House and hard techno on the rise on DJ Mag's 2025 top 100 DJs list

With many house artists rising and the likes of Michael Bibi, HUGEL, PAWSA and more entering the top 100, 2025 has truly been a comeback year for house music.

First of all, let’s agree to completely ignore the top 10. As always, it is filled with a bunch of mainstage DJs with minimum changes on top, and the houseist name in the top 10 this year remains FISHER (#7, up one position).

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House music comeback

We want to focus on house music in particular, and we have a lot of things to celebrate. For starters, many house DJs that were already in the top 100 made big jumps in the rankings. Black Coffee is up 7 places and is now #17 in the world, Keinemusik is #20 (up 15 places), Dom Dolla rose to #41 (up 25), and John Summit is now #46 (up 24).

However, no other DJ on this year’s list has made as big of a jump as Bosnian-born, Hamburg-raised Solomun, who is now #55, up by incredible 33 places. This shouldn’t come as a shock, as he spent his year doing awesome b2b sets with the likes of Anyma, Steve Angello, and Michael Bibi.

Speaking of Michael Bibi, he’s the year’s highest new entry, debuting at #48, while his Solid Grooves compatriot PAWSA is a bit below at #69. In between them you’ll find Latin House superstar HUGEL debuting at #54.

House dominance doesn’t end there, with ARTBAT (#73), Miss Monique (#75), Chris Stassy (#81), and Chris Lake (#95) also making their top 100 debut.

The year of hard techno

The only other genre that saw a significant rise is harder-paced Techno, with Charlotte de Witte entering the top 10 for the very first time at #9 (up 7 places).

Some techno artists that improved their rankings include Reinier Zonneveld at #22 (up 4), Amelie Lens at #38 (up by 3) and Sara Landry at #62 (up by 13). We can also observe Lilly Palmer (#57), Nico Moreno (#67), I HATE MODELS (#79) and Fantasm (#93) all making their 100 debuts.

The biggest losers

Of course, not everyone can win, and some of the biggest losers include GORDO, who’s now at #68 (down 23), The Chainsmokers at #70 (down 28), KAAZE at #74 (down 26), Fedde Le Grand at #84 (down 44), and Mariana Bo at #91 (down 40).

As a consolation prize, at least they’re still in the top 100, which can’t be said for the likes of Kura (#56 in 2024), Tujamo (#59 in 2024), Dubdogz (#62 in 2024), Julian Jordan (#63 in 2024), Danny Avila (#72 in 2024) and ten more.

DJ Mag’s 2025 Top 100 DJs list

David Guetta (up by 1)
Martin Garrix (down by 1)
Alok (up by 1)
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike (down by 1)
Armin Van Buuren (up by 1)
Timmy Trumpet (down by 1)
FISHER (up by 1)
Afrojack (down by 1)
Charlotte de Witte (up by 7)
Anyma (up by 7)
Vintage Culture (down by 2)
Peggy Gou (down by 2)
Don Diablo (up by 2)
Steve Aoki (down by 2)
Hardwell (down by 4)
Calvin Harris (up by 6)
Black Coffee (up by 7)
W&W (up by 3)
Lost Frequencies (up by 1)
Keinemusik (up by 15)
Tiësto (up by 2)
Reinier Zonneveld (up by 4)
KSHMR (down by 9)
Alan Walker (down by 11)
Carl Cox (up by 6)
Oliver Heldens (up by 3)
Jamie Jones (up by 3)
R3hab (down by 10)
Nicky Romero (up by 4)
Claptone (down by 2)
Skrillex (down by 12)
Vini Vici (up by 5)
Fred again.. (up by 5)
Swedish House Mafia (up by 5)
Joel Corry (down by 1)
Indira Paganotto (up by 13)
Eric Prydz (up by 9)
Amelie Lens (up by 3)
Paul van Dyk (up by 2)
DJ Snake (down by 7)
Dom Dolla (up by 25)
Marshmello (down by 8)
The Martinez Brothers (up by 25)
Zedd (down by 10)
Bassjackers (down by 1)
John Summit (up by 24)
Quintino (down by 9)
Michael Bibi (new entry)
Boris Brejcha (up by 6)
Korolova (up by 10)
Alesso (down by 8)
James Hype (up by 5)
Maddix (up by 16)
HUGEL (new entry)
Solomun (up by 33)
Mochakk (up by 5)
Lilly Palmer (new entry)
Nora En Pure (up by 7)
ATB (down by 12)
Deborah De Luca (down by 2)
Above & Beyond (up by 8)
Sara Landry (up by 13)
Nervo (down by 13)
Sub Zero Project (re-entry)
Kölsch (up by 12)
Lucas & Steve (up by 5)
Nico Moreno (new entry)
GORDO (down by 23)
PAWSA (new entry)
The Chainsmokers (down by 28)
Liu (up by 8)
Mike Williams (up by 1)
ARTBAT (new entry)
KAAZE (down by 26)
Miss Monique (new entry)
Burak Yeter (down by 12)
Mau P (up by 14)
Le Twins (up by 5)
I Hate Models (new entry)
Marnik (up by 10)
Chris Stassy (new entry)
Deadmau5 (down by 15)
WUKONG (up by 4)
Fedde Le Grand (down by 44)
Ferry Corsten (down by 5)
Plastik Funk (down by 5)
DubVision (down by 11)
B Jones (up by 6)
Giuseppe Ottaviani (up by 9)
Cuebrick (down by 1)
Mariana Bo (down by 40)
MEDUZA (up by 8)
Fantasm (new entry)
VINAI (down by 42)
Chris Lake (new entry)
Faustix (up by 3)
Honey Dijon (re-entry)
Nils van Zandt (new entry)
Topic (down by 2)
Marlon Hoffstadt (new entry)

50 DJs that didn’t make the cut this year

We hope to see some of these in the 2026 list, especially the likes of 999999999 (#121), Sammy Virji (#139) and Kettama (#147), all of which are having an incredible year so far.