Madonna Taylor Swift

Is Madonna taller than Taylor Swift?

No. Taylor Swift is taller than Madonna by 5.5 in (13.8 cm).

Madonna: taller than about 64 in 100 US women. Taylor Swift: taller than 95 in 100 US women.

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Where these heights come from

Madonna is commonly listed at 5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm). See all of Madonna’s listed heights.

Taylor Swift reported a height of 5 ft 10 in (177.8 cm) in a Vanity Fair interview published March 15, 2013. See all of Taylor Swift’s listed heights.

Photos: Madonna by chrisweger, CC BY-SA 2.0; Taylor Swift by iHeartRadioCA, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift vs Megan Thee Stallion: the same listed height, 5 ft 10 in.
Taylor Swift vs Morgan Wallen: the same listed height, 5 ft 10 in.
Taylor Swift vs Rihanna: Taylor Swift is taller than Rihanna by 2 in (5.1 cm).

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APA	Heightvs. (2026, November 3). Is Madonna taller than Taylor Swift? No, 5.5 in shorter. https://heightvs.com/compare/madonna-vs-taylor-swift
MLA	“Is Madonna Taller Than Taylor Swift? No, 5.5 in Shorter.” Heightvs, 3 Nov. 2026, heightvs.com/compare/madonna-vs-taylor-swift.
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For the height itself, cite the original publisher as well: Vanity Fair (Taylor Swift).

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Madonna, 5 ft 4.5 in (164 cm), and Taylor Swift, 5 ft 10 in (178 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline