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Genre

Hip hop artists

The 50 most-read hip hop artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

Artists

200

Readers August

13,224,551

New entries

00
Data 2026-08-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

200 artists are ranked in hip hop. The biggest move was Island Boys, up 151 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
MakaveliEast Harlem · United States
454,960
+7
02
EminemSt. Joseph · United States
263,830
+3
03
YeAtlanta · United States
251,006
+1
04
Jelly RollAntioch · United States
224,921
+19
05
Travis ScottHouston · United States
199,242
-3
06
A$AP RockyHarlem · United States
196,042
+15
07
DiddyHarlem · United States
191,557
+2
08
Will SmithPhiladelphia · United States
183,199
-1
09
King VonChicago · United States
177,428
+8
10
The Notorious B.I.G.Clinton Hill · United States
164,821
+17
11
Childish GambinoEdwards Air Force Base · United States
152,775
+1
12
50 CentSouth Jamaica · United States
151,770
+8
13
CommonChicago · United States
146,546
+2
14
Snoop DoggLong Beach · United States
145,161
+4
15
Post MaloneSyracuse · United States
139,328
-5
16
TygaCompton · United States
136,963
+49
17
Ms. Lauryn HillEast Orange · United States
134,200
-14
18
Shameik MooreAtlanta · United States
133,427
+60
19
JAŸ‐ZBrooklyn · United States
133,010
-13
20
IShowSpeedCincinnati · United States
132,344
-19
21
Cardi BThe Bronx · United States
131,288
-8
22
AwkwafinaNew York · United States
130,510
+4
23
Ice CubeCrenshaw · United States
129,239
+6
24
Ice‐TNewark · United States
128,997
-8
25
YoungBoy Never Broke AgainBaton Rouge · United States
128,641
+51
26
Lil DurkChicago · United States
121,692
+51
27
Lil WayneNew Orleans · United States
114,894
-16
28
Beastie BoysNew York · United States
114,259
+5
29
Nicki MinajSaint James · Trinidad and Tobago
114,237
-15
30
Dr. DreCompton · United States
109,346
+8
31
Zev Love XLondon · United Kingdom
107,959
+11
32
Kendrick LamarCompton · United States
105,618
-4
33
LISABuri Ram · Thailand
105,267
-11
34
Riz AhmedWembley · United Kingdom
103,685
-15
35
Queen LatifahNewark · United States
102,104
+5
36
Wiz KhalifaMinot · United States
101,767
+74
37
Wu‐Tang ClanStaten Island · United States
99,337
+9
38
mgkHouston · United States
94,381
-13
39
Doja CatTarzana · United States
93,640
+6
40
AkonSt. Louis · United States
92,571
-16
41
Juice WRLDChicago · United States
91,313
-6
42
Nipsey HussleLos Angeles · United States
88,411
+19
43
DMXMount Vernon · United States
87,370
+10
44
Eazy‐ECompton · United States
86,771
+3
45
The GameLos Angeles · United States
85,479
+51
46
Megan Thee StallionSan Antonio · United States
84,914
-7
47
Island BoysFlorida · United States
81,029
+151
48
LL Cool JBay Shore · United States
80,807
+6
49
Tyler, The CreatorHawthorne · United States
80,660
-15
50
Black Eyed PeasLos Angeles · United States
78,653
+6

Rising outside the top 50this month

112
AwichOkinawa · Japan
44,072
+624
64
CzarfaceUnited States
65,403
+293
200
Inspectah DeckThe Bronx · United States
26,310
+179
130
A$AP MobHarlem · United States
37,727
+167
59
BluefaceLos Angeles · United States
68,552
+136

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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.