Who Astrix is
Avi Shmailov (Hebrew: אבי שמיילוב) known by his stage name Astrix, is an Israeli trance music DJ and producer. His specialty lies in the subgenre of progressive psychedelic trance. In 2006, Astrix achieved the 41st position in DJMag's "Top 100 DJs" annual ranking, alongside several other Israeli musicians, with Infected Mushroom ranking the highest at No. 9. The following year, in 2007, Astrix climbed to the 18th spot on the list, marking a significant representation of the Israeli electronic music scene in the global rankings.
Biography from the Astrix article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Astrix, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
19 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
2 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 714K in the week of Aug 10, 2026.
Scene ranks
Around them in the chart
Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in trance, and the biggest names from Israel.
Astrix in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Astrix have?
Astrix has 713,200 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Astrix's world ranking?
Astrix is ranked #490 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Astrix from?
Astrix is from Israel, where they rank #3 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Astrix make?
Astrix is categorised as Trance in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as psytrance, trance, progressive trance.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.