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The 33 most-read folk artists based in Canada, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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33 artists are tagged folk in Canada. The biggest move was Spice, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Denny Dohertycontemporary folk, folk | 29,918 | 0 |
02 | Ocie Elliottfolk, indie folk | 4,120 | 0 |
03 | Aysanabeealternative folk, folk | 986 | 0 |
04 | The Burning Hellfolk | 698 | 0 |
05 | Abigail Lapellfolk | 593 | +2 |
06 | Enter the Haggisceltic rock, folk | 528 | -2 |
07 | Indiocountry, folk | 502 | -1 |
08 | Sherisse Laurencefolk | 402 | +3 |
09 | Calum Grahamacoustic rock, folk | 347 | 0 |
10 | Tanglefootfolk | 273 | -2 |
11 | Steph La Rochellefolk | 222 | -1 |
12 | Jonathan Painchaudfolk | 202 | 0 |
13 | Jessie Farrellcountry, folk | 166 | +2 |
14 | The Billsfolk | 134 | -1 |
15 | Lori Yatescountry, folk | 130 | -1 |
16 | Spicefolk | 123 | +6 |
17 | Chloé Sainte‐Mariefolk | 109 | 0 |
18 | Diane Chasecountry, folk | 101 | 0 |
19 | Katie Moorecountry, folk | 100 | -1 |
20 | Lava Hayfolk, folk rock | 93 | -4 |
21 | Lisa Hewittcountry, folk | 73 | -1 |
22 | Laurent Paquinfolk | 66 | +2 |
23 | Jessica Robinsoncountry, folk | 63 | +3 |
24 | The Flummiesfolk | 56 | +1 |
25 | Erynn Marshallfolk, old-time | 53 | -2 |
26 | The Raftsmenfolk | 50 | -5 |
27 | Cindi Caincountry, folk | 44 | 0 |
28 | Tinetacountry, folk | 41 | +3 |
28 | Thomas Hellmanblues, country | 41 | +1 |
30 | Rena Gailecountry, folk | 37 | -3 |
31 | Georges Sapounidisfolk | 33 | +2 |
32 | Zubot and Dawsonfolk | 16 | -1 |
33 | Sagapoolfolk | 14 | -3 |
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.