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The 32 most-read avant-folk artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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32 artists are ranked in avant-folk. The biggest move was Renaldo & The Loaf, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Tim BuckleyWashington, D.C. · United States | 33,163 | 0 |
02 | John FaheyWashington, D.C. · United States | 7,678 | 0 |
03 | the MicrophonesAnacortes · United States | 5,246 | 0 |
04 | ExumaCat Island · Bahamas | 1,992 | +1 |
05 | Arto TunçboyacıyanIstanbul · Türkiye | 1,885 | -1 |
06 | carolineLondon · United Kingdom | 1,423 | 0 |
07 | CromagnonNew York · United States | 812 | +1 |
08 | Josephine FosterColorado · United States | 593 | +4 |
09 | PuuluupEstonia | 543 | -2 |
10 | Renaldo & The LoafPortsmouth · United Kingdom | 530 | +5 |
11 | CarolinerSan Francisco · United States | 481 | 0 |
12 | Catherine RibeiroLyon · France | 479 | -3 |
13 | SkinNew York · United States | 477 | -3 |
14 | Stephan MicusStuttgart · Germany | 354 | 0 |
15 | UaktiBrazil | 347 | +4 |
16 | SenyawaYogyakarta · Indonesia | 340 | +5 |
17 | Світлана НяньоKyïv · Ukraine | 337 | +5 |
18 | 三上寛Nakadomari · Japan | 313 | 0 |
19 | Dorothy CarterNew York · United States | 312 | -2 |
20 | Amps for ChristCalifornia · United States | 308 | -7 |
21 | CastanetsUnited States | 303 | -5 |
22 | Maher Shalal Hash BazJapan | 293 | -2 |
23 | PeltRichmond · United States | 270 | +1 |
24 | Blue RosesShipley · United Kingdom | 156 | +1 |
25 | Jewlia EisenbergBrooklyn · United States | 137 | -2 |
26 | LEYABrooklyn · United States | 122 | +1 |
27 | Walter FrancoSão Paulo · Brazil | 108 | -1 |
28 | Emmanuelle ParreninFrance | 72 | 0 |
29 | De KiftNetherlands | 51 | 0 |
30 | TamiaFrance | 33 | 0 |
31 | OLAibi— | 32 | 0 |
32 | Mermaid ChunkyUnited Kingdom | 30 | 0 |
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.