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The 36 most-read Chennaiite artists, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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36 artists are ranked in Chennai. The biggest move was Srikanth Deva, up 18 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Anirudh Ravichanderfilmi | 498,617 | 0 |
02 | Engelbert Humperdinckpop, ballad | 82,772 | 0 |
03 | Srikanth Devafilmi | 74,938 | +18 |
04 | A. R. Rahmanclassical, world fusion | 71,969 | -1 |
05 | Puneeth Rajkumarfilmi | 70,329 | 0 |
06 | Harinifilmi | 47,403 | +2 |
07 | Pete Bestrock | 40,537 | -3 |
08 | Karthikfilmi | 28,796 | -2 |
09 | Vignesh Shivanfilmi | 25,102 | -2 |
10 | Yuvan Shankar Rajafilmi | 23,301 | -1 |
11 | Harris Jayarajfilmi | 15,940 | -1 |
12 | D. Immanfilmi | 12,294 | +3 |
13 | Karthik Rajafilmi | 10,873 | -1 |
14 | Bhavatharinifilmi | 9,764 | 0 |
15 | Anjana Vasancountry, americana | 9,732 | -4 |
16 | Anuradha Sriramfilmi | 9,318 | +2 |
17 | Karthikfilmi | 7,356 | -4 |
18 | Suchitrafilmi | 6,772 | -1 |
19 | L. R. Eshwarifilmi | 5,027 | +4 |
20 | Sharokavjazz | 3,817 | -1 |
21 | T. M. Krishnaindian classical | 2,692 | -1 |
22 | Siddharth Vipinfilmi | 2,491 | 0 |
23 | Blaazehip hop | 2,360 | -7 |
24 | Vidya Voxpop | 2,019 | +1 |
25 | Joshua Sridharfilmi | 1,883 | -1 |
26 | Ranjithfilmi | 1,712 | 0 |
27 | Vivek - Mervinfilmi | 1,135 | +1 |
28 | Upendra Kumarfilmi | 1,117 | -1 |
29 | Vikku Vinayakramjazz fusion | 896 | +1 |
30 | V. Selvaganeshjazz | 895 | -1 |
31 | M. S. Gopalakrishnancarnatic classical | 671 | +1 |
32 | Anithafilmi | 638 | -1 |
33 | Saisharanfilmi | 392 | 0 |
34 | Hartsalternative rock, funk | 329 | +1 |
35 | Ganesh Raghavendrafilmi | 206 | -1 |
36 | Ramesh Shothamjazz | 42 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.