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The 50 most-read audio drama artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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69 artists are ranked in audio drama. The biggest move was Michael Bakewell, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | PAW Patrol— | 85,721 | +1 |
02 | Masters of the UniverseUnited States | 67,802 | -1 |
03 | Robert Louis StevensonUnited Kingdom | 52,185 | 0 |
04 | Thomas MannLübeck · Germany | 45,438 | +1 |
05 | Knight RiderUnited States | 37,199 | +2 |
06 | Umberto EcoAlessandria · Italy | 35,812 | 0 |
07 | Miguel de CervantesAlcalá de Henares · Spain | 33,545 | -3 |
08 | Stieg LarssonSkelleftehamn · Sweden | 30,039 | +3 |
09 | Ken FollettCardiff · United Kingdom | 27,060 | -1 |
10 | Paulo CoelhoRio de Janeiro · Brazil | 24,043 | -1 |
11 | Stanisław LemPoland | 17,911 | -1 |
12 | Paul AusterNewark · United States | 17,691 | +1 |
13 | Jeff KinneyWashington · United States | 17,121 | +1 |
14 | HergéEtterbeek · Belgium | 16,995 | -2 |
15 | Astrid LindgrenVimmerby Municipality · Sweden | 14,040 | 0 |
16 | René GoscinnyParis · France | 13,139 | 0 |
17 | Michael JaystonNottingham · United Kingdom | 9,974 | +2 |
18 | Mary Higgins ClarkThe Bronx · United States | 8,638 | -1 |
19 | Karl MayHohenstein-Ernstthal · Germany | 7,430 | -1 |
20 | Ben AaronovitchLondon · United Kingdom | 6,379 | +1 |
21 | Adventures in OdysseyUnited States | 6,173 | -1 |
22 | Die drei ???Germany | 6,072 | 0 |
23 | Henning MankellStockholm · Sweden | 5,985 | +4 |
24 | Edgar WallaceGreenwich · United Kingdom | 5,640 | 0 |
25 | Spirit - Wild und freiUnited States | 4,828 | -2 |
26 | Patrick SüskindGermany | 4,794 | +2 |
27 | T. C. BoylePeekskill · United States | 4,376 | -2 |
28 | Erich KästnerDresden · Germany | 3,969 | +2 |
29 | Cornelia FunkeDorsten · Germany | 3,849 | 0 |
30 | Carol Higgins ClarkManhattan · United States | 2,128 | +1 |
31 | John MoffattDaventry · United Kingdom | 2,029 | +2 |
32 | Eva IbbotsonWien · Austria | 1,992 | 0 |
33 | Diane DuaneUnited States | 1,709 | +1 |
34 | Rob InglisAustralia | 1,368 | +1 |
35 | JanoschZabrze · Poland | 1,168 | +2 |
36 | Wilhelm HauffStuttgart · Germany | 1,085 | +2 |
37 | TabalugaGermany | 1,058 | -1 |
38 | Martin WalserWasserburg am Bodensee · Germany | 1,013 | -13 |
39 | Otfried PreußlerLiberec · Czechia | 920 | +3 |
40 | Sven NordqvistHelsingborg · Sweden | 844 | 0 |
41 | Michael BakewellBirmingham · United Kingdom | 818 | +7 |
42 | Thomas FritschDresden · Germany | 766 | -3 |
43 | Frank SchätzingKöln · Germany | 741 | -2 |
44 | Waldemar BonselsAhrensburg · Germany | 717 | -1 |
45 | Rüdiger GreifDortmund · Germany | 693 | +1 |
46 | Pascal MercierBern · Switzerland | 636 | -2 |
47 | Thomas BrezinaWien · Austria | 614 | -2 |
48 | WAS IST WASGermany | 560 | -1 |
49 | Angela Sommer‐BodenburgReinbek · Germany | 457 | +1 |
50 | Sven RegenerBremen · Germany | 390 | -1 |
51 | Paul MaarSchweinfurt · Germany | 313 | +5 |
62 | Max KruseNaumburg · Germany | 121 | +3 |
61 | Kirsten BoieHamburg · Germany | 152 | +2 |
64 | Jujja WieslanderStockholm · Sweden | 108 | +2 |
57 | Kai MeyerLübeck · Germany | 184 | +1 |
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.