30 JAN 2023

Alka Yagnik is
YouTube Most Streamed Artist 2022

Amrutha pagad

yOUTUBE'S MOST STREAMED ARTIST

Indian playback singer Alka Yagnik topped the YouTube global chart for the most streamed artists of 2022. Once again. 

Photo: therealalkayagnik/Instagram

a record of three years

Not just 2022, Alka Yagnik has been topping the YouTube most streamed artist chart for three consecutive years (2022, 2021 and 2020).

Video: therealalkayagnik/Instagram

over 15 billion streams in 2022

According to the Guinness World Records, Alka Yagnik recorded 15.3 billion YouTube streams in 2022 with an average of 42 million/day. 

Photo: therealalkayagnik/Instagram

second place goes to...

Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny came in second place as the most streamed artist on YouTube in 2022. 

Photo: @sanbenito/Twitter

indian singers in top 5

Four out of five in the Top 5 on YouTube's most streamed artists of 2022 were Indian singers. Udit Narayan took the third spot. 

Photo: uditnarayanmusic/Instagram

4th and 5th place

Arijit Singh and Kumar Sanu were ranked 4th and 5th respectively. 

Photos: Instagram

bhojpuri artists

Bhojpuri artists Khesari Lal Yadav and Shilpi Raj were also among the Top 10 most streamed artists on YouTube. 

Photo: Instagram

k-pop makes IT to top 10

K-pop sensations BTS and Blackpink made it to the Top 10 list.

Video: YouTube

India's youtube market

India is YouTube's biggest market, so it makes sense that most of the artists in Top 10 most streamed list are Indian. 

Video: YouTube India Spotlight