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The 34 most-read classical period artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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34 artists are ranked in classical period. The biggest move was Domenico Cimarosa, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Antonio SalieriLegnago · Italy | 32,624 | 0 |
02 | Carl Philipp Emanuel BachWeimar · Germany | 5,653 | 0 |
03 | Carl CzernyWien · Austria | 3,853 | 0 |
04 | Johann Christian BachLeipzig · Germany | 3,476 | 0 |
05 | Johann Nepomuk HummelBratislava · Slovakia | 3,201 | 0 |
06 | Muzio ClementiRoma · Italy | 3,152 | 0 |
07 | Franz Xaver SüßmayrSchwanenstadt · Austria | 2,464 | 0 |
08 | Luigi CherubiniFirenze · Italy | 1,943 | 0 |
09 | Louis SpohrBraunschweig · Germany | 1,516 | 0 |
10 | Domenico CimarosaAversa · Italy | 1,041 | +5 |
11 | Mauro GiulianiBisceglie · Italy | 987 | 0 |
12 | Giovanni PaisielloRoccaforzata · Italy | 944 | 0 |
13 | Ignace Joseph PleyelGroßweikersdorf · Austria | 943 | -3 |
14 | Samuel WesleyBristol · United Kingdom | 859 | -1 |
15 | Carl Ditters von DittersdorfWien · Austria | 849 | -1 |
16 | Jan Ladislav DusíkKutná Hora · Czechia | 794 | +1 |
17 | E. Power BiggsWestcliff-on-Sea · United Kingdom | 626 | -1 |
18 | Franz KrommerVysočina · Czechia | 622 | 0 |
19 | Antonio RosettiLitoměřice · Czechia | 526 | +2 |
20 | George OnslowClermont-Ferrand · France | 504 | -1 |
21 | Johann Baptist CramerMannheim · Germany | 479 | -1 |
22 | Adalbert GyrowetzČeské Budějovice · Czechia | 230 | +1 |
23 | Jacques DuphlyRouen · France | 226 | -1 |
24 | Joseph Leopold EyblerSchwechat · Austria | 208 | 0 |
25 | Johann HartmannGłogów · Poland | 111 | +3 |
26 | Simon LeducParis · France | 100 | +2 |
27 | Friedrich Ernst FescaMagdeburg · Germany | 97 | -1 |
27 | Ivan YanakovSofia · Bulgaria | 97 | 0 |
29 | Johann Ernst BachEisenach · Germany | 86 | -4 |
30 | Johann Georg Heinrich BackofenKarlsruhe · Germany | 68 | 0 |
31 | Johann Christoph VogelNürnberg · Germany | 42 | 0 |
32 | Michi GaiggSchörfling am Attersee · Austria | 37 | 0 |
33 | Nicolas SéjanParis · France | 36 | +1 |
34 | Pierre Montan BertonMaubert-Fontaine · France | 29 | -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.