Spotify Wrapped has spoken, mun — and The Riff Report is apparently gallivanting around the globe like a riff-hungry rock nomad with a passport full of stickers and a suitcase full of distortion pedals.

Our Spotify for Artists stats dropped this week, and five nations rose above the noise to become our biggest listeners of 2025. So grab a cuppa, crank the volume, and let’s raise a toast to the legends keeping our streams screaming.

🇺🇸 01. United States

The Yanks have spoken, and they want riffs thicker than a doomsday fuzz pedal. From New York basements to Californian surf towns, the US has been moshing along with our gig reviews, festival chaos, history dives, and cheeky commentary. Cheers, America — you’re fuelling us harder than a truck-stop coffee on tour.

🇩🇪 02. Germany

Germany: home of precision engineering, colossal metal festivals, and apparently a whole brigade of Riff Report superfans. We see you headbanging in Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, and every beer garden brave enough to host a metal night. Danke schön for keeping things heavy and wunderbar.

🇧🇷 03. Brazil

Brazil came charging into the Top 5 like a Carnival parade with a double-kick drum section. Passionate crowds, legendary metal culture, and listeners who queue our episodes faster than we can say Saudade. Obrigado, Brazil — you bring the fire every single year.

🇬🇧 04. United Kingdom

Ah, home turf! Cymru, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland — you glorious bunch of noise goblins. Whether you’re streaming us on night buses, in pub corners, or at 2AM mid-chippy-run, the support means the world. Diolch, butt. We’ll keep representing the valleys, the venues, and the vibrant UK scene.

🇸🇪 05. Sweden

Sweden sliding into the Top 5 like a melodic death-metal riff slicing through a snowstorm. From Stockholm to Gothenburg, Swedish listeners keep proving that nobody does tasteful brutality quite like they do. Tack så mycket — stay frosty, stay loud.

🎸 A GLOBAL FAMILY OF RIFF LOVERS

Seeing listeners from across the planet tuning in to our ramblings, reviews, and rock-fuelled nonsense is nothing short of wild. Whether you found us through a gig write-up, a festival guide, or a late-night spiral into music history, welcome to the family.

2026 is shaping up to be louder, bolder, and even more unhinged — and we’re buzzing to take you with us for every power chord of the ride.

To our Top Five: we see you. We salute you. And we’re sending a massive digital cwtch to every single one of you.

Keep streaming, keep sharing, and keep the riffs rolling, mun! 🎶🔥 https://theriffreport.co.uk/11/12/2025/%f0%9f%8c%8d-a-global-roar-a-little-wave-to-our-top-five-countries-on-spotify-for-2025/