Genre
The 50 most-read modern classical artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
Artists
Readers August
New entries
118 artists are ranked in modern classical. The biggest move was Anna Meredith, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Ennio MorriconeRoma · Italy | 37,371 | 0 |
02 | LilyPichuQueens · United States | 35,913 | +5 |
03 | Ludovico EinaudiTorino · Italy | 17,395 | -1 |
04 | Max RichterHamelin · Germany | 16,976 | 0 |
05 | Jóhann JóhannssonReykjavík · Iceland | 16,535 | 0 |
06 | John Philip SousaWashington, D.C. · United States | 14,438 | -3 |
07 | Steve ReichNew York · United States | 11,204 | +1 |
08 | Arvo PärtPaide · Estonia | 10,645 | -2 |
09 | John WilliamsMelbourne · Australia | 8,746 | +2 |
10 | SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]Tokyo · Japan | 8,097 | -1 |
11 | Hildur GuðnadóttirReykjavík · Iceland | 7,628 | -1 |
12 | Nadia BoulangerParis · France | 6,610 | 0 |
13 | Edgard VarèseParis · France | 4,824 | +4 |
14 | Hania RaniGdańsk · Poland | 4,582 | 0 |
15 | Anton WebernWien · Austria | 4,537 | +1 |
16 | Alban BergWien · Austria | 4,508 | +3 |
17 | YirumaSeoul · South Korea | 4,420 | -2 |
18 | Roger EnoWoodbridge · United Kingdom | 4,255 | 0 |
19 | George AntheilTrenton · United States | 4,024 | +2 |
20 | George WinstonHart · United States | 3,814 | 0 |
21 | Harry PartchOakland · United States | 3,361 | +1 |
22 | J.G. ThirlwellMelbourne · Australia | 3,313 | -9 |
23 | Nils FrahmHamburg · Germany | 3,063 | +1 |
24 | Rondò VenezianoItaly | 3,047 | +3 |
25 | Darius MilhaudMarseille · France | 2,978 | +1 |
26 | Henry CowellMenlo Park · United States | 2,825 | +3 |
27 | Julius EastmanNew York · United States | 2,727 | -4 |
28 | Le Groupe des SixFrance | 2,518 | -3 |
29 | Bohuslav MartinůCzechia | 2,478 | -1 |
30 | Reynaldo HahnCaracas · Venezuela | 2,262 | +2 |
31 | Morgan FisherLondon · United Kingdom | 2,117 | +2 |
32 | Kali MaloneDenver · United States | 2,068 | -2 |
33 | Alan HovhanessSomerville · United States | 2,034 | -2 |
34 | Leo BrouwerLa Habana · Cuba | 1,668 | +1 |
35 | Leo OrnsteinKremenchuk · Ukraine | 1,578 | +1 |
36 | Virgil ThomsonKansas City · United States | 1,512 | -2 |
37 | A Winged Victory for the SullenGermany | 1,356 | +3 |
38 | Dustin O’HalloranPhoenix · United States | 1,294 | -1 |
39 | Joep BevingDoetinchem · Netherlands | 1,289 | +2 |
40 | Anna MeredithLondon · United Kingdom | 1,218 | +7 |
41 | Klaus DoldingerBerlin · Germany | 1,202 | -2 |
42 | The Theatre of Eternal MusicNew York · United States | 1,164 | -4 |
43 | Jehan AlainSaint-Germain-en-Laye · France | 1,057 | 0 |
44 | Video Games Live— | 989 | -2 |
45 | Ernst KrenekWien · Austria | 954 | 0 |
46 | Richard HarveyLondon · United Kingdom | 920 | -2 |
47 | Frederic RzewskiWestfield · United States | 916 | -1 |
48 | Галина Ивановна УствольскаяSankt-Peterburg · Russia | 843 | 0 |
49 | Rachel’sLouisville · United States | 813 | +4 |
50 | Peter BroderickSearsmont · United States | 807 | +1 |
59 | Colin CurrieUnited Kingdom | 527 | +28 |
94 | Mikołaj GóreckiKatowice · Poland | 139 | +8 |
110 | Jón NordalReykjavík · Iceland | 46 | +8 |
104 | Pierre PetitPoitiers · France | 84 | +8 |
82 | Daniel PinkhamLynn · United States | 230 | +6 |
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.