How big is Ed Sheeran on Spotify? You might not believe it.

July 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Ed Sheeran is one of THE stars on Spotify. For reasons that remain somewhat mysterious, he smashes it every time he released new material.

According to calculations by MBW, about one-third of Spotify’s 217 million users (i.e. both paid and free) stream his music. Wow.

This list shows the global numbers–the number of Spotify users–that access Sheeran’s music as of July 17.

Ed Sheeran – 69.15m
Shawn Mendes – 55.96m
Camila Cabello – 54.99m
J Balvin – 54.58m
Khalid – 54.56m
Justin Bieber –52.05m
Billie Eilish –50.02m
Post Malone –48.54m
Lil Nas X –48.37m
Daddy Yankee – 46.70m

More analysis of the situation here.

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