Best music streaming apps

Spotify leads with an ELO of 1,413, ahead of Deezer (1,362) and Youtube music (1,289). Ranked over 1,119 duels between 8 contenders, last updated August 19, 2026.

Discover the ranking of the best music apps loved by users: Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube Music and more.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.