To reveal the top-earning songs around the world, we recorded the most-streamed song within every country by a native artist using figures from Kworb. Then we took the global number of streams for the song from the artist’s Spotify profile and multiplied that figure by $0.0049, which is how much Digital Music News estimates an artist earns from each stream.
| # | Song/Artist | Country | Total Spotify Streams Worldwide | Estimated earnings worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shape of You
Ed Sheeran | United Kingdom | 2,724,013,193 | $13,347,665 |
| 2 |
rockstar
Post Malone | United States of America | 2,124,372,156 | $10,409,424 |
| 3 |
Dance Monkey
Tones and I | Australia | 2,101,828,534 | $10,298,960 |
| 4 |
God's Plan
Drake | Canada | 1,695,958,873 | $8,310,198 |
| 5 |
Faded
Alan Walker | Norway | 1,350,560,280 | $6,617,745 |
| 6 |
Wake Me Up
Avicii | Sweden | 1,227,990,897 | $6,017,155 |
| 7 |
7 Years
Lukas Graham | Denmark | 1,201,787,625 | $5,888,759 |
| 8 |
In My Mind
Dynoro | Lithuania | 962,677,266 | $4,717,119 |
| 9 |
Criminal
Natti Natasha | Dominican Republic | 652,964,683 | $3,199,527 |
| 10 |
Adan y Eva
Paulo Londra | Argentina | 627,517,660 | $3,074,837 |