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The 32 most-read artists based in Kent, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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32 artists are ranked in Kent. The biggest move was Jon Cleary, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Thomas Tallisclassical | 22,194 | +1 |
02 | Vita Sackville-Westpoetry | 20,628 | -1 |
03 | Bette Brightrock | 3,713 | 0 |
04 | Brinsley Schwarzpub rock, rock | 3,335 | 0 |
05 | Jon Clearyblues | 2,739 | +4 |
06 | Vanity Farepop, sunshine pop | 2,512 | 0 |
07 | Judge Dreadreggae, ska | 2,385 | -2 |
08 | Fat Mattressfolk rock | 2,182 | -1 |
09 | Radio Boyclassical, electronic | 1,631 | -1 |
10 | Thee Headcoateespunk, garage punk | 1,195 | 0 |
11 | Shineheaddancehall, reggae | 945 | +1 |
12 | Issey Crosspop | 689 | +1 |
13 | Richard Coughlanprogressive rock | 596 | -2 |
14 | Victoria Hornpop | 573 | +4 |
15 | Paul Rolandfolk, neofolk | 461 | +4 |
16 | Immaculate Foolsalternative rock, indie pop | 433 | -1 |
17 | Tiff Laceyvocal trance | 424 | 0 |
18 | Charlie Andrewrock | 408 | -4 |
19 | Tony Hooperbluegrass | 398 | -3 |
20 | Apexdrum and bass | 388 | 0 |
21 | Chinmaya Dunsterceltic | 190 | +2 |
22 | Adrian Suttonclassical, contemporary classical | 160 | 0 |
23 | Thee Mighty Caesarspsychobilly, rockabilly | 154 | +1 |
24 | APREindie pop | 131 | +4 |
25 | Kenny Grahamjazz | 112 | 0 |
26 | Spike Wellsjazz | 101 | +1 |
27 | Midway Stillpunk | 98 | -6 |
28 | Ivo Neamecontemporary jazz, jazz | 97 | -2 |
29 | John Russellfree improvisation, free jazz | 85 | +1 |
30 | John Vealeclassical | 78 | -1 |
31 | The Claimindie rock | 72 | 0 |
32 | 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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.