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Indian Artists

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

200 artists are ranked in India. The biggest move was Srikanth Deva, up 181 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Anirudh Ravichanderfilmi	498,617	+8
02	Devafilmi	422,658	+60
03	Shahrukh Khancentral asian throat singing, pop	170,614	-1
04	Sidhu Moose Walahip hop	150,434	+15
05	Manoj Tiwarifilmi	108,224	-4
06	Cliff Richardpop, rock and roll	95,533	+10
07	Kamal Haasanfilmi	91,290	+1
08	Engelbert Humperdinckpop, ballad	82,772	+2
09	Srikanth Devafilmi	74,938	+181
10	A. R. Rahmanclassical, world fusion	71,969	+5
11	Puneeth Rajkumarfilmi	70,329	+17
12	Kishore Kumarfilmi	69,288	+1
13	Tippufilmi	67,541	+11
14	Falguni Pathakpop	63,626	+85
15	Ravi Shankarindian classical, concerto	51,728	+3
16	Diljit Dosanjhbhangra	50,294	-11
17	Harinifilmi	47,403	+17
18	Hiphop Tamizhahip hop	45,377	-7
19	Mika Singhfilmi, indian pop	44,754	+103
20	Farhan Akhtarrock	43,122	-8
21	Arijit Singhfilmi, indian pop	42,342	-15
22	Pete Bestrock	40,537	+4
23	Shreya Ghoshalfilmi	40,109	-9
24	Gulzarfilmi	38,142	-4
25	Sanjay Leela Bhansalifilmi	37,974	-2
26	Sunidhi Chauhanfilmi	37,295	+27
27	Zubeen Gargfilmi, indian pop	33,850	-20
28	Lata Mangeshkarfilmi	33,343	-7
29	Asha Bhoslefilmi, indian pop	32,752	-7
30	Himesh Reshammiyafilmi	32,161	+12
31	Asranifilmi	31,581	-14
32	M.S. Subbulakshmicarnatic classical, hindustani classical	30,901	-29
33	KKfilmi	29,463	-6
34	Nadeem-Shravanfilmi	29,255	+10
35	Karthikfilmi	28,796	-6
36	Abhijeet Sawantindian pop	28,513	+53
37	Yo Yo Honey Singhbhangra, hip hop	28,298	-12
38	Sonu Nigamfilmi	26,781	-5
39	Vignesh Shivanfilmi	25,102	-9
40	Spike Milligancomedy	24,403	0
41	S. P. Balasubrahmanyamfilmi	23,390	-9
42	Yuvan Shankar Rajafilmi	23,301	-5
43	Badshahhip hop	22,873	-39
44	Vineeth Sreenivasanfilmi	22,501	-3
45	Amit Kumarfilmi	22,272	+2
46	Neeti Mohanfilmi	21,672	+8
47	Kumar Sanufilmi	21,082	+5
48	Neha Kakkarfilmi, melodic dubstep	20,944	+25
49	Rahul Dev Burmanfilmi	20,910	-4
50	Mohammed Rafifilmi	20,616	-7

Rising outside the top 50this month

73	Bobo Shashifilmi	13,566	+173
95	Sachin‐Jigarfilmi	10,997	+69
141	R. P. Patnaikfilmi	6,045	+54
109	Anuradha Sriramfilmi	9,318	+47
120	Mohini Deyjazz, jazz fusion	7,710	+46

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.