Genre in a city
The 39 most-read folk artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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39 artists are tagged folk in London. The biggest move was Jake Morley, up 10 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Poguesceltic punk, celtic rock | 23,569 | 0 |
02 | Camille O’Sullivancabaret, folk | 19,047 | +1 |
03 | Fairport Conventionfolk, folk rock | 18,876 | -1 |
04 | Steeleye Spanfolk, folk rock | 9,011 | +3 |
05 | Pentanglefolk rock, folk | 7,685 | 0 |
06 | Chas & Davefolk, pop rock | 7,028 | 0 |
07 | Ben Howardfolk, alternative rock | 6,897 | -3 |
08 | Rose Bettspop, folk | 4,837 | 0 |
09 | The Men They Couldn’t Hangfolk, folk punk | 3,148 | +3 |
10 | Alexi Murdochfolk, singer-songwriter | 2,414 | -1 |
11 | Sol Invictusneofolk, folk | 2,250 | -1 |
12 | Bear’s Denfolk, indie folk | 1,958 | -1 |
13 | Mediæval Bæbesmedieval, folk | 1,909 | 0 |
14 | Magna Cartabritish folk rock, contemporary folk | 1,259 | +1 |
15 | Caroline Lavellechamber folk, folk | 1,220 | +5 |
16 | Bess Atwellfolk rock, folk | 860 | +2 |
17 | Crystal Fighterselectronic, folk | 808 | -1 |
18 | Sam Leealternative folk, contemporary folk | 792 | -4 |
19 | Will Varleyanti-folk, folk | 788 | +3 |
20 | Tunngfolk, folktronica | 608 | +1 |
21 | Cressidaprogressive rock, symphonic prog | 570 | -2 |
22 | Jake Morleyfolk | 516 | +10 |
23 | Piers Faccinifolk, singer-songwriter | 498 | -6 |
24 | Adrian Leggfolk | 414 | -1 |
25 | Landshapesfolk | 384 | -1 |
26 | Steve Ashleyfolk | 370 | -1 |
27 | Sylvie Lewisfolk | 302 | 0 |
28 | Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Witfolk, indie rock | 300 | +2 |
29 | Stick in the Wheelfolk, folktronica | 295 | 0 |
30 | שולי נתןfolk | 274 | -4 |
31 | Shireenfolk | 197 | -3 |
32 | Sarah Gillespieamericana, blues | 187 | -1 |
33 | Gregory Pagefolk, singer-songwriter | 162 | 0 |
34 | Essie Jainfolk | 129 | +1 |
35 | Alessi's Arkfolk, pop | 112 | -1 |
36 | Ellie Lawsonfolk | 99 | 0 |
37 | My Sad Captainsfolk, indie pop | 58 | 0 |
38 | Laishfolk | 30 | 0 |
39 | Robbie Boydfolk, pop | 26 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.