Orbital is a Techno act from United Kingdom, ranked #532 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 965,100 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #89 in United Kingdom and #56 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 5% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 923K to 965K. They have 424,922 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 54/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “HALCYON + ON + ON”.
Who Orbital is
Orbital are an English electronic music duo from Dunton Green, Kent, England, consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. The band's name is taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene during the early days of acid house. Additionally, the cover art on three of their albums showcase stylised atomic orbitals. Orbital have been critically and commercially successful, known particularly for their live improvisation during shows.
Biography from the Orbital article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Orbital, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
21 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 965K in the week of Sep 28, 2026.
Scene ranks
Around them in the chart
Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in techno, and the biggest names from United Kingdom.
Orbital vs the field
Settle it on the numbers — monthly listeners, rank and trend, side by side.
Orbital in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Orbital have?
Orbital has 965,100 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Orbital's world ranking?
Orbital is ranked #532 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Orbital from?
Orbital is from United Kingdom, where they rank #89 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Orbital make?
Orbital is categorised as Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as idm, big beat, acid house, breakbeat.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.