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The 36 most-read artists based in Chennai, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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36 artists are ranked in Chennai. The biggest move was Vignesh Shivan, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Anirudh Ravichanderfilmi | 104,549 | +1 |
02 | Engelbert Humperdinckpop, ballad | 80,113 | -1 |
03 | A. R. Rahmanclassical, world fusion | 67,769 | 0 |
04 | Vignesh Shivanfilmi | 54,061 | +4 |
05 | Pete Bestrock | 45,357 | -1 |
06 | Puneeth Rajkumarfilmi | 33,870 | 0 |
07 | Karthikfilmi | 29,413 | -2 |
08 | Yuvan Shankar Rajafilmi | 26,904 | -1 |
09 | Harris Jayarajfilmi | 20,350 | +1 |
10 | Harinifilmi | 19,449 | -1 |
11 | Anjana Vasancountry, americana | 11,850 | +1 |
12 | D. Immanfilmi | 11,849 | +2 |
13 | Karthikfilmi | 8,428 | +3 |
14 | Suchitrafilmi | 7,273 | +4 |
15 | Karthik Rajafilmi | 7,018 | 0 |
16 | Anuradha Sriramfilmi | 6,998 | -3 |
17 | L. R. Eshwarifilmi | 6,978 | -6 |
18 | Bhavatharinifilmi | 5,741 | -1 |
19 | Sharokavjazz | 3,923 | +1 |
20 | Srikanth Devafilmi | 3,588 | -1 |
21 | Vidya Voxpop | 2,524 | +1 |
22 | Joshua Sridharfilmi | 2,242 | -1 |
23 | T. M. Krishnaindian classical | 2,175 | 0 |
24 | Ranjithfilmi | 2,054 | 0 |
25 | Blaazehip hop | 1,650 | 0 |
26 | Siddharth Vipinfilmi | 1,607 | 0 |
27 | Upendra Kumarfilmi | 1,312 | +1 |
28 | Vivek - Mervinfilmi | 1,153 | -1 |
29 | Anithafilmi | 940 | +1 |
30 | V. Selvaganeshjazz | 805 | -1 |
31 | Vikku Vinayakramjazz fusion | 757 | 0 |
32 | M. S. Gopalakrishnancarnatic classical | 655 | 0 |
33 | Saisharanfilmi | 397 | 0 |
34 | Ganesh Raghavendrafilmi | 284 | 0 |
35 | Hartsalternative rock, funk | 226 | 0 |
36 | Ramesh Shothamjazz | 56 | 0 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.