Spotify Releases ‘Songs of The Summer’ 2021 List

Like they do it every year at this time, Spotify has released a list of their Songs of The Summer for 2021.

It’s no surprise that ‘good 4 u’ by Olivia Rodrigo, with more than 600M streams around the world between May 29 and August 22, has been crowned as the Song of The Summer. The service notes that since being released on May 14, ‘good 4 u’ has been added to a whopping more than 18M playlists.

Måneskin’s ‘Beggin’, ‘Todo De Ti’ by Rauw Alejandro, ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’ by Lil Nas X and Doja Cat and SZA’s collab ‘Kiss Me More’ round off rest of the top 5 globally.

In the U.S. too, ‘good 4 u’ by Olivia Rodrigo takes the top spot but the rest looks slightly different with ‘Stay’ by Justin Bieber and Kid Laroi taking the 3rd position. Find the full list below.

In terms of podcasts, The Joe Rogan Experience has taken the top spot as the most-streamed podcast of the summer both globally and in the U.S.

Most streamed songs of the summer globally (based on streams from May 29 – August 22, 2021):

1. “good 4 u” by Olivia Rodrigo
2. “Beggin’” by Måneskin
3. “Todo De Ti” by Rauw Alejandro
4. “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil Nas X
5. “Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)” by Doja Cat
6. “STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI
7. “Yonaguni” by Bad Bunny
8. “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran
9. “Butter” by BTS
10. “Levitating (feat. DaBaby)” by Dua Lipa
11. “deja vu” by Olivia Rodrigo
12. “I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE” by Måneskin
13. “Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon)” by Justin Bieber
14. “traitor” by Olivia Rodrigo
15. “Qué Más Pues?” by J Balvin, Maria Becerra
16. “Save Your Tears (with Ariana Grande) (Remix)” by The Weeknd
17. “drivers licence” by Olivia Rodrigo
18. “happier” by Olivia Rodrigo
19. “Leave The Door Open” by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
20. “Astronaut In The Ocean” by Masked Wolf

Most streamed songs of the summer in the U.S. (based on streams from May 29  – August 22, 2021):

1. “good 4 u” by Olivia Rodrigo
2. “Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)” by Doja Cat
3. “STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI
4. “deja vu” by Olivia Rodrigo
5. “traitor” by Olivia Rodrigo
6. “RAPSTAR” by Polo G
7. “Levitating (feat. DaBaby)” by Dua Lipa
8. “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil Nas X
9. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
10. “favorite crime” by Olivia Rodrigo
11. “Wants and Needs (feat. Lil Baby)” by Drake
12. “happier” by Olivia Rodrigo
13. “Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon)” by Justin Bieber
14. “drivers license” by Olivia Rodrigo
15. “brutal” by Olivia Rodrigo
16. “Need To Know” by Doja Cat
17. “INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow)” by Lil Nas X
18. “Yonaguni” by Bad Bunny
19. “Beggin’” by Måneskin
20. “jealousy, jealousy” by Olivia Rodrigo

Top podcasts of the summer globally (based on number of listeners from May 29 – August 22, 2021):

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. Crime Junkie
3. Call Her Daddy
4. The Daily
5. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
6. Gemischtes Hack
7. TED Talks Daily
8. Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain
9. Audice Wellness Services
10. NPR News Now

Top podcasts of the summer in the U.S. (based on number of listeners from May 29 – August 22, 2021):

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. Crime Junkie
3. The Daily
4. Call Her Daddy
5. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
6. NPR News Now
7. Morbid: A True Crime Podcast
8. Last Podcast On The Left
9. Up First
10. Serial Killers