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The personalized annual review of the music streaming service Spotify is very popular every year. But what would such a look back be if you can’t compare yourself with everyone else?
Dec 3, 2025, 9:22 p.mDec 3, 2025, 9:28 p.m
What song did you have on loop this year? Who was your favorite artist? All of these questions are answered in Spotify’s annual review. What you don’t know yet: What were the most popular songs in Switzerland? Or even in your canton? Find out here:
The most popular artists
Bad Bunny dominated the Swiss playlists on Spotify this year.Image: keystone
No question, your favorite music is by far the best. But does that put you in the mainstream? These were the most popular musicians in Switzerland in 2025:
There are big regional differences, as this map of the cantons shows:
Unfortunately, the data for the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden was too sparse to make reliable statements.
French-speaking Switzerland is united behind GIMS. Closed? No! Geneva is breaking ranks and joining some German-speaking Swiss cantons in Bad Bunny. Only the cantons of Obwalden (Juice WRLD), Uri (Taylor Swift) and Ticino (Sfera Ebbasta) are completely alone.
The most popular songs per canton
This nice gentleman sings the most popular song in Switzerland in 2025. Image: keystone
Let’s move on to the most popular songs. Of course, many of them come from artists in the top 10. But there is already an outlier in first place! Here is the list for the whole of Switzerland:
This Swiss map is a little less colorful. “Ordinary” by Alex Warren dominates in almost all cantons. In French-speaking Switzerland, only “CIEL” by GIMS can prevail and the Genevans want to go their own way again with “DtMF” by Bad Bunny. But look for yourself:
Unfortunately, the data for the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden was too sparse to make reliable statements.
The most popular songs and artists worldwide
Lady Gaga had a difficult time as an artist in Switzerland, but she is number 1 worldwide.Image: keystone
As the comparison with the global top 10 shows: Switzerland is definitely cosmopolitan! Because the top 5 can also be found – in a different order – in our top 10. But after that things get interesting. Here is the list of the most popular songs of the year on Spotify:
- Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars – “Die With A Smile”
- Billie Eilish – “Birds Of A Feather”
- ROSÉ, Bruno Mars – «APT.»
- Alex Warren – “Ordinary”
- Bad Bunny – “DtMF”
- sombr – “back to friends”
- HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast – «Golden»
- Kendrick Lamar, SZA – “luther”
- Gracie Abrams – “That’s So True”
- Billie Eilish – “WILDFLOWER”
And finally the most popular artists:
- Bad Bunny
- Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
- Drake
- Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar
- Bruno Mars
- Ariana Grande
- Arijit Singh
- Fuerza Regida
Now you! Are you part of the mainstream or have you gone your own way musically this year? Let us know in the comments!