Rakim Monthly Listeners & Spotify Streams

Overview

Rakim currently has 2,229,022 monthly listeners and 1,089,753 followers. StreamClout groups Rakim in the mainstream tier, its band for artists of comparable reach. The catalog spans 37 albums and 190 tracks and has drawn 831,928,779 Spotify streams in total.

Rakim gained 141.1K monthly listeners (+6.8%) over the last 7 days and gained 813.4K monthly listeners (+57.5%) over the last 30 days. Followers gained 1.0K (+0.1%) over the last 7 days.

The most-streamed release is The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life with 398,144,852 streams. The first release on record dates to 1993 — 33 years of releases tracked. Listening concentrates in London (33.6K listeners), Berlin (26.7K listeners) and Sydney (24.2K listeners).

Streaming Statistics

• 2,229,022 monthly listeners
• 1,089,753 followers
• 831,928,779 total streams
• 37 albums
• 190 tracks

Recorded Count Changes

• Listeners 7d: +141.1K (+6.8%)
• Followers 7d: +1.0K (+0.1%)

Top Cities

1. London — 33,556 listeners
2. Berlin — 26,705 listeners
3. Sydney — 24,174 listeners
4. Frankfurt am Main — 23,219 listeners
5. São Paulo — 21,087 listeners

Top Tracks

1. When I B On Tha Mic — 124,551,155 streams from The Master
2. Guess Who's Back — 71,528,266 streams from The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life
3. Guess Who's Back - Alternate Mix — 71,528,266 streams from The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life
4. Guess Who's Back — 71,528,266 streams from The 18th Letter
5. Guess Who's Back - Alternate Mix — 71,528,266 streams from The 18th Letter
6. Paid In Full — 49,932,517 streams from The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life
7. Wonders (feat. Rakim) — 38,790,582 streams from Wonders (feat. Rakim)
8. I Ain't No Joke — 38,013,999 streams from The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life
9. Know The Ledge — 36,293,003 streams from The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life
10. It's Been A Long Time — 32,461,043 streams from The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life

About

Rakim is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest rappers of all time. In terms of how he delivers his lyrics -- most of which assert his skills, wisdom, and Islamic faith -- the Long Island native is virtually unparalleled. His flow is smooth and liquid, imposing yet conversational, inflected with jazz rhythms and an air of effortless cool. As one-half of <a href="spotify:artist:6jHG1YQkqgojdEzerwvrVv">Eric B. & Rakim</a> in the '80s and early '90s, Rakim raised the bar for MC technique and h

Discography

• The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life — 398.1M streams (1996-11-04)
• The 18th Letter — 197.8M streams (1996-11-04)
• The Master — 169.7M streams (1999-11-30)
• Wonders (feat. Rakim) — 38.8M streams (2022-11-10)
• The Seventh Seal — 6.7M streams (2009-11-17)
• G.O.Ds NETWORK - REB7RTH — 3.8M streams (2024-07-26)
• DPG WU-TANG, WU-TANG DPG -THE GODBODY LP- — 2.2M streams (2026-09-18)
• Walk These Streets — 1.6M streams (2009-10-26)
• Pensando en Ti — 1.3M streams (2006-09-19)
• BE ILL — 1.2M streams (2024-06-21)
• The RE-UP — 1.1M streams (2025-08-29)
• The Cellar — 1.1M streams (2013-08-07)

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