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The 34 most-read classical period artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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34 artists are ranked in classical period. The biggest move was Pierre Montan Berton, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Antonio SalieriLegnago · Italy | 29,045 | 0 |
02 | Carl Philipp Emanuel BachWeimar · Germany | 6,845 | 0 |
03 | Carl CzernyWien · Austria | 4,389 | 0 |
04 | Johann Christian BachLeipzig · Germany | 3,827 | 0 |
05 | Muzio ClementiRoma · Italy | 3,538 | +1 |
06 | Johann Nepomuk HummelBratislava · Slovakia | 3,324 | -1 |
07 | Franz Xaver SüßmayrSchwanenstadt · Austria | 2,553 | 0 |
08 | Luigi CherubiniFirenze · Italy | 2,342 | 0 |
09 | Louis SpohrBraunschweig · Germany | 1,648 | 0 |
10 | Ignace Joseph PleyelGroßweikersdorf · Austria | 1,174 | 0 |
11 | Domenico CimarosaAversa · Italy | 1,016 | 0 |
12 | Carl Ditters von DittersdorfWien · Austria | 1,012 | +2 |
13 | Mauro GiulianiBisceglie · Italy | 985 | 0 |
14 | Jan Ladislav DusíkKutná Hora · Czechia | 972 | +2 |
15 | Giovanni PaisielloRoccaforzata · Italy | 874 | -3 |
16 | Samuel WesleyBristol · United Kingdom | 848 | -1 |
17 | E. Power BiggsWestcliff-on-Sea · United Kingdom | 845 | +1 |
18 | Franz KrommerVysočina · Czechia | 572 | -1 |
19 | Johann Baptist CramerMannheim · Germany | 512 | +1 |
19 | George OnslowClermont-Ferrand · France | 512 | 0 |
21 | Antonio RosettiLitoměřice · Czechia | 464 | 0 |
22 | Jacques DuphlyRouen · France | 267 | +1 |
23 | Adalbert GyrowetzČeské Budějovice · Czechia | 252 | -1 |
24 | Joseph Leopold EyblerSchwechat · Austria | 229 | 0 |
25 | Johann Ernst BachEisenach · Germany | 163 | 0 |
26 | Ivan YanakovSofia · Bulgaria | 117 | +1 |
27 | Johann HartmannGłogów · Poland | 95 | -1 |
28 | Friedrich Ernst FescaMagdeburg · Germany | 91 | 0 |
29 | Simon LeducParis · France | 71 | 0 |
30 | Johann Christoph VogelNürnberg · Germany | 56 | 0 |
31 | Pierre Montan BertonMaubert-Fontaine · France | 44 | +3 |
32 | Nicolas SéjanParis · France | 42 | +1 |
33 | Johann Georg Heinrich BackofenKarlsruhe · Germany | 41 | -2 |
34 | Michi GaiggSchörfling am Attersee · Austria | 40 | -2 |
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.