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The 50 most-read musical artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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77 artists are ranked in musical. The biggest move was Jon Cypher, up 11 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Richard O’BrienCheltenham · United Kingdom | 184,909 | +9 |
02 | Lin‐Manuel MirandaManhattan · United States | 176,898 | 0 |
03 | Auliʻi CravalhoKohala · United States | 92,225 | -2 |
04 | Idina MenzelManhattan · United States | 88,887 | 0 |
05 | Andrew Lloyd WebberKensington · United Kingdom | 73,581 | +1 |
06 | Kristin ChenowethBroken Arrow · United States | 67,357 | -1 |
07 | Björn UlvaeusGothenburg · Sweden | 67,162 | 0 |
08 | Liz GilliesHaworth · United States | 64,781 | +1 |
09 | Benny AnderssonVällingby · Sweden | 59,659 | -1 |
10 | Jon CypherNew York · United States | 56,384 | +11 |
11 | Jonathan LarsonWhite Plains · United States | 43,281 | +1 |
12 | Alan MenkenNew Rochelle · United States | 35,695 | +2 |
13 | Jim SteinmanHewlett · United States | 30,286 | -10 |
14 | Robert LopezNew York · United States | 24,988 | +2 |
15 | Steven PasqualeHershey · United States | 24,651 | -4 |
16 | Jeff RichmondGarrettsville · United States | 24,614 | -3 |
17 | Gavin CreelFindlay · United States | 19,506 | -2 |
18 | Richard RodgersNew York · United States | 17,352 | 0 |
19 | Mary MartinWeatherford · United States | 16,395 | +1 |
20 | Oscar Hammerstein IINew York · United States | 16,115 | -3 |
21 | Stephen SchwartzNew York · United States | 15,000 | -2 |
22 | Kitty CarlisleNew Orleans · United States | 13,756 | +1 |
23 | Chita RiveraWashington, D.C. · United States | 9,862 | -1 |
24 | Shankar–Ehsaan–LoyMumbai · India | 8,674 | +4 |
25 | Ken PageSt. Louis · United States | 7,766 | +4 |
26 | Eric WoolfsonCharing Cross · United Kingdom | 7,745 | -2 |
27 | Claude‐Michel SchönbergVannes · France | 7,144 | 0 |
28 | Jerome KernUpper East Side · United States | 7,067 | -2 |
29 | Marc ShaimanNewark · United States | 6,785 | -4 |
30 | Lionel BartStepney · United Kingdom | 5,707 | +1 |
31 | The Centaurworld Cast— | 5,618 | -1 |
32 | Jerry HermanNew York · United States | 3,512 | 0 |
33 | Jule StyneLondon · United Kingdom | 3,509 | +1 |
34 | Charles StrouseManhattan · United States | 3,077 | +4 |
35 | Taina ElgHelsinki · Finland | 2,917 | +10 |
36 | Charles KeatingLondon · United Kingdom | 2,881 | +4 |
37 | Harry WarrenBrooklyn · United States | 2,865 | -1 |
38 | William FinnBoston · United States | 2,703 | -3 |
39 | Hinton BattleHoppstädten-Weiersbach · Germany | 2,525 | -6 |
40 | John CunninghamAuburn · United States | 2,467 | +2 |
41 | Jerry BockNew Haven · United States | 2,332 | 0 |
42 | Metropole OrkestNetherlands | 2,243 | -3 |
43 | KAJVörå · Finland | 1,912 | +1 |
44 | Ben LewisLondon · United Kingdom | 1,651 | -1 |
45 | Mary RodgersNew York · United States | 1,562 | +2 |
46 | Grace McLeanCosta Mesa · United States | 1,499 | +2 |
47 | Helen GallagherBrooklyn · United States | 1,296 | -1 |
48 | Jan MalmsjöLund · Sweden | 1,206 | +2 |
49 | Jeff MarxUnited States | 1,148 | +2 |
50 | Sigmund RombergNagykanizsa · Hungary | 1,063 | -1 |
61 | Uwe KrögerGermany | 259 | +3 |
71 | Vasco SantanaLisboa · Portugal | 129 | +3 |
59 | Craig CarneliaFloral Park · United States | 279 | +2 |
67 | Silvi VraitKehra · Estonia | 181 | +2 |
68 | Beatriz CostaMafra · Portugal | 156 | +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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.