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Artists from New York

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

200 artists are ranked in New York. The biggest move was Jon Cypher, up 108 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Audrey Hobertpop, alternative pop	305,042	+7
02	sombrindie pop, pop rock	196,235	0
03	Paris Hiltonpop	177,336	0
04	Hayes Warnerpop, singer-songwriter	161,547	+59
05	Awkwafinahip hop	130,510	0
06	David Duchovnyalternative rock	126,298	+3
07	The Strokesindie rock, garage rock revival	114,403	-3
08	Beastie Boyship hop, rap rock	114,259	+4
09	Julian Casablancasexperimental rock, alternative dance	98,447	+1
10	Linda McCartneypop rock	95,406	+4
11	The Mamas & the Papassunshine pop, folk rock	94,928	+2
12	Peggy Liptonbaroque pop	93,888	-1
13	Ramonespunk rock, pop punk	88,534	+5
14	George Carlincomedy, standup comedy	87,675	+1
15	Terry Melcherpop	86,451	+29
16	David Cassidypop	84,202	+1
17	Bebe Rexhapop, dance-pop	82,545	-11
18	Foreignerrock, pop rock	80,065	+4
19	Sean Ono Lennonrock	78,670	0
20	Talking Headsnew wave, post-punk	78,336	0
21	Marc Anthonylatin, latin pop	72,181	-14
22	Adam Schlesingeralternative rock, power pop	64,783	+5
23	Blondienew wave, disco	62,824	-2
24	The Velvet Undergroundexperimental rock, art rock	61,284	-1
25	Interpolindie rock, post-punk	61,172	+20
26	Alex Wolffrock	56,865	-1
27	Jon Cyphermusical	56,384	+108
28	Yeah Yeah Yeahsindie rock, garage rock	50,337	+43
29	Village Peopledisco, electronic	50,201	-28
30	Stephen Sondheimclassical	46,791	+5
31	The Pretty Recklesshard rock, alternative rock	46,455	-1
32	Nile Rodgerscontemporary r&b, club	45,484	+10
33	Peter, Paul and Maryfolk	44,989	+13
34	Tab Hunterpop	44,701	+3
35	George Burnscountry	44,350	-9
36	Huey Lewisrock, blue-eyed soul	43,784	-20
37	Jakob Dylanamericana, folk	43,771	-9
38	LCD Soundsystemdance-punk, electronic	42,607	+23
39	Deee‐Litehouse, dance	42,412	+21
40	Anthraxthrash metal, heavy metal	40,143	-4
41	The Crampspsychobilly, garage rock	39,215	+37
42	The Chainsmokerselectro house, edm	39,172	+5
43	Gregory Hinescontemporary r&b	39,118	+12
44	Sonic Youthalternative rock, noise rock	38,915	-3
45	Funpop	36,599	-12
46	Scissor Sisterspop, glam rock	36,305	-8
47	Frank Stallonepop	36,075	-18
48	Eddie Moneyrock, pop rock	36,001	+4
49	Patty Smythnew wave, rock	35,827	-18
50	Laura Benantifolk	35,291	-10

Rising outside the top 50this month

57	Max Bemisrock	30,050	+134
51	Mannequin Pussyindie rock, punk rock	34,119	+66
133	Lee Rockerblues, rockabilly	11,354	+63
65	Gloria Loringpop	25,989	+53
139	Dream Streetdance-pop, teen pop	10,895	+39

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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.