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The superstars of the music world are only getting bigger. Who are the top ten most followed artists on Spotify, as of August 2024?

Spotify is the world’s most popular streaming service, famed for its super-intuitive music recommendations and great playlists. It’s a fantastic place to discover brand new music – and loyal fans can keep up-to-date with what their favourite superstar artists are releasing next.

Publicly displayed on Spotify in the About section of an artist profile, which artist has the most followers on Spotify? Check out the top ten biggest artists on Spotify, according to how many followers they have currently, in August 2024.

Every artist in the top ten has over 76 million followers. Taylor Swift recently overtook Ed Sheeran to become the most-followed artist on Spotify. This comes after the popularity of her latest album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, as well as “Taylor’s Version” re-releases of her older albums and the global success of the Eras Tour.

As of August 2024, Taylor Swift and Indian singer Arijit Singh are neck-and-neck in first and second place respectively, with a mere 50k followers between them. These two, as well as Ed Sheeran are the only three artists to crack the 100 million+ followers club, with Ariana Grande soon to follow.

Arijit Singh is the most-followed male artist on Spotify. Billie Eilish is the youngest artist on the list at just 22 years old. The Weeknd recently knocked K-pop boy band BTS off the top 10.

Any surprises? Which of your favourites do you think deserve to be up there with the biggest artists on Spotify?

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