This December, music surprised on Spotify: We tell you who dominates the searches and they are not the usual ones!
December is already at its peak. The streets were filled with lights, the houses smell like custard and donuts, and at each meeting the same discussion appears as every year: What music does the atmosphere play? For many, the answer is clear. Pastor López, Los Hispanos, Rodolfo Aicardi, Los 50 de Joselito and that Christmas repertoire that doesn’t fail when it’s time to toast.
That is why there are many who believe that, at this time, these names are sweeping platforms such as Spotify. The logic seems simple: if it’s December, December music should lead. But the data tells another story.
Although holiday music continues to have a privileged place, and an emotional charge that is impossible to replace, it is not the one that dominates Spotify the most at the moment. At least not in global figures.
According to the most recent official data from Spotify Wrapped 2025the annual summary that collects how millions of users listened to music until December, The most searched and played artist on the platform continues to be Bad Bunny.
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Bad Bunny, the most listened to artist during this December 2025
The Puerto Rican once again took first place in the world and closed the year as Spotify’s most listened to artist in 2025with nearly 19.8 billion views.
A figure that keeps it above heavyweights like Taylor Swift, The Weeknd or Drakeeven in a season traditionally dominated by Christmas playlists.
And here is the key point: Spotify Wrapped It doesn’t just measure what happens in one week in December, but listening behavior throughout the year. That is, it reflects which artists managed to sustain their impact month after month, not just in a specific season.
That doesn’t mean that Pastor López and company are not ringing. In fact, December is the time of year when their music revives most strongly. Their songs appear at family gatherings, neighborhood parties and corporate celebrations. But this consumption is seasonal and, although intense, it does not reach the volume of reproductions generated by the artists who dominate the streaming permanently.
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Additionally, Spotify does not publish official monthly rankings of “most searched artists” by season. What does exist are the daily and weekly charts, which reflect what people listen to in real time. And there, the names that are repeated continue to be the same ones that have marked the year.
In Colombia, the trend is similar. Bad Bunny continues to lead general listeningeven in December, while urban artists such as Blessd, Feid, Beéle and Ryan Castro appear strongly on local charts, especially in the first days of the month.
So, even though Pastor López plays in the living room and New Year’s Eve music resonates in the corner, on Spotify the king is still the same.
