10 most-streamed anime openings of all time 

Anime openings are more than just theme songs; they’re cultural moments. They set the tone for a series, capture its emotions, and often become timeless anthems that fans carry with them long after the show ends.

Some openings are so iconic that even people who’ve never seen the anime know the song. From the electrifying guitar riffs of shonen classics to the emotional ballads of tear-jerkers, these tracks have a way of sticking in your head, becoming part of your playlist, and even shaping the way you remember an anime. In this article, we will cover 10 anime openings that have been most-streamed of all time.

Disclaimer: The following numbers are combined from official streaming platforms and may vary over time as streams continue to grow.

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List of the 10 most-streamed anime openings of all time

10) Unravel - TK from Ling tosite sigure (Tokyo Ghoul, 2014)

Spotify plays: ~ 367 Million

This anime opening is the “weeb national anthem” and still refuses to budge from the upper tier a full decade later. TK’s falsetto, the stop-start guitars, and that sudden emotional drop perfectly mirror Kaneki’s identity fracture, a tone piece that defined the mid-2010s wave of darker, more psychological shonen.

Unravel also benefited from extraordinary longevity: even fans who soured on the anime’s later seasons kept the OP in constant rotation, and it’s one of the few tracks that crosses from anime circles into general J-rock playlists. Its enduring meme presence (piano covers, acoustic reworks, and a billion “someone save Kaneki” edits) helped lock in the streams you see above.

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9) The Rumbling - SiM (Attack on Titan Final Season, 2022)

Number of plays: ~ 384 Million

Metalcore meets apocalypse choir, and it worked. The Rumbling is an anime opening that captured the mood swing of Attack on Titan’s endgame: heavier, murkier, morally thornier.

SiM’s track detonated on release thanks to the series’ global footprint and a chorus tailor-made for stadium chants. It may not be the franchise’s first opening, but in pure stream velocity during the modern, playlist-driven era, this is the titan that stomped the charts.

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8) Kaibutsu - YOASOBI (BEASTARS Season 2, 2021)

Number of plays: ~ 386 Million

A sleek, nocturnal sprint from YOASOBI that threads jittery synths through Ayase’s tight production and ikura’s crystalline vocals. Beyond being a perfect foil to BEASTARS’ carnivore/herbivore tension, Kaibutsu rode YOASOBI’s broader pop dominance in Japan and abroad. It’s club-ready yet emotionally literate, the kind of anime opening that works as a song first and an anime signifier second, which is exactly how you rack up hundreds of millions of plays.

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7) Inferno- Mrs. GREEN APPLE (Fire Force, 2019)

Number of plays: ~ 419 Million

Inferno is that rare first-episode lightning strike: a riff you remember after a single spin and a chorus that refuses to leave. Pair that with Fire Force’s smokeshow sakuga and you get a perfect summer-2019 time capsule.

The anime opening's imagery (lights in the dark; walking forward even as you burn out) translates cleanly across languages, which helped it stick to workout playlists and anthemic pop-rock rotations outside anime fandom too.

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6) Cry Baby - Official髭男dism (Tokyo Revengers, 2021)

Number of plays: ~441 Million

Part jazz bounce, part pop-rock soar, Cry Baby made Tokyo Revengers feel bigger than it was on paper. Satoshi Fujihara’s elastic vocal runs and the band’s tight rhythmic pivots made this an instant earworm and a karaoke staple. It’s also a case study in modern anime opening success: tie in with a buzzy new shonen, deliver a song that stands on its own, and let social media do the rest.

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5) Bling-Bang-Bang-Born - Creepy Nuts (MASHLE S2, 2024)

Number of plays: ~ 460 Million

The TikTok dance that ate the world, but with musical bones sturdy enough to outlast the trend. Creepy Nuts fuse razor-edged rap cadences with a hook engineered for instant recall, turning MASHLE’s gag-magic energy into an unskippable two-minute anime opening. It’s also evidence of how fast an OP can rocket up the all-time list in the streaming era when a challenge goes global.

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4) Kaikai Kitan - Eve (Jujutsu Kaisen, 2020)

Number of plays: ~489 Million

Glitchy, propulsive, and slyly funky, Eve’s breakout tied a new generation to JJK’s urban sorcery: neon classrooms, blank notebooks, and cursed graffiti rendered as dance. The anime opening Kaikai Kitan stuck because it’s eclectic without being esoteric, the kind of left-of-center pop that casual listeners adopt and core fans obsess over. Add the anime’s instant megahit status, and you get a stream count that still climbs like a cursed grade.

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3) アイドル (Idol) - YOASOBI (OSHI NO KO, 2023)

Number of plays: ~ 501 Million

“Idol” is a perfect storm: a razor-sharp pop composition, a show that dissects fame, and an OP that itself became a fame phenomenon. From the time-signature flex in the pre-chorus to the breathless hook, it’s a masterclass in making complexity feel effortless. OSHI NO KO’s explosive debut gave it a runway; YOASOBI’s global reach kept it airborne. In just two years, it muscled past many long-time staples to land in the all-time top three.

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2) 紅蓮華 (Gurenge) - LiSA (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, 2019)

Number of plays: ~510 Million

When Demon Slayer rewired the blockbuster playbook for TV anime, Gurenge became its battle hymn. LiSA’s soaring vocal and that muscular, forward-leaning arrangement encapsulate Tanjiro’s stubborn hope, and gave the song a second life across stadiums, variety shows, and an ocean of fan covers. Gurenge isn’t just a hit anime opening; it’s a modern J-rock standard, and the half-billion plays prove it.

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1) KICK BACK - Kenshi Yonezu (Chainsaw Man, 2022)

Number of plays: ~ 1.4B streams

A billion-play OP and by a wide margin. KICK BACK splices Yonezu’s pop instincts with industrial edges, smirking lyrical asides, and a chorus calibrated for catharsis. Chainsaw Man’s cinematic swagger and weekly ending-song gimmick drew eyes, but it was this opener that moved the needle globally. Crossing the billion-stream line set a new bar for anime music on Western platforms, period.

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Why some “classics” rank lower than fans expect

Streaming favors the post-2015 era (Spotify adoption, playlist culture, TikTok virality). Earlier icons, A Cruel Angel’s Thesis, Haruka Kanata, even Tank!, exploded before global streaming took off, and their plays are split across multiple uploads or live versions. That doesn’t make them less legendary; it just means that the scoreboard skews newer.