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New Yorker Artists

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

200 artists are ranked in New York. The biggest move was Jackie Tohn, up 93 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	sombrindie pop, pop rock	222,956	0
02	Linda McCartneypop rock	181,241	+6
03	Jackie Tohnpop	170,093	+93
04	David Duchovnyalternative rock	161,951	+3
05	Paris Hiltonpop	161,739	-2
06	Awkwafinahip hop	131,588	-1
07	The Strokesindie rock, garage rock revival	104,453	+6
08	Julian Casablancasexperimental rock, alternative dance	90,570	+12
09	George Carlincomedy, standup comedy	89,222	-3
10	Talking Headsnew wave, post-punk	87,596	+5
11	Beastie Boyship hop, rap rock	84,180	-7
12	Sean Ono Lennonrock	83,281	-10
13	Peggy Liptonbaroque pop	80,760	-1
14	Alex Wolffrock	79,607	+15
15	The Mamas & the Papassunshine pop, folk rock	76,014	-4
16	David Cassidypop	73,855	-6
17	Frank Stallonepop	70,964	+9
18	Blondienew wave, disco	68,131	+5
19	Ramonespunk rock, pop punk	67,451	-5
20	Audrey Hobertpop, alternative pop	65,777	-11
21	Marc Anthonylatin, latin pop	60,785	-5
22	Foreignerrock, pop rock	55,882	+5
23	The Velvet Undergroundexperimental rock, art rock	55,202	+2
24	George Burnscountry	52,883	-2
25	Bebe Rexhapop, dance-pop	50,852	-4
26	Interpolindie rock, post-punk	50,226	-2
27	Anthraxthrash metal, heavy metal	47,240	-10
28	Stephen Sondheimclassical	45,249	+5
29	Huey Lewisrock, blue-eyed soul	44,914	+5
30	Laura Benantifolk	43,156	+1
31	Tab Hunterpop	42,465	+1
32	Village Peopledisco, electronic	41,076	-2
33	The Whitest Kids U’ Knowcomedy, sketch comedy	39,570	-15
34	Funpop	39,252	+8
35	Anymamelodic techno, electronic	39,064	+5
36	Patty Smythnew wave, rock	39,013	-8
37	The Crampspsychobilly, garage rock	38,364	+15
38	Sonic Youthalternative rock, noise rock	38,025	0
39	Rob Pilatuspop	35,890	+11
40	The Pretty Recklesshard rock, alternative rock	34,748	-5
41	Jakob Dylanamericana, folk	33,782	+3
42	The Chainsmokerselectro house, edm	32,756	+4
43	Nick Valensigarage rock, indie rock	32,636	+34
44	Yeah Yeah Yeahsindie rock, garage rock	32,307	+7
45	Swansnoise rock, post-punk	31,276	+18
46	Nile Rodgerscontemporary r&b, club	31,258	-1
47	Adam Schlesingeralternative rock, power pop	31,138	0
48	LCD Soundsystemdance-punk, electronic	31,105	-11
49	Peter, Paul and Maryfolk	31,018	-6
50	Terry Melcherpop	30,619	-11

Rising outside the top 50this month

79	The Walkmenindie rock, post-punk revival	17,992	+97
115	John Walkersinger-songwriter	12,104	+84
125	Mick Giacchinocinematic classical	11,077	+75
104	Melba Mooresoul	13,456	+61
89	Nikolai Fraiturerock	16,025	+49

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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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.