Rob Zombie: 2.2 million
- Asking Alexandria: 2.2 million
- Killswitch Engage: 2.1 million
- Ghost: 2 million
- Dio: 1.9 million
- Slayer: 1.9 million
- Halestorm: 1.8 million
- Alter Bridge: 1.8 million
- Starset: 1.8 million
- Trivium: 1.7 million
- Our Last Night: 1.7 million
- Sabaton: 1.7 million
- Atreyu: 1.7 million
- Warrant: 1.6 million
- Mudvayne: 1.6 million
- In Flames: 1.5 million
- Pop Evil: 1.5 million
- Of Mice & Men 1.5 million
- Slash: 1.4 million
- The Cult: 1.4 million
- All That Remains: 1.4 million
- Nightwish: 1.4 million
- Dragonforce: 1.4 million
- In This Moment: 1.3 million
- Lamb of God: 1.3 million
- Within Temptation: 1.3 million
- Parkway Drive: 1.3 million
- Machine Head: 1.2 million
- Dope: 1.2 million
- Dream Theater: 1.2 million
- Amon Amarth: 1.1 million
- Nothing More: 1.1 million
- The Pretty Reckless: 1.1 million
- Sevendust: 1.1 million
- Static-X: 1.1 million
- Anthrax: 1.1 million
- As I Lay Dying: 1.1 million
- Motionless in White: 1 million
- Danzig: 1 million
- Helloween: 1 million
- Adelitas Way: 1 million
- HELLYEAH: 1 million
- White Zombie: 1 million
- Gojira: 993000
- RATT: 986000
- Misfits: 976000
- Coheed and Cambria: 966000
- Black Stone Cherry: 954000
- Mastodon: 939000
- The Amity Affliction: 906000
- Soil: 890000
- Airbourne: 885000
- Amaranthe: 867000
- Accept: 860000
- Sepultura: 841000
- Opeth: 811000
- Tesla: 768000
- Queenseryche: 759000
- Architects: 755000
- Wage War: 745000
- Hammerfall: 733000
- Children of Bodom: 726000
- Lacuna Coil: 719000
- Arch Enemy: 691000
- Alestorm: 640000
- Alestorm: 640000
- Hatebreed: 625000
- Riot: 624000
- Living Colour: 622000
- Steel Panther: 622000
- Fear Factory: 618000
- Manowar: 614000
- Uriah Heep: 593000
- Clutch: 586000
- Cold 584000
- Insane Clown Posse: 583000
- August Burns Red: 583000
- Babymetal: 581000
- Skindred: 555000
- Testament: 549000
- Eluveitie: 533000
- Sonata Arctica: 532000
- Fozzy: 528000
- Suicidal Tendencies: 527000
- The Devil Wears Prada: 503000
- Type O Negative: 490000
- Epica: 483000
- Blind Guardian: 479000
- Meshuggah: 477000
- Korpiklaani: 452000
- Northlane: 447000
- Death: 442000
- Thy Art is Murder: 435000
- Whitechapel: 434000
- Bury Tomorrow: 423000
- Demon Hunter: 415000
- Polyphia: 407000
- After The Burial: 402000
- Soulfly: 399000
- Dethklok: 398000
- Avantasia: 397000
- Attila: 391000
- Refused: 388000
- Suicide Silence: 382000
- Periphery: 382000
- Turisas: 364000
- Light the Torch: 358000
- Soilwork: 351000
- Cradle of Filth: 351000
- Chon: 344000
- Avatar: 342000
- Jinjer: 339000
- Cannibal Corpse: 332000
- Behemoth: 328000
- Bad Omens: 327000
- Kamelot: 326000
- Dirty Honey: 310000
- Exodus: 302000
- Dimmu Borgir: 299000
- Veil of Maya: 297000
- Chelsea Grin: 288000
- Krokus: 285000
- The Ghost Inside: 284000
- Monster Magnet: 281000
- Corrosion of Conformity: 266000
- Delain: 266000
- Kreator: 263000
- Animals As Leaders: 261000
- Spineshank: 261000
- New Years Day: 259000
- KMFDM: 259000
- Born of Osiris: 255000
- Emmure: 249000
- Equilibrium: 247000
- Mercyful Fate: 238000
- Baroness: 230000
- Sonic Syndicate: 230000
- Dark Tranquility: 229000
- Ensiferum: 228000
- Overkill: 227000
- King Diamond: 227000
- Red Fang: 224000
- Venom: 210000
- Stick To Your Guns: 208000
- Code Orange: 208000
- Otep: 206000
- Devin Townsend: 206000
- Pain: 205000
- Turmion Kätilöt: 204000
- Diamond Head: 202000
- Every Time I Die: 199000
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 196000
- Plini: 196000
- Tesseract: 194000
- Between the Buried and Me: 192000
- Sleep: 190000
- Rhapsody of Fire: 186000
- Heaven Shall Burn: 184000
- Elvenking: 180000
- The Contortionist: 177000
- Mayhem: 176000
- Fit For An Autopsy: 171000
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: 171000
- At the Gates: 170000
- Death Angel: 169000
- Caliban: 167000
- 3Teeth: 165000
- The Browning: 163000
- Cattle Decapitation: 156000
- Gamma Ray: 153000
- Cult of Luna: 153000
- Chimaira: 147000
- Carnifex: 145000
- Deicide: 144000
- Rotting Christ: 142000
- Burzum: 139000
- Dying Fetus: 135000
- Municipal Waste: 135000
- Metal Church: 135000
- Kobra & the Lotus 135000
- Alien Weaponry: 132000
- Satyricon: 132000
- Finntroll: 131000
- Unearth: 124000
- Karnivool: 124000
- Converge: 123000
- Crobot: 123000
- Darkthrone: 121000
- Shadows Fall: 121000
- The Unguided: 120000
- Carcass: 119000
- Protest The Hero: 119000
- Finntroll: 117000
- Bloodbath: 117000
- The Acacia Strain: 117000
- High on Fire: 115000
- Celtic Frost: 115000
- Myrkur: 113000
- Deafheaven: 113000
- If These Trees Could Talk: 112000
- Gwar: 108000
- Oh, Sleeper: 107000
- Kvelertak: 100000
- The Agonist: 100000
- Wintersun: 99000
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 98000
- Scar Symmetry: 98000
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 97000
- Within the Ruins: 91000
- Darkest Hour: 91000
- Emperor: 89000
- Decapitated: 87000
- Havok: 85000
- Dark Funeral: 74000
- Allegaeon: 72000
- Marduk: 71000
- Torche: 68000
- Cellar Darling: 67000
- Revocation: 67000
- The Faceless: 67000
- Armored Saint: 67000
- Bloodywood: 64000
- Isis: 64000
- Neurosis: 64000
- Warbringer: 64000
- Rivers of Nihil: 60000
- Crowbar: 59000
- Nuclear Assault: 59000
- Vein: 53000
- Uneven Structure: 52000
- Yob: 45000
- Nachtblut: 28000
- The Warning: 27000
- Green Lung: 18000
- Sanctuary: 18000
- Evil Invaders: 10000
