(The Hill) — Bad Bunny and Joe Rogan are at the top of the 2025 Spotify Wrapped list for most-streamed artist and podcaster, respectively.
Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is Wrapped’s global top artist for the fourth time in six years, with more than 19.8 billion streams worldwide. He previously held the top spot in 2020, 2021 and 2022, according to the company.
The Puerto Rican singer’s “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” album, released in January, was also the most-listened album of the year.
In September, the NFL announced that Bad Bunny will headline February’s Super Bowl halftime show. The decision was met with a partisan divide, as the popular musician told i-D magazine that he would not perform in the mainland U.S. on his world tour, which began in November and concludes in July 2026, due to concerns over the Trump administration’s deportation raids.
Rounding out the top five top musicians are Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Drake and Billie Eilish. Swift, who released her “The Life of a Showgirl” album in October, was the most-streamed U.S. artist, followed by Drake, Morgan Wallen, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny.
Globally, the top song of the year is Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s hit “Die with a Smile” — which brought in more than 1.7 billion streams in 2025 alone.
“The Joe Rogan Experience,” meanwhile, topped the podcast charts for the sixth consecutive year. Rogan interviewed multiple politicians this year, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D). He also sat down with President Trump for a 3-hour interview last year ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Rogan’s show was followed by “The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett,” “The Mel Robbins Podcast”, “Call Her Daddy” with Alex Cooper and “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von.”
On the topic of audiobooks — a new section for Wrapped in 2025 — the cult fantasy Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros nabbed the top spot globally this year.
Spotify launched its first “Year in Music” campaign in 2015, rebranding the initiative as Wrapped the next year. It includes data compiled from the start of the year until mid-November.