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The 13 most-read qawwali artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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13 artists are ranked in qawwali. The biggest move was شیر میانداد خان, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanFaisalabad · Pakistan | 65,194 | 0 |
02 | Farrukh Fateh Ali KhanPakistan | 12,087 | 0 |
03 | Nooran SistersIndia | 5,906 | 0 |
04 | The Sabri BrothersPakistan | 4,275 | 0 |
05 | Altaf RajaNagpur · India | 3,959 | 0 |
06 | Amjad SabriKarachi · Pakistan | 2,045 | 0 |
07 | Aziz MianDelhi · India | 1,777 | 0 |
08 | Badar Ali KhanPakistan | 1,613 | +3 |
09 | شیر میانداد خانPakistan | 1,506 | +4 |
10 | Ghulam Farid SabriHaryana · India | 1,324 | -2 |
11 | Maqbool Ahmed SabriHaryana · India | 947 | -1 |
12 | שי בן צורNew York · United States | 900 | -3 |
13 | Faiz Ali FaizPakistan | 215 | -1 |
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.