Schiller is a Trance act from Germany, ranked #941 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 410,900 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #86 in Germany and #55 in Trance among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has slipped 1% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 415K to 411K. Their tracked peak was 415,300 in Aug 17, 2026. They have 175,253 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 52/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Dream Of You”.
Who Schiller is
Schiller is a German electronic music act. It was formed in 1998 and is named after the German poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller. Originally, Schiller was a duo consisting of Christopher von Deylen (German: [ˈdaɪlən]) and Mirko von Schlieffen. Around 2001 or 2002, von Schlieffen left the band, leaving von Deylen as its sole member. Schiller won the ECHO award in 2002 for the Best Dance Single of the Year with "Dream of You". Schiller has sold over seven million albums worldwide. Vocals for Schiller productions are sung by guest artists, including Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil, Samu Haber of Sunrise Avenue, Sarah Brightman, Moya Brennan of Clannad, Midge Ure of Ultravox, Andrea Corr of The Corrs, Colbie Caillat, Sarah Howells of Paper Aeroplanes, Ben Becker, Peter Heppner of synthpop band Wolfsheim, Xavier Naidoo, Arlissa, Maya Saban, Kim Sanders formerly of Culture Beat, Ana Torroja of the Spanish pop group Mecano, Tarja Turunen formerly of symphonic metal group Nightwish, Despina Vandi, Alexander Veljanov of Darkwave group Deine Lakaien, Swedish singer September, French voice artist Pierre Maubouché, Nena, and Meredith Call. Other musicians that have collaborated with…
Biography from the Schiller article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Schiller, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Listener trend
7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 415K in the week of Aug 17, 2026.
Scene ranks
Around them in the chart
Artists to compare
Acts at a similar level in trance, and the biggest names from Germany.
Schiller vs the field
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Schiller in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Schiller have?
Schiller has 410,900 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Schiller's world ranking?
Schiller is ranked #941 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Schiller from?
Schiller is from Germany, where they rank #86 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Schiller make?
Schiller is categorised as Trance in the DJ INDEX.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.