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Genre in a city

Folk artists from London

The 39 most-read folk artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

39 artists are tagged folk in London. The biggest move was Caroline Lavelle, up 6 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	The Poguesceltic punk, celtic rock	27,288	0
02	Fairport Conventionfolk, folk rock	17,607	0
03	Camille O’Sullivancabaret, folk	14,624	0
04	Pentanglefolk rock, folk	10,092	+2
05	Chas & Davefolk, pop rock	8,931	0
06	Steeleye Spanfolk, folk rock	8,491	+1
07	Ben Howardfolk, alternative rock	7,466	-3
08	Rose Bettspop, folk	4,389	0
09	Alexi Murdochfolk, singer-songwriter	2,534	+1
10	Bear’s Denfolk, indie folk	2,487	-1
11	Sol Invictusneofolk, folk	2,354	+1
12	The Men They Couldn’t Hangfolk, folk punk	2,235	-1
13	Caroline Lavellechamber folk, folk	1,505	+6
14	Mediæval Bæbesmedieval, folk	1,444	-1
15	Magna Cartabritish folk rock, contemporary folk	1,426	0
16	Crystal Fighterselectronic, folk	1,378	-2
17	Sam Leealternative folk, contemporary folk	1,050	-1
18	Landshapesfolk	985	+4
19	Piers Faccinifolk, singer-songwriter	631	+2
20	Cressidaprogressive rock, symphonic prog	626	-3
21	Tunngfolk, folktronica	603	-3
22	Steve Ashleyfolk	545	+1
23	Will Varleyanti-folk, folk	458	-3
24	Sylvie Lewisfolk	426	+5
25	Adrian Leggfolk	383	-1
26	Bess Atwellfolk rock, folk	356	-1
27	Stick in the Wheelfolk, folktronica	292	0
28	שולי נתןfolk	281	0
29	Gregory Pagefolk, singer-songwriter	200	-3
30	Sarah Gillespieamericana, blues	163	+1
31	Shireenfolk	162	-1
32	Alessi's Arkfolk, pop	125	0
33	Essie Jainfolk	124	0
33	Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Witfolk, indie rock	124	+1
35	Ellie Lawsonfolk	91	0
36	My Sad Captainsfolk, indie pop	64	+1
37	Laishfolk	48	0
38	Jake Morleyfolk	44	+1
39	Robbie Boydfolk, pop	42	-3

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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.