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The 50 most-read poetry artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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200 artists are ranked in poetry. The biggest move was Coleman Barks, up 8 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Jim MorrisonMelbourne · United States | 137,158 | 0 |
02 | Allen GinsbergNewark · United States | 45,949 | 0 |
03 | Emily DickinsonAmherst · United States | 45,563 | 0 |
04 | Geoffrey ChaucerLondon · United Kingdom | 38,727 | 0 |
05 | John KeatsIslington · United Kingdom | 35,409 | +2 |
06 | Gertrude SteinPittsburgh · United States | 31,048 | 0 |
07 | ἩσίοδοςGreece | 28,913 | -2 |
08 | Henrik IbsenNorway | 25,243 | +3 |
09 | Dorothy ParkerLong Branch · United States | 24,558 | -1 |
10 | Pablo NerudaChile | 22,988 | -1 |
11 | Francesco PetrarcaArezzo · Italy | 21,331 | +3 |
12 | Vita Sackville-WestKent · United Kingdom | 20,628 | 0 |
13 | Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEnugu · Nigeria | 19,969 | +2 |
14 | Alexander PopeLondon · United Kingdom | 18,625 | -4 |
15 | Amrita PritamGujranwala · Pakistan | 18,326 | -2 |
16 | Seamus HeaneyCastledawson · United Kingdom | 15,096 | +1 |
17 | Fernando PessoaLisboa · Portugal | 13,740 | -1 |
18 | Heinrich HeineDüsseldorf · Germany | 11,658 | 0 |
19 | Edna St. Vincent MillayUnited States | 11,309 | +1 |
20 | Saul WilliamsNewburgh · United States | 11,078 | -1 |
21 | Julio CortázarIxelles / Elsene · Belgium | 9,611 | 0 |
22 | Nikki GiovanniKnoxville · United States | 8,529 | 0 |
23 | Robert Penn WarrenUnited States | 7,636 | +3 |
24 | Frank O'HaraBaltimore · United States | 7,256 | -1 |
25 | Иосиф БродскийSankt-Peterburg · Russia | 6,749 | -1 |
26 | Cesare PaveseItaly | 5,843 | +6 |
27 | David TibetPerak · Malaysia | 4,739 | +4 |
28 | Tristan TzaraRomania | 4,518 | +7 |
29 | Roger McGoughMerseyside · United Kingdom | 4,440 | 0 |
30 | 宮沢賢治Iwate · Japan | 4,329 | 0 |
31 | Keith ReidWelwyn Garden City · United Kingdom | 4,222 | +2 |
32 | Марина ЦветаеваMoscow · Russia | 4,164 | +7 |
33 | William McGonagallEdinburgh · United Kingdom | 4,077 | -8 |
34 | John SinclairFlint · United States | 4,046 | -7 |
35 | John AshberyRochester · United States | 3,899 | -7 |
36 | Joy HarjoTulsa · United States | 3,613 | -2 |
37 | Mihai EminescuBotoșani · Romania | 3,582 | -1 |
38 | Alphonse de LamartineMâcon · France | 3,229 | +2 |
39 | The Last PoetsEast Harlem · United States | 3,199 | -2 |
40 | Brion GysinTaplow · United Kingdom | 2,976 | -2 |
41 | Евгений ЕвтушенкоZima · Russia | 2,392 | +1 |
42 | Арсений ТарковскийKropyvnytskyi · Ukraine | 2,375 | +4 |
43 | Alejandra PizarnikBuenos Aires · Argentina | 2,139 | -2 |
44 | Edward FitzGeraldUnited Kingdom | 2,068 | +3 |
45 | Алексей К. ТолстойRussia | 1,988 | -2 |
46 | KramerNew York · United States | 1,850 | +5 |
47 | Александр ГрибоедовMoscow · Russia | 1,791 | +6 |
48 | Coleman BarksChattanooga · United States | 1,778 | +8 |
49 | Gustavo Adolfo BécquerSevilla · Spain | 1,595 | +1 |
50 | Frédéric MistralMaillane · France | 1,485 | -2 |
84 | Kirsi KunnasHelsinki · Finland | 475 | +44 |
179 | YehoashVirbalis · Lithuania | 53 | +32 |
164 | Félix GrandeMérida · Spain | 79 | +29 |
126 | Agustín García CalvoZamora · Spain | 166 | +26 |
122 | Franz HohlerBiel/Bienne · Switzerland | 182 | +25 |
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.