Streaming Songs

The Streaming Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and lists each week's top streamed radio songs, on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services in the United States.^[1] The chart represents one of the three components, along with airplay (Hot 100 Airplay) and sales (Hot Digital Songs and Hot Singles Sales), that determine the chart positions of songs on the Billboard Hot 100, which ranks the most popular songs in the United States.^[2]

Billboard editorial director Bill Werde said that "Harlem Shake"'s success prompted them to enact the chart policy after two years of discussions with YouTube".^[2] The first number-one song on the chart was "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz on January 19, 2013.^[3]

143 million, "" – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus (April 20, 2019)

Old Town Road

116.2 million, "" – Drake (July 28, 2018)

In My Feelings

103.1 million, "" – Baauer (March 2, 2013)

Harlem Shake

101.7 million, "" – Drake (March 3, 2018)

God's Plan

93.8 million, "" – Ariana Grande (December 15, 2018)

Thank U, Next

93 million, "" – Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion (August 22, 2020)

WAP

85.3 million, "" – Ariana Grande (February 2, 2019)

7 Rings

84.5 million, "" – Taylor Swift (September 16, 2017)

Look What You Made Me Do

77.2 million, "" – Roddy Ricch (January 25, 2020)

The Box

76.1 million, "" – Olivia Rodrigo (January 23, 2021)

Drivers License

72.2 million, "" – Mariah Carey (January 4, 2020)

All I Want for Christmas Is You

's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the first holiday song to reach number one on Streaming Songs. It achieved this on the chart dated January 5, 2019, with 51.9 million streams.^[43] Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" reached number one on Streaming Songs on the chart dated January 7, 2023, with 46.87 million streams.^[44]

Mariah Carey

's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is the oldest song to reach the top of the Streaming Songs chart, being released in 1958. It is also the longest time from debuting on the chart to reaching the top, sitting at the top of the summit over 7 years later. Furthermore, it is the song with the longest climb to number one, taking 43 weeks to reach the summit.

Brenda Lee

and Billy Ray Cyrus' "Old Town Road" is the first song to garner over 100 million streams in nine separate weeks.

Lil Nas X

's "WAP" featuring Megan Thee Stallion holds the record for greatest first-week streams, with 93 million.

Cardi B

and Chencho Corleone' "Me Porto Bonito" is the first song completely in Spanish to reach number one on Streaming Songs. It achieved this on the chart dated July 30, 2022, with 21.1 million streams.^[45]

Bad Bunny

and Drake share the record of being the only artists ever to hold the entire top ten of the chart in a week and the only artists to have debuted ten songs in the top ten simultaneously.^[46]