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The 50 most-read musical artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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77 artists are ranked in musical. The biggest move was Ken Page, up 13 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Lin‐Manuel MirandaManhattan · United States | 118,348 | 0 |
02 | Kristin ChenowethBroken Arrow · United States | 108,561 | +1 |
03 | Andrew Lloyd WebberKensington · United Kingdom | 90,303 | +3 |
04 | Idina MenzelManhattan · United States | 87,617 | +1 |
05 | Richard O’BrienCheltenham · United Kingdom | 70,645 | -1 |
06 | Jonathan LarsonWhite Plains · United States | 68,842 | +4 |
07 | Liz GilliesHaworth · United States | 60,279 | 0 |
08 | Auliʻi CravalhoKohala · United States | 57,599 | -6 |
09 | Björn UlvaeusGothenburg · Sweden | 57,310 | -1 |
10 | Benny AnderssonVällingby · Sweden | 51,697 | -1 |
11 | Ken PageSt. Louis · United States | 32,271 | +13 |
12 | Steven PasqualeHershey · United States | 27,774 | +2 |
13 | Alan MenkenNew Rochelle · United States | 23,871 | -2 |
14 | Jim SteinmanHewlett · United States | 23,062 | -1 |
15 | Gavin CreelFindlay · United States | 21,676 | -3 |
16 | Robert LopezNew York · United States | 18,624 | -1 |
17 | Jeff RichmondGarrettsville · United States | 18,208 | -1 |
18 | Oscar Hammerstein IINew York · United States | 15,396 | -1 |
19 | Richard RodgersNew York · United States | 15,310 | -1 |
20 | Stephen SchwartzNew York · United States | 13,893 | 0 |
21 | Mary MartinWeatherford · United States | 12,123 | -2 |
22 | Chita RiveraWashington, D.C. · United States | 8,919 | +3 |
23 | Marc ShaimanNewark · United States | 8,682 | +4 |
24 | Shankar–Ehsaan–LoyMumbai · India | 8,449 | -1 |
25 | Kitty CarlisleNew Orleans · United States | 8,275 | -4 |
26 | Eric WoolfsonCharing Cross · United Kingdom | 7,491 | 0 |
27 | Claude‐Michel SchönbergVannes · France | 5,932 | +2 |
28 | Jon CypherNew York · United States | 5,896 | -6 |
29 | Jerome KernUpper East Side · United States | 5,687 | -1 |
30 | Lionel BartStepney · United Kingdom | 5,092 | 0 |
31 | The Centaurworld Cast— | 4,492 | 0 |
32 | Ben LewisLondon · United Kingdom | 3,259 | +11 |
33 | Jule StyneLondon · United Kingdom | 3,134 | 0 |
34 | William FinnBoston · United States | 2,866 | +3 |
35 | Harry WarrenBrooklyn · United States | 2,733 | 0 |
36 | Jerry HermanNew York · United States | 2,651 | -4 |
37 | Charles StrouseManhattan · United States | 2,437 | -1 |
38 | Charles KeatingLondon · United Kingdom | 2,429 | 0 |
39 | Hinton BattleHoppstädten-Weiersbach · Germany | 2,268 | 0 |
40 | Jerry BockNew Haven · United States | 2,123 | 0 |
41 | Taina ElgHelsinki · Finland | 1,512 | -7 |
42 | Metropole OrkestNetherlands | 1,456 | -1 |
43 | Mary RodgersNew York · United States | 1,367 | +1 |
44 | KAJVörå · Finland | 1,329 | -2 |
45 | Jan MalmsjöLund · Sweden | 1,166 | +4 |
46 | Helen GallagherBrooklyn · United States | 1,164 | 0 |
47 | John CunninghamAuburn · United States | 1,121 | -2 |
48 | Jeff MarxUnited States | 1,061 | 0 |
49 | Sigmund RombergNagykanizsa · Hungary | 908 | -2 |
50 | Nell BenjaminUnited States | 835 | +1 |
60 | Riva TaylorHammersmith · United Kingdom | 320 | +5 |
58 | Gertrude NiesenNew York · United States | 334 | +3 |
72 | Fred AlleyUnited States | 87 | +3 |
71 | Filipe La FériaSerpa · Portugal | 118 | +3 |
51 | Suzy DelairParis · France | 817 | +2 |
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.