Red Hot Chili Peppers Albums Ranked
Every Red Hot Chili Peppers album ranked worst to best by the fans who voted, one head-to-head matchup at a time. Their #1: Californication.
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Rank Red Hot Chili Peppers's albums
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START RANKINGA different ranking, from a different crowd: Red Hot Chili Peppers's albums and songs by lifetime Spotify streams. Figures move daily. Nothing here feeds the fan ranking.
Most streamed Red Hot Chili Peppers albums
By the Way
2002
4.24bn
Californication
1999
6.78bn
Stadium Arcadium
2006
4.01bn
Every play of every song on the album, as of 27 October 2026. Where an album has several editions, the biggest figure counts.
Most streamed Red Hot Chili Peppers songs
- 1Californication2.17bn831k/day
- 2Under the Bridge2.1bn750k/day
- 3Can't Stop2.1bn829k/day
- 4Scar Tissue1.7bn728k/day
- 5Otherside1.64bn726k/day
- 6Snow (Hey Oh)1.52bn610k/day
- 7Dani California1.11bn531k/day
- 8By the Way810m256k/day
- 9Dark Necessities707m307k/day
- 10Give It Away562m167k/day
Source: Spotify lifetime totals via kworb.net. Albums as of 27 October 2026, songs as of 27 October 2026. Stream counts are not votes and are never mixed into the fan ranking.
Red Hot Chili Peppers albums: your questions
- What is Red Hot Chili Peppers' best album?
- Californication (1999) is Red Hot Chili Peppers' #1 album on TakeRank, winning 68% of its 28 head-to-head matchups.
- What is Red Hot Chili Peppers' most underrated album?
- By the Way (2002) sits at #5 but wins 62% of its matchups, the best record of any Red Hot Chili Peppers album outside their top three.
- How many albums has Red Hot Chili Peppers released?
- Red Hot Chili Peppers has released 13 studio albums, from The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) to Return of the Dream Canteen (2022).
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