Top Songs of the Streaming Era

[mikerivera]

I'm making a chart documenting the raw point totals of every song of the streaming era. I'll continually add songs as they get a spot on the list. I'm doing this because, while I understand why Billboard uses an inverse for the decade and all time rankings (it's really hard to compare the point totals of pre-streaming era songs to today), I feel like it loses track of songs that outperformed/underperformed their inverse. So, with that said, here are the top 100 songs since March 2, 2013. 

Rank	Song	Artist	Peak	Top 10	Hot 100	Points
1	Uptown Funk!	Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars	#1 (14 weeks)	31	56	1,929,170
2	Shape of You	Ed Sheeran	#1 (12 weeks)	33	58	1,894,570
3	Old Town Road	Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus	#1 (19 weeks)	26	45	1,812,090
4	Despacito	Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber	#1 (16 weeks)	25	52	1,694,950
5	Closer	The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey	#1 (12 weeks)	32	52	1,591,270
6	Perfect	Ed Sheeran	#1 (6 weeks)	27	57	1,509,140
7	Circles	Post Malone	#1 (3 weeks)	39	61	1,486,690
8	Blurred Lines	Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell Williams	#1 (12 weeks)	21	48	1,439,210
9	See You Again	Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth	#1 (12 weeks)	19	52	1,416,580
10	That's What I Like	Bruno Mars	#1	28	52	1,404,670
11	Happy	Pharrell Williams	#1 (10 weeks)	22	47	1,396,830
12	Dark Horse	Katy Perry	#1 (4 weeks)	22	57	1,396,050
13	God's Plan	Drake	#1 (11 weeks)	26	36	1,386,720
14	Shake it Off!	Taylor Swift	#1 (4 weeks)	24	50	1,353,980
15	All of Me	John Legend	#1 (3 weeks)	23	59	1,346,520
16	Girls Like You	Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B	#1 (7 weeks)	33	52	1,337,100
17	Sunflower	Post Malone & Swae Lee	#1	33	53	1,335,910
18	All About That Bass	Meghan Trainor	#1 (8 weeks)	25	47	1,334,750
19	Thinking Out Loud	Ed Sheeran	#2	24	58	1,302,700
20	Hello	Adele	#1 (10 weeks)	18	26	1,296,040
21	Without Me	Halsey	#1 (2 weeks)	29	52	1,269,840
22	Royals	Lorde	#1 (9 weeks)	23	44	1,260,630
23	Rockstar	Post Malone ft. 21 Savage	#1 (8 weeks)	25	41	1,253,640
24	Counting Stars	OneRepublic	#2	25	68	1,252,160
25	The Hills	The Weeknd	#1 (6 weeks)	21	48	1,247,220
26	Trap Queen	Fetty Wap	#2	25	52	1,237,390
27	Bad Guy	Billie Eilish	#1	30	49	1,210,400
28	SICKO MODE	Travis Scott	#1	32	52	1,189,640
29	Someone You Loved	Lewis Capaldi	#1 (3 weeks)	27	54	1,185,430
30	Havana	Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug	#1	23	45	1,176,270
31	Sorry	Justin Bieber	#1 (3 weeks)	20	42	1,174,470
32	The Box	Roddy Ricch	#1 (11 weeks)	25	38	1,145,260
33	Wake Me Up!	Avicii	#4	21	54	1,129,490
34	I Like It	Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny & J Balvin	#1	21	51	1,122,470
35	Happier	Marshmello & Bastille	#2	27	52	1,120,200
36	Can't Stop the Feeling!	Justin Timberlake	#1	15	52	1,113,860
37	Roar	Katy Perry	#1 (2 weeks)	17	35	1,097,580
38	Stay With Me	Sam Smith	#2	21	54	1,076,330
39	Meant to Be	Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line	#2	19	52	1,066,960
40	Blank Space	Taylor Swift	#1 (9 weeks)	19	36	1,061,350
41	Can't Feel My Face	The Weeknd	#1 (3 weeks)	19	41	1,060,170
42	Better Now	Post Malone	#3	18	52	1,058,310
43	Lucid Dreams	Juice WRLD	#2	26	48	1,051,820
44	Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)	Silentó	#3	18	51	1,048,890
45	Love Yourself	Justin Bieber	#1 (2 weeks)	24	41	1,038,710
46	Fancy	Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX	#1 (7 weeks)	17	39	1,036,890
47	One Dance	Drake ft. Wizkid & Kyla	#1 (10 weeks)	20	36	1,033,920
48	Don't Let Me Down	The Chainsmokers ft. Daya	#3	23	52	1,004,890
49	Harlem Shake	Baauer	#1 (5 weeks)	8	20	1,002,530
50	Truth Hurts	Lizzo	#1 (7 weeks)	22	42	995,340
51	Sugar	Maroon 5	#2	21	42	990,680
52	Rockstar	DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch	#1 (7 weeks)	26	42	988,290
53	Believer	Imagine Dragons	#4	14	52	985,960
54	Wrecking Ball	Miley Cyrus	#1 (3 weeks)	16	32	981,950
55	Don't Start Now	Dua Lipa	#2	20	52	981,500
56	Señorita	Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes	#1	23	37	981,110
57	Shut Up & Dance!	Walk the Moon	#4	18	53	972,810
58	High Hopes	Panic! At the Disco	#4	15	52	959,060
59	Sucker	Jonas Brothers	#1	22	47	950,730
60	Rude!	MAGIC!	#1 (6 weeks)	16	41	950,620
61	Talk	Khalid	#3	19	46	947,730
62	I Hope	Gabby Barrett	#3	14	62	947,310
63	Take Me to Church	Hozier	#2	20	41	943,990
64	Psycho	Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign	#1	21	39	942,990
65	Hotline Bling	Drake	#2	19	36	941,670
66	No Guidance	Chris Brown ft. Drake	#5	23	46	940,600
67	Stressed Out	twenty one pilots	#2	14	52	940,080
68	Cheap Thrills	Sia ft. Sean Paul	#1 (4 weeks)	18	52	927,330
69	Work	Rihanna ft. Drake	#1 (9 weeks)	18	36	919,790
70	Stitches	Shawn Mendes	#4	18	52	919,380
71	Wow.	Post Malone	#2	24	44	917,280
72	Panda	Desiigner	#1 (2 weeks)	17	40	912,920
73	Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)	Cardi B	#1 (3 weeks)	20	35	911,990
74	HUMBLE	Kendrick Lamar	#1	15	37	906,680
75	Starboy	The Weeknd	#1	19	30	906,330
76	Cheerleader	OMI	#1 (6 weeks)	16	35	899,260
77	Can't Hold Us	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton	#1 (5 weeks)	17	39	898,890
78	What's Poppin	Jack Harlow	#2	13	51	892,330
79	Heathens	twenty one pilots	#2	18	39	890,780
80	Thunder	Imagine Dragons	#4	18	52	890,780
81	Timber	Pitbull ft. Ke$ha	#1 (3 weeks)	16	39	890,710
82	Mirrors	Justin Timberlake	#2	15	40	876,280
83	Eastside	Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid	#9	2	52	868,960
84	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay	#3	17	39	865,910
85	679	Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz	#4	15	40	863,560
86	Earned It	The Weeknd	#3	18	43	862,280
87	Talk Dirty	Jason DeRulo ft. 2 Chainz	#3	18	33	860,400
88	7 Rings	Ariana Grande	#1 (8 weeks)	16	33	858,270
89	Bad and Boujee	Migos ft. Lil Uzi Vert	#1 (3 weeks)	14	36	854,550
90	Memories	Maroon 5	#2	18	41	852,770
91	What Do You Mean?	Justin Bieber	#1	21	33	845,330
92	I Don't Care	Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber	#2	17	39	837,030
93	In My Feelings	Drake	#1 (10 weeks)	14	22	833,490
94	Adore You	Harry Styles	#6	7	50	832,690
95	Lean On	Major Lazer ft. DJ Snake & MØ	#4	10	40	830,260
96	The Middle	Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey	#5	16	40	819,570
97	Problem	Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea	#2	15	25	818,840
98	Life is Good	Future ft. Drake	#2	17	38	814,370
99	Just Give Me a Reason	P!nk ft. Nate Ruess	#1 (3 weeks)	15	36	812,650
100	Congratulations	Post Malone ft. Quavo	#8	6	50	809,090

[mikerivera]

Full disclosure, I'm waiting to include songs until they've finished their chart run. So if you want to know where Circles or The Box are, I'll add them when they're finished. Also, while songs like Thrift Shop, Radioactive and When I Was Your Man were massive after March 2, 2013 (the date YouTube was added), they had already accumulated a significant amount of points before the formula change, so I felt it was unfair to include them.

[mikerivera]

Added: The Box (#31)
Removed: Feel it Still

[GP]

Assuming BL, Circles, DSN will be joining this aswell!

[mikerivera]

Added: Life is Good (#91)
Removed: Demons

[mikerivera]

Added: Circles (#7), Don't Start Now (#54), Adore You (#90)
Removed: Love Me Like You Do, Thank U Next, The Monster

[mikerivera]

Added: Rockstar (#52), No Guidance (#65, forgot to add it earlier), What's Poppin (#77)
Removed: Pompeii, Body Like a Backroad (goodbye and good riddance), Unforgettable

[nickd]

Does Blinding Lights really not qualify still?

[lurker2]

Feb 25, 2021 13:14:09 GMT -5 nickd said:

Does Blinding Lights really not qualify still?

They're adding them when the run finishes

[mikerivera]

Blinding Lights would currently be between Perfect and Closer

[mikerivera]

Added: I Hope (#62)
Removed: 24k Magic

[gikem]

Mar 19, 2021 11:41:23 GMT -5 mikerivera said:

Added: I Hope (#62)
Removed: 24k Magic

This is the worst timeline.

[when the pawn...]

Rank Song Artist
5 Closer The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey
12 Dark Horse Katy Perry
14 Shake it Off! Taylor Swift
16 Girls Like You Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B
18 All About That Bass Meghan Trainor
20 Hello Adele
21 Without Me Halsey
22 Royals Lorde
27 Bad Guy Billie Eilish
30 Havana Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug
34 I Like It Cardi B ft. Bad Bunny & J Balvin
37 Roar Katy Perry
39 Meant to Be Bebe Rexha ft. Florida Georgia Line
40 Blank Space Taylor Swift
46 Fancy Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
48 Don't Let Me Down The Chainsmokers ft. Daya
50 Truth Hurts Lizzo
54 Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus
55 Don't Start Now Dua Lipa
56 Señorita Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes
62 I Hope Gabby Barrett
68 Cheap Thrills Sia ft. Sean Paul
69 Work Rihanna ft. Drake
73 Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) Cardi B
81 Timber Pitbull ft. Ke$ha
83 Eastside Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid
88 7 Rings Ariana Grande
95 Lean On Major Lazer ft. DJ Snake & MØ
96 The Middle Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
97 Problem Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea
99 Just Give Me a Reason P!nk ft. Nate Ruess

Streaming era hasn't been particularly kind to women. One in the top 10 (and it's a feature), six in the top 20, 17 in the top 50, and 31 of the top 100.
If we're looking for songs without men, it's none in the top 10, four in the top 20, 11 in the top 50, and 17 of the top 100.

[phieaglesfan712]

Blinding Lights has officially surpassed Uptown Funk. It will be the new #1 on this list whenever it falls off the chart.

[kingvavis]

Will this list be updated for Blinding Lights?

[phieaglesfan712]

Sunflower being behind Girls Like You feels wrong. Sunflower was clearly the bigger song, as evidenced by the fact that it set the longevity record on the streaming songs chart. It just got screwed over by radio and the stupid recurrent rules. GLY was pretty much more radio driven.

Sunflower deserves to be at the very top with songs like UF, OTR, Perfect, and now BL.