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The 50 most-read afrobeat artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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89 artists are ranked in afrobeat. The biggest move was Vadé, up 43 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ginger BakerLewisham · United Kingdom | 47,429 | 0 |
02 | Fela KutiOgun · Nigeria | 28,820 | 0 |
03 | DavidoAtlanta · United States | 27,024 | +1 |
04 | AsakeLagos · Nigeria | 15,189 | +2 |
05 | Serge IbakaBrazzaville · Congo | 13,922 | -2 |
06 | Youssou N’DourDakar · Senegal | 8,129 | +1 |
07 | Ezra CollectiveLondon · United Kingdom | 7,768 | -2 |
08 | AKACape Town · South Africa | 4,831 | 0 |
09 | Femi KutiLondon · United Kingdom | 4,612 | +1 |
10 | Mr EaziPort Harcourt · Nigeria | 3,538 | +2 |
11 | Nico & VinzOslo · Norway | 3,426 | 0 |
12 | The Budos BandStaten Island · United States | 3,224 | +3 |
13 | KokorokoLondon · United Kingdom | 3,137 | -4 |
14 | Seun Kuti & Egypt 80Lagos · Nigeria | 3,083 | -1 |
15 | Jose ChameleoneUganda | 2,925 | +1 |
16 | TakuraZimbabwe | 2,614 | +13 |
17 | AlkalineJamaica | 2,557 | 0 |
18 | SarkodieGhana | 2,299 | +2 |
19 | Baaba MaalPodor · Senegal | 2,110 | -1 |
20 | ObongjayarCalabar · Nigeria | 2,078 | -1 |
21 | Bella Shmurda— | 2,004 | +4 |
22 | Afro Celt Sound SystemUnited Kingdom | 1,985 | 0 |
23 | Ebo TaylorCape Coast · Ghana | 1,946 | +1 |
24 | ZlatanNigeria | 1,823 | -3 |
25 | LágbájáLagos · Nigeria | 1,817 | +1 |
26 | JoeboyLagos · Nigeria | 1,418 | +1 |
27 | LasmidGhana | 1,251 | -13 |
28 | AntibalasBrooklyn · United States | 1,181 | -5 |
29 | LiraGauteng · South Africa | 1,151 | +2 |
30 | Wendy ShayAccra · Ghana | 953 | 0 |
31 | Made KutiNigeria | 922 | -3 |
32 | R2BeesGhana | 870 | 0 |
33 | Sidiku BuariAccra · Ghana | 654 | 0 |
34 | LojayLagos · Nigeria | 639 | +1 |
35 | Victor Axelrod— | 632 | +1 |
36 | The MotetBoulder · United States | 554 | -2 |
37 | BeatenbergSouth Africa | 542 | 0 |
38 | MedikalGhana | 533 | 0 |
39 | Stella MwangiNairobi · Kenya | 478 | 0 |
40 | LytaLagos · Nigeria | 474 | +4 |
41 | Theon CrossLondon · United Kingdom | 473 | +4 |
42 | Orlando JuliusEkiti · Nigeria | 468 | +1 |
43 | VadéUnited Kingdom | 462 | +43 |
44 | ReminisceNigeria | 439 | -2 |
45 | BalojiLubumbashi · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 426 | -5 |
46 | Newen AfrobeatChile | 408 | +1 |
47 | The FunkeesNigeria | 403 | -1 |
48 | B2CUganda | 393 | +4 |
49 | Melt Yourself DownLondon · United Kingdom | 360 | -1 |
50 | T.P. Orchestre Poly‐RythmoBenin | 348 | +1 |
55 | Daddy FreshLagos · Nigeria | 218 | +15 |
67 | Afrolicious— | 121 | +10 |
59 | Sacred PawsGlasgow · United Kingdom | 166 | +8 |
65 | Michael WagnerLong Beach · United States | 122 | +7 |
83 | Locko— | 36 | +5 |
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.