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American Artists

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

200 artists are ranked in United States. The biggest move was Freddie Jackson, up 368 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Michael Jacksonpop, dance-pop	612,154	+1
02	John Andersoncountry, neo-traditional country	553,709	+300
03	Hailee Steinfelddance-pop, electropop	518,885	+13
04	Dolly Partoncountry, bluegrass	447,524	-3
05	KATSEYEdance-pop, pop	439,261	-1
06	Olivia Rodrigopop, pop rock	408,193	+6
07	Taylor Swiftpop, country	396,449	-1
08	Ella Langleycountry	396,330	-1
09	Freddie Jacksonsoul, quiet storm	383,729	+368
10	Riley Greencountry	374,111	-5
11	Stephen Kingaudio drama	359,679	+43
12	Michael McDonaldsoul	326,886	+189
13	Elvis Presleyrockabilly, rock and roll	320,238	+4
14	Eaglesrock, country rock	312,022	+113
15	Frank Sinatrajazz, swing	310,976	+32
16	Madonnapop, dance-pop	310,722	-8
17	Bruno Marspop, funk	292,062	-2
18	Don Johnsonpop, rock	291,366	+63
19	Sissy Spacekcountry	286,566	+154
20	Miley Cyruspop, pop rock	284,774	-10
21	Yehip hop, pop rap	281,605	+2
22	ROLE MODELpop	275,522	+136
23	Eminemhip hop, hardcore hip hop	273,589	+18
24	Glenn Freyrock, pop	270,088	+174
25	Turnstilehardcore punk, punk	268,411	+154
26	Ariana Grandepop, r&b	258,736	-8
27	Donnie Irisrock, pop rock	254,146	+348
28	Jennifer Lopezpop, latin pop	253,672	+12
29	Makaveligangsta rap, hip hop	248,996	-20
30	Bob Dylanfolk rock, folk	248,879	+16
31	Danny Elfmanmodern classical	246,168	+32
32	Lisa Marie Presleypop, rock	243,927	-3
33	Kelly Clarksonpop, pop rock	237,342	-6
34	Phoebe Bridgerssinger-songwriter, indie folk	235,722	-15
35	Emily Osmentpop	234,776	+94
36	Tatyana Alicontemporary r&b	234,433	-10
37	STELLA LEFTYcountry pop, indie folk	232,463	-26
38	Queen Latifahhip hop, jazz	232,351	-13
39	Zoë Kravitzrock	231,834	-15
40	Lady Gagapop, dance-pop	230,650	-37
41	Lana Del Reyindie pop, pop	229,050	+3
42	Diddyhip hop, east coast hip hop	226,927	+7
43	Martin Mullcomedy	225,933	+166
44	Bill Murrayspoken word	224,475	+84
45	Whitney Houstoncontemporary r&b, pop	223,010	-2
46	sombrindie pop, pop rock	222,956	-25
47	Jack Antonoffindie pop	221,199	+37
48	LL Cool Jhip hop, east coast hip hop	218,631	+122
49	JAŸ‐Zpop rap, east coast hip hop	216,317	+25
50	Katy Perrypop, pop rock	215,349	+15

Rising outside the top 50this month

98	Jackie Tohnpop	170,093	+193
55	Don Henleyrock, folk	207,558	+129
94	Wynonna Juddcountry, contemporary country	172,756	+121
64	Asheindie folk, pop	196,739	+114
107	Naomi Juddcountry, folk	161,087	+104

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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.