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German Artists

The 50 most-read German artists, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

200 artists are ranked in Germany. The biggest move was Emilio, up 126 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Emiliopop, r&b	183,978	+126
02	Hans Zimmermodern classical, orchestral	162,760	-1
03	Martin Luthergospel hymn	127,599	-1
04	Ludwig van Beethovenclassical, romantic classical	110,266	-1
05	Thomas Mannaudio drama	92,382	+8
06	Rammsteinindustrial metal, neue deutsche härte	83,298	-1
07	Rob Thomaspop rock, pop	82,803	+12
08	Boney M.disco, europop	81,965	-4
09	Johann Sebastian Bachclassical, baroque	73,950	-3
10	Jackson Brownerock, folk	67,917	+4
11	Milli Vanillipop, contemporary r&b	66,337	+1
12	Scorpionshard rock, heavy metal	64,227	-1
13	Marlene Dietrichcabaret, schlager	63,326	-5
14	Anika Nillesjazz fusion	61,556	-7
15	J. Colehip hop	60,840	-6
16	Richard Wagnerclassical, opera	58,928	-1
17	Till Lindemannindustrial metal	56,571	-1
18	Kim Petraspop, dance-pop	50,614	0
19	Brüder Grimmfairy tale	48,624	-2
20	Hildegard von Bingenmedieval, classical	48,147	-10
21	Tokio Hotelpop rock, electropop	35,292	0
22	Kraftwerkelectronic, krautrock	33,822	+3
23	Nicoavant-garde, avant-folk	33,040	+1
24	Bill Kaulitzrock	30,628	+2
25	George Frideric Handelclassical, baroque	28,907	+2
26	André Previnclassical, jazz	27,989	+7
27	Johannes Brahmsclassical, romantic classical	27,942	+1
28	Reggie Wattselectronic, neo soul	26,271	-8
29	Enigmanew age, electronic	25,230	+1
30	Tangerine Dreamelectronic, ambient	25,081	-1
31	Max Richterclassical, modern classical	24,467	+13
32	Alphavillenew wave, synth-pop	24,107	-10
33	Felix Mendelssohnclassical, romantic classical	24,102	-1
34	Meshell Ndegeocellocontemporary r&b, neo soul	24,016	+33
35	Flula Borghip hop	23,149	0
36	Helloweenpower metal, heavy metal	23,049	+1
37	Robert Schumannclassical, romantic classical	21,340	-3
38	Richard Straussclassical, lied	20,267	+3
39	ScHoolboy Qgangsta rap, hip hop	19,552	+10
40	Tré Coolpunk rock	19,268	-4
41	Marian Goldnew wave	17,929	-10
42	Nenapop, neue deutsche welle	17,586	+1
43	Electric Callboyelectronicore, metalcore	17,532	-20
44	Theodor W. Adornoclassical	17,406	-4
45	Klaus Meinerock	17,393	+1
46	Klaus Nomiart pop, new wave	17,341	+4
47	Cankrautrock, experimental rock	17,202	+1
48	Ruben Studdardcontemporary r&b, r&b	16,639	-6
49	Friedrich Schillerballad	16,030	-2
50	horsegiirLhyperpop, happy hardcore	15,719	+4

Rising outside the top 50this month

114	MEUTEbrass band, techno	6,743	+117
133	Nadja Benaissapop	5,455	+89
176	Vanessa Petruofunk, blues	3,974	+80
122	Justus Eichhornclassical	6,144	+73
139	No Angelspop	5,306	+65

Adjacent scenes

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.