Spotify Users Streamed Over 1 Billion Australian Dance Tunes In One Month: Report

Australian dance music is kicking, indie is up, the pie is growing, and the US of A is our biggest fan.

Those are some of the take-outs from Spotify’s new global data, published today, July 9th to coincide with the launch in Sydney of the streamer’s exports roadshow.

Powered by the likes of Sia, Chase Atlantic, Tame Impala and The Kid LAROI, Australian music exports are “thriving,” according to Spotify’s Global Impact Report 2025.

The document finds that, in the four years from March 2021 to March 2025, international streaming of domestic artists on Spotify has grown by 37% -- an “excellent” result, says Spotify Head of Music (AUNZ) Ben Watts.

That's against a rate of streaming growth of about 70% across the global platform for the same period.

Spotify's Ben Watts

Keeping in line with previous export reports, over 80% of total streams of Australian music can be attributed to non-Australian listeners.

“The streaming pie is getting bigger, and that just means there are more people globally paying for music. That's a great thing and we're really happy to be part of that,” Watts tells The Music Network.

Looking closer at the source of action, the United States is Australia’s biggest export market on Spotify, where the “growth is still strong,” notes Watts, with the UK and Canada respectively completing the podium.

What comes next might come as a surprise: South American powerhouse Brazil and neighbour Philippines.

In the month of March, Australian artists were streamed 202 million times in Brazil, while in the Philippines, users played Australian tunes 142 million times, with Australian pop music the top genre from these shores for both markets.

It’s no fluke. Watts points to the deliberate efforts of Grentperez, Ruel, Dean Lewis and many others who’ve “really focused, done the hard yards in those regions and they're really seeing the benefit of it.”

Grentperez

Other growing emerging markets for Australian music include Indonesia, Mexico and France.

Perhaps the most eye-popping stat in the Spotify data is provided by Australian dance music.

It’s a whopping beat.

Aussie dance cuts were streamed over 1 billion times internationally in the month of March 2025 alone, the single most popular genre from the land Down Under. Leading the dance are the likes of Rolling Stone AU/NZ cover star Dom Dolla, FISHER and CYRIL.

“I feel like that that genre is only just getting going in terms of Australia's impact globally,” Watts reckons.

Also, Spotify reports, the top Australian artist genres have all increased in terms of share of streams exported to international users, with particularly impressive spikes from indie music.

Aussie “Indie Rock” export streams have soared by 94%, with “Indie Pop” posting 86% growth.

At the same time, Spotify drops the latest Australian Music Global Impact List, tracking the most-streamed Australian songs abroad in the first half of 2025.

At the top of the leaderboard is Tate McRae and The Kid LAROI’s “I Know Love,” followed by Sia and David Guetta’s “Beautiful People” and Dom Dolla’s “Dreamin’” featuring Daya.

Seven of the top 10, including the entire top three, see Australian artists teamed up in international collaborations, a trend Watts expects to continue, if not accelerate. Other homegrown acts impacting the top 30 in the first half include Tobiahs, Kylie Minogue, Royel Otis, CYRIL, Adriatique and RÜFÜS DU SOL.

The Kid LAROI

Today's data drops follow the publication in May of Spotify's Loud & Clear document, which found that, Australian artists generated more than $300 million in royalties on Spotify last year, up 14% from the previous year.

“Like on the sporting field, where we're really excelling, and world beating, it continues to be the case” with streaming music, Watts notes. “The rulebook has been thrown away and replaced by infinite opportunities. And we're just really happy to be helping those artists to find those opportunities.”

While the data shines, the reality for many homegrown artists remains the same: it's tough making ends meet. Just three Australian acts appeared in the top 10 of the triple j Hottest 100 countdown, two of them covers. And domestic acts accounted for small single digits (5%) on ARIA's year-end top 100 best-sellers of 2024.

Spotify's export numbers will be explored in greater depth at an industry event today in Sydney, featuring a fireside chat with Sulinna Ong, Spotify’s Global Head of Editorial, followed by a panel discussion with the streaming giant’s international editors. Melbourne will host a second session this Friday.

Spotify is currently available in 237 countries and territories, and has paying subscribers in 184 markets. The Sweden-originated business boasts upwards of 678 million users, including 268 million subscribers.

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