NBA YoungBoy has been crowned YouTube‘s most streamed hip-hop artist of 2023 — earning the title for the fifth year in a row.
The 24-year-old bested No. 2 Drake, who was recently Spotify’s most streamed rapper. YB was also named as YouTube’s second most streamed artist overall, just behind Peso Pluma and ahead of Drizzy, Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift.
In 2023, the Baton Rouge rapper released his fifth and sixth studio albums I Rest My Case and Don’t Try This At Home, respectfully, and the mixtapes Richest Opp and Decided 2. He also became the youngest artist at 23 years, six months and two weeks old to log 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100.
Top 5 most streamed artists on YouTube US in 2023:
#1 @_PesoPluma
#2 YoungBoy Never Broke Again
#3 @Drake
#4 Bad Bunny (@sanbenito)
#5 @taylorswift13— chart data (@chartdata) December 31, 2023
