Dire Straits Monthly Listeners & Spotify Streams

Overview

Dire Straits ranks #307 worldwide and currently has 25,753,392 monthly listeners and 9,852,687 followers. StreamClout groups Dire Straits in the superstar tier, its band for artists of comparable reach. The catalog spans 21 albums and 196 tracks and has drawn 19,166,724,609 Spotify streams in total.

Dire Straits lost 528.5K monthly listeners (-2.0%) over the last 7 days and lost 1.4M monthly listeners (-5.0%) over the last 30 days. Followers gained 18.9K (+0.2%) over the last 7 days.

The most-streamed release is Sultans of Swing - the Very Best of Dire Straits with 4,231,027,873 streams. The first release on record dates to 1978 — 48 years of releases tracked. Listening concentrates in São Paulo (513.1K listeners), London (491.7K listeners) and Sydney (404.5K listeners).

Streaming Statistics

• 25,753,392 monthly listeners
• 9,852,687 followers
• World Rank: #307
• 19,166,724,609 total streams
• 21 albums
• 196 tracks

Recorded Count Changes

• Listeners 7d: -528.5K (-2.0%)
• Followers 7d: +18.9K (+0.2%)

Top Cities

1. São Paulo — 513,094 listeners
2. London — 491,728 listeners
3. Sydney — 404,483 listeners
4. Melbourne — 343,689 listeners
5. Brisbane — 331,014 listeners

Top Tracks

1. Sultans of Swing — 1,921,669,526 streams from Sultans of Swing - the Very Best of Dire Straits
2. Sultans of Swing — 1,921,669,526 streams from Dire Straits
3. Sultans Of Swing - 2022 Remaster — 1,921,669,526 streams from Money For Nothing (2022 Remaster)
4. Walk of Life — 1,083,587,656 streams from Brothers in Arms (40th Anniversary)
5. Walk of Life — 1,083,587,656 streams from Brothers in Arms
6. Walk of Life — 1,083,587,656 streams from Sultans of Swing - the Very Best of Dire Straits
7. Walk Of Life - 2022 Remaster — 1,083,587,656 streams from Money For Nothing (2022 Remaster)
8. Money for Nothing — 828,011,097 streams from Brothers in Arms
9. Money for Nothing — 828,011,097 streams from Brothers in Arms (40th Anniversary)
10. Brothers in Arms — 456,707,774 streams from Brothers in Arms

About

Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. Led by guitarist/vocalist <a href="spotify:artist:0FI0kxP0BWurTz8cB8BBug">Mark Knopfler</a>, the group built their sound upon the laid-back blues-rock of <a href="spotify:artist:06nsZ3qSOYZ2hPVIMcr1

Discography

• Sultans of Swing - the Very Best of Dire Straits — 4.2B streams (1998-11-10)
• Money For Nothing (2022 Remaster) — 3.9B streams (1988-01-01)
• Brothers in Arms (40th Anniversary) — 3.0B streams (1985-05-13)
• Brothers in Arms — 3.0B streams (1985-05-13)
• Dire Straits — 2.5B streams (1978-10-07)
• Making Movies — 676.0M streams (1980-10-17)
• Communiqué — 659.8M streams (1979-06-15)
• On Every Street (Remaster) — 433.5M streams (1991-09-10)
• Live 1978–1992 — 237.4M streams (2024-01-19)
• Love Over Gold — 209.5M streams (1982-09-20)
• On the Night — 102.7M streams (1993-05-10)
• Calling Elvis — 90.0M streams (1991-09-15)

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