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The 50 most-read hindustani classical artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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59 artists are ranked in hindustani classical. The biggest move was Hamid Ali Khan, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | M.S. SubbulakshmiMadurai · India | 14,063 | 0 |
02 | Zakir HussainMumbai · India | 13,143 | 0 |
03 | Bismillah KhanBihar · India | 11,141 | 0 |
04 | Bhimsen JoshiKarnataka · India | 8,011 | 0 |
05 | TansenIndia | 6,232 | 0 |
06 | Bade Ghulam Ali KhanKasur · Pakistan | 5,671 | 0 |
07 | NaushadIndia | 5,237 | +1 |
08 | Hariprasad ChaurasiaAllahabad · India | 5,103 | -1 |
09 | Alla RakhaJammu and Kashmir · India | 3,760 | +5 |
10 | Ali Akbar KhanComilla · Bangladesh | 3,577 | +2 |
11 | Allauddin Khan SahebBangladesh | 3,437 | -2 |
12 | Pt. Birju MaharajUttar Pradesh · India | 3,343 | -2 |
13 | Amir KhanIndore · India | 3,177 | 0 |
14 | Amjad Ali KhanMadhya Pradesh · India | 2,964 | -3 |
15 | Rashid KhanUttar Pradesh · India | 2,882 | 0 |
16 | Shivkumar SharmaJammu and Kashmir · India | 2,510 | +1 |
17 | Shubha MudgalAllahabad · India | 2,355 | +2 |
18 | Kumar GandharvaKarnataka · India | 2,292 | 0 |
19 | Ajoy ChakrabartyIndia | 2,023 | +3 |
20 | Vasantrao DeshpandeMaharashtra · India | 2,010 | 0 |
21 | Gangubai HangalKarnataka · India | 1,557 | 0 |
22 | Sultan KhanRajasthan · India | 1,319 | +3 |
23 | Kesarbai KerkarGoa · India | 1,308 | -7 |
24 | Ghulam Mustafa KhanIndia | 1,278 | 0 |
25 | Shujaat Husain KhanKolkata · India | 1,234 | -2 |
26 | Nikhil BanerjeeKolkata · India | 1,016 | +2 |
27 | Girija DeviIndia | 978 | -1 |
28 | Hamid Ali KhanPakistan | 952 | +6 |
29 | Ajit KadkadeIndia | 893 | -2 |
30 | Pt Chhannulal MishraUttar Pradesh · India | 839 | +3 |
31 | Aashish KhanMadhya Pradesh · India | 827 | 0 |
32 | Prabha AtrePune · India | 770 | +4 |
33 | Mogubai KurdikarIndia | 750 | -4 |
34 | Shahid ParvezMumbai · India | 735 | +3 |
35 | Mallikarjun MansurKarnataka · India | 727 | -3 |
36 | Pannalal GhoshBarisal · Bangladesh | 707 | -6 |
37 | Omkarnath ThakurIndia | 621 | +1 |
38 | Ronu MajumdarIndia | 599 | +1 |
39 | Ram NarayanRajasthan · India | 556 | -4 |
40 | Pandit Swapan ChaudhuriIndia | 472 | +1 |
41 | Siddheshwari DeviIndia | 328 | +6 |
42 | Imrat KhanKolkata · India | 301 | -2 |
43 | Brij Bhushan KabraRajasthan · India | 267 | +1 |
44 | Subhankar BanerjeeIndia | 264 | +5 |
45 | Nishat KhanKolkata · India | 258 | -2 |
46 | Malini RajurkarRajasthan · India | 256 | 0 |
47 | C R VyasMaharashtra · India | 208 | -2 |
48 | Rajeev TaranathBangalore · India | 196 | +5 |
49 | Manilal NagWest Bengal · India | 188 | -1 |
50 | Radhika Mohan MaitraKolkata · India | 186 | 0 |
51 | Sharan RaniDelhi · India | 181 | +1 |
53 | Ramkrishnabuwa VazeIndia | 165 | +1 |
54 | Manik BhideMaharashtra · India | 135 | +1 |
56 | Shafaatullah KhanIndia | 103 | +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.