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Artists from India

The 50 most-read artists based in India, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

200 artists are ranked in India. The biggest move was Vignesh Shivan, up 48 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Shahrukh Khancentral asian throat singing, pop	158,467	+1
02	Anirudh Ravichanderfilmi	104,549	+7
03	Kishore Kumarfilmi	86,746	+4
04	Engelbert Humperdinckpop, ballad	80,113	+4
05	Cliff Richardpop, rock and roll	76,328	-1
06	Kamal Haasanfilmi	75,392	0
07	Diljit Dosanjhbhangra	69,967	-4
08	A. R. Rahmanclassical, world fusion	67,769	+2
09	Ravi Shankarindian classical, concerto	55,845	+4
10	Farhan Akhtarrock	55,353	+10
11	Sidhu Moose Walahip hop	54,503	+1
12	Vignesh Shivanfilmi	54,061	+48
13	Thaman Sfilmi	48,330	+12
14	Pete Bestrock	45,357	+2
15	Gulzarfilmi	41,686	+18
16	Shreya Ghoshalfilmi	41,371	-1
17	Arijit Singhfilmi, indian pop	40,140	0
18	KKfilmi	38,397	+3
19	Lata Mangeshkarfilmi	37,248	-1
20	Sunidhi Chauhanfilmi	36,673	+26
21	Asha Bhoslefilmi, indian pop	36,551	-2
22	Ravi Basrurfilmi	35,812	+46
23	Vijay Antonyfilmi	34,874	+20
24	Puneeth Rajkumarfilmi	33,870	+8
25	Asranifilmi	33,467	-3
26	Manoj Tiwarifilmi	32,696	+10
27	Mohammed Rafifilmi	29,991	+7
28	Sanjay Leela Bhansalifilmi	29,674	+16
29	Karthikfilmi	29,413	+1
30	Sonu Nigamfilmi	28,135	+20
31	Mithoonfilmi	27,431	+35
32	Yo Yo Honey Singhbhangra, hip hop	27,175	+25
33	Nadeem-Shravanfilmi	26,997	+4
34	Yuvan Shankar Rajafilmi	26,904	+24
35	Zubeen Gargfilmi, indian pop	26,748	-7
36	Kumar Sanufilmi	26,559	+9
37	S. Janakifilmi	26,172	-36
38	Rahul Dev Burmanfilmi	25,634	+16
39	Badshahhip hop	25,341	-12
40	Amaal Mallikfilmi	25,192	+48
41	Amit Kumarfilmi	24,825	-10
42	Tippufilmi	24,465	+5
43	S. P. Balasubrahmanyamfilmi	23,804	-29
44	Spike Milligancomedy	23,412	+8
45	Vishal Bhardwajfilmi	22,524	-10
46	Vineeth Sreenivasanfilmi	22,299	-23
47	Jagjit Singhghazal	21,611	+16
48	K. J. Yesudasfilmi, indian classical	21,136	-24
49	Himesh Reshammiyafilmi	21,003	+7
50	Shoba Chandrasekharfilmi	20,414	+9

Rising outside the top 50this month

111	Anupam Royfilmi, singer-songwriter	9,273	+87
110	Shalmali Kholgadefilmi	9,362	+76
113	Raju Singhfilmi	9,014	+74
137	Remo Fernandesjazz fusion	7,253	+71
90	Jeet Ganngulifilmi	11,432	+70

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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.