We tracked Google searches for 149 of Spotify's most-streamed songs (searched as "song + artist") in 40 countries. "Billie Jean" (33 countries), "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" (3 countries), "We Don't Talk Anymore" (2 countries), "SAD!" (1 countries), "All Of Me" (1 countries) take the most No. 1 spots. Summed across all 40 countries, the most-searched are "Billie Jean", "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", "Iris", "Somebody That I Used To Know", "Have You Ever Seen The Rain". "Billie Jean" searches are boosted in 2026 by the Michael Jackson biopic "Michael".
No. 1 song by country (12-month average, "song + artist")
| Country | No. 1 | Avg/mo | No. 2 | No. 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 163,250 | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" | "Iris" |
| UK | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 27,733 | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Australia | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 16,483 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" |
| Canada | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 17,008 | "Iris" | "Somebody That I Used To Know" |
| Ireland | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" — Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2,375 | "Billie Jean" | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" |
| New Zealand | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 2,643 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" |
| Germany | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 21,058 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Lush Life" |
| France | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 25,483 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" |
| Spain | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 18,317 | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" | "Somebody That I Used To Know" |
| Italy | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 27,342 | "Iris" | "Somebody That I Used To Know" |
| Netherlands | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 6,383 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Sweden | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 3,400 | "Lush Life" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Norway | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 2,175 | "Lush Life" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Denmark | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 2,775 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Finland | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 1,752 | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" | "Lush Life" |
| Poland | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 8,758 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Iris" |
| Brazil | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 50,825 | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Mexico | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" — Creedence Clearwater Revival | 21,175 | "Billie Jean" | "Iris" |
| Argentina | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" — Creedence Clearwater Revival | 10,367 | "Billie Jean" | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" |
| Colombia | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 9,808 | "Hips Don't Lie" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Chile | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 6,158 | "Iris" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Peru | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 9,725 | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | "Iris" |
| Japan | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 7,017 | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | "Counting Stars" |
| South Korea | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 3,242 | "Counting Stars" | "Somebody That I Used To Know" |
| Philippines | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 8,500 | "Say You Won't Let Go" | "Night Changes" |
| Indonesia | "We Don't Talk Anymore" — Charlie Puth | 15,933 | "Iris" | "Night Changes" |
| India | "SAD!" — XXXTENTACION | 145,292 | "Billie Jean" | "Night Changes" |
| South Africa | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 4,292 | "SAD!" | "Mockingbird" |
| Nigeria | "All Of Me" — John Legend | 4,533 | "SAD!" | "Mockingbird" |
| Turkey | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 6,533 | "Sweater Weather" | "Somebody That I Used To Know" |
| Portugal | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 2,625 | "In the End" | "Iris" |
| Belgium | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 5,150 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Lush Life" |
| Austria | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 2,567 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" |
| Switzerland | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 3,225 | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | "Lush Life" |
| Singapore | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 2,468 | "Counting Stars" | "Iris" |
| Malaysia | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 6,825 | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | "Somebody That I Used To Know" |
| Thailand | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 5,383 | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" | "We Don't Talk Anymore" |
| Vietnam | "We Don't Talk Anymore" — Charlie Puth | 10,633 | "Billie Jean" | "Counting Stars" |
| UAE | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 2,829 | "Sweater Weather" | "Hips Don't Lie" |
| Saudi Arabia | "Billie Jean" — Michael Jackson | 1,760 | "SAD!" | "Let Her Go" |
How many countries each song tops
| Song | Artist | Countries at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | 33 |
| Have You Ever Seen The Rain | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 3 |
| We Don't Talk Anymore | Charlie Puth | 2 |
| SAD! | XXXTENTACION | 1 |
| All Of Me | John Legend | 1 |
Most-searched across all 40 countries (sum of averages)
| # | Song | Artist | Total avg/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | 562,177 |
| 2 | Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Tears For Fears | 284,324 |
| 3 | Iris | The Goo Goo Dolls | 283,652 |
| 4 | Somebody That I Used To Know | Gotye | 279,978 |
| 5 | Have You Ever Seen The Rain | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 264,386 |
| 6 | SAD! | XXXTENTACION | 191,295 |
| 7 | Hips Don't Lie | Shakira | 188,338 |
| 8 | Sweater Weather | The Neighbourhood | 170,182 |
| 9 | Lush Life | Zara Larsson | 154,441 |
| 10 | Feel Good Inc | Gorillaz | 140,898 |
| 11 | Do I Wanna Know? | Arctic Monkeys | 140,603 |
| 12 | We Don't Talk Anymore | Charlie Puth | 139,518 |
| 13 | Counting Stars | OneRepublic | 139,154 |
| 14 | Gangsta's Paradise | Coolio | 139,058 |
| 15 | In the End | Linkin Park | 120,967 |
| 16 | Someone Like You | Adele | 112,568 |
| 17 | All Of Me | John Legend | 111,899 |
| 18 | Let Her Go | Passenger | 104,578 |
| 19 | Another One Bites The Dust | Queen | 104,251 |
| 20 | Night Changes | One Direction | 102,965 |
What it means
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Method
- Google search volume, 40 countries (national data, no language filter), monthly Oct 2025–Sep 2026. 'Avg/mo' = mean of those 12 months.
- Songs: Spotify's all-time most-streamed songs (the “Streams vs searches: the most-streamed songs nobody Googles” panel). We used only "title + artist" queries, because bare titles ("Perfect", "Believer", "Stay") are ambiguous. Pooled duplicates are counted once.
- Close variants share one pooled number.
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