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The 50 most-read audio drama artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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69 artists are ranked in audio drama. The biggest move was Michael Bakewell, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Thomas MannLübeck · Germany | 92,382 | +1 |
02 | Robert Louis StevensonUnited Kingdom | 60,208 | -1 |
03 | PAW Patrol— | 51,111 | 0 |
04 | Miguel de CervantesAlcalá de Henares · Spain | 37,387 | 0 |
05 | Umberto EcoAlessandria · Italy | 28,605 | 0 |
06 | Knight RiderUnited States | 25,358 | 0 |
07 | Stieg LarssonSkelleftehamn · Sweden | 24,645 | +1 |
08 | Ken FollettCardiff · United Kingdom | 22,222 | -1 |
09 | Paulo CoelhoRio de Janeiro · Brazil | 21,060 | +1 |
10 | Jeff KinneyWashington · United States | 18,896 | +2 |
11 | Masters of the UniverseUnited States | 17,352 | -2 |
12 | Stanisław LemPoland | 16,850 | -1 |
13 | HergéEtterbeek · Belgium | 15,550 | +2 |
14 | Astrid LindgrenVimmerby Municipality · Sweden | 14,294 | 0 |
15 | Paul AusterNewark · United States | 13,129 | -2 |
16 | René GoscinnyParis · France | 10,776 | 0 |
17 | Michael JaystonNottingham · United Kingdom | 9,156 | +2 |
18 | Edgar WallaceGreenwich · United Kingdom | 9,149 | 0 |
19 | Mary Higgins ClarkThe Bronx · United States | 7,739 | +1 |
20 | Karl MayHohenstein-Ernstthal · Germany | 7,690 | -3 |
21 | Henning MankellStockholm · Sweden | 6,371 | 0 |
22 | Ben AaronovitchLondon · United Kingdom | 5,477 | +1 |
23 | Adventures in OdysseyUnited States | 5,441 | -1 |
24 | Die drei ???Germany | 4,869 | +1 |
25 | Erich KästnerDresden · Germany | 4,710 | -1 |
26 | Patrick SüskindGermany | 4,685 | 0 |
27 | Cornelia FunkeDorsten · Germany | 4,457 | +1 |
28 | Spirit - Wild und freiUnited States | 3,651 | -1 |
29 | T. C. BoylePeekskill · United States | 3,378 | 0 |
30 | John MoffattDaventry · United Kingdom | 2,171 | 0 |
31 | JanoschZabrze · Poland | 2,109 | +3 |
32 | Carol Higgins ClarkManhattan · United States | 2,007 | 0 |
33 | Eva IbbotsonWien · Austria | 1,855 | 0 |
34 | Otfried PreußlerLiberec · Czechia | 1,529 | +3 |
35 | Diane DuaneUnited States | 1,421 | 0 |
36 | Wilhelm HauffStuttgart · Germany | 1,373 | 0 |
37 | Rob InglisAustralia | 1,362 | +1 |
38 | Sven NordqvistHelsingborg · Sweden | 1,273 | +1 |
39 | Martin WalserWasserburg am Bodensee · Germany | 1,072 | +1 |
40 | Angela Sommer‐BodenburgReinbek · Germany | 1,005 | -9 |
41 | TabalugaGermany | 950 | 0 |
42 | Waldemar BonselsAhrensburg · Germany | 703 | +1 |
43 | Thomas BrezinaWien · Austria | 673 | +1 |
43 | Frank SchätzingKöln · Germany | 673 | +2 |
45 | Pascal MercierBern · Switzerland | 619 | +1 |
46 | Michael BakewellBirmingham · United Kingdom | 592 | +4 |
47 | Rüdiger GreifDortmund · Germany | 569 | +1 |
48 | Thomas FritschDresden · Germany | 515 | -6 |
49 | Sven RegenerBremen · Germany | 491 | 0 |
50 | Paul MaarSchweinfurt · Germany | 475 | +2 |
55 | Marc ElsbergWien · Austria | 253 | +4 |
63 | Horst NaumannDresden · Germany | 114 | +2 |
56 | Bernhard HennenKrefeld · Germany | 249 | +2 |
54 | Kai MeyerLübeck · Germany | 310 | +1 |
67 | H. G. FrancisGermany | 76 | +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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.