Genre
The 22 most-read ghazal artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
Artists
Readers October
New entries
22 artists are ranked in ghazal. The biggest move was Begum Akhtar, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Jagjit SinghRajasthan · India | 18,652 | 0 |
02 | Chitra Singh— | 14,057 | +1 |
03 | Amir KhusroUttar Pradesh · India | 13,275 | -1 |
04 | HariharanThiruvananthapuram · India | 12,450 | +2 |
05 | Farrukh Fateh Ali KhanPakistan | 12,087 | -1 |
06 | Kaifi AzmiUttar Pradesh · India | 10,267 | +2 |
07 | Mirza GhalibAgra · India | 9,910 | -2 |
08 | Faiz Ahmad FaizSialkot · Pakistan | 7,928 | -1 |
09 | Ghulam AliSialkot District · Pakistan | 7,861 | +1 |
10 | Mehdi HassanRajasthan · India | 6,013 | -1 |
11 | Begum AkhtarUttar Pradesh · India | 5,680 | +5 |
12 | Pankaj UdhasJetpur, Navagadh · India | 5,521 | +1 |
13 | سعدیShiraz · Iran | 5,442 | -1 |
14 | Ali SethiLahore · Pakistan | 5,257 | -3 |
15 | Attaullah Khan EsakhelviPakistan | 4,484 | -1 |
16 | Runa LailaBangladesh | 3,178 | -1 |
17 | Talat AzizHyderabad · India | 2,953 | +1 |
18 | Nayyara NoorAssam · India | 1,696 | -1 |
19 | Maqbool Ahmed SabriHaryana · India | 947 | 0 |
20 | Hamid Ali KhanPakistan | 656 | +1 |
21 | Mah Laqa BaiIndia | 610 | -1 |
22 | Ameer Minai— | 328 | 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.