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The 33 most-read artists based in Kent, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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33 artists are ranked in Kent. The biggest move was Jon Cleary, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Thomas Tallisclassical | 18,485 | +1 |
02 | Vita Sackville-Westpoetry | 18,099 | -1 |
03 | Bette Brightrock | 3,410 | 0 |
04 | Jon Clearyblues | 2,992 | +4 |
05 | Brinsley Schwarzpub rock, rock | 2,823 | -1 |
06 | Vanity Farepop, sunshine pop | 2,322 | 0 |
07 | Judge Dreadreggae, ska | 2,057 | -2 |
08 | Radio Boyclassical, electronic | 1,875 | +1 |
09 | Fat Mattressfolk rock | 1,304 | -2 |
10 | Thee Headcoateespunk, garage punk | 873 | 0 |
11 | Shineheaddancehall, reggae | 721 | 0 |
12 | Paul Rolandfolk, neofolk | 519 | +4 |
13 | Richard Coughlanprogressive rock | 508 | 0 |
14 | Issey Crosspop | 451 | 0 |
15 | Tony Hooperbluegrass | 437 | +2 |
16 | Victoria Hornpop | 416 | -4 |
17 | Charlie Andrewrock | 406 | -2 |
18 | Immaculate Foolsalternative rock, indie pop | 390 | +3 |
19 | Tiff Laceyvocal trance | 378 | -1 |
20 | Apexdrum and bass | 345 | 0 |
21 | LSKdance, hip hop | 304 | -2 |
22 | Thee Mighty Caesarspsychobilly, rockabilly | 182 | 0 |
23 | Chinmaya Dunsterceltic | 167 | 0 |
24 | Adrian Suttonclassical, contemporary classical | 164 | +1 |
25 | APREindie pop | 134 | +2 |
26 | Ivo Neamecontemporary jazz, jazz | 124 | -2 |
27 | Midway Stillpunk | 89 | +2 |
28 | John Russellfree improvisation, free jazz | 88 | +2 |
29 | Kenny Grahamjazz | 86 | -3 |
30 | Spike Wellsjazz | 69 | -2 |
31 | John Vealeclassical | 64 | 0 |
32 | The Claimindie rock | 54 | 0 |
33 | Thomas Simpsonclassical | 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.