Genre
The 50 most-read renaissance artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
Artists
Readers August
New entries
95 artists are ranked in renaissance. The biggest move was Thomas Crecquillon, up 13 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Josquin des PrezFlanders · Belgium | 6,359 | +2 |
02 | Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaPalestrina · Italy | 4,478 | 0 |
03 | Carlo GesualdoVenosa · Italy | 3,722 | +1 |
04 | Orlando GibbonsOxford · United Kingdom | 2,318 | +1 |
05 | Guillaume DufayBeersel · Belgium | 1,760 | +2 |
06 | Tomás Luis de VictoriaSanchidrián · Spain | 1,658 | +2 |
07 | Giovanni GabrieliVenezia · Italy | 1,490 | +2 |
08 | John BullSomerset · United Kingdom | 1,359 | -2 |
09 | Johannes OckeghemSaint-Ghislain · Belgium | 1,320 | +1 |
10 | Thomas MorleyNorwich · United Kingdom | 1,060 | +1 |
11 | Joel CohenProvidence · United States | 963 | -10 |
12 | Oswald von WolkensteinGermany | 913 | 0 |
13 | John TavernerLincolnshire · United Kingdom | 854 | 0 |
14 | Thomas CampionLondon · United Kingdom | 799 | 0 |
15 | Montserrat FiguerasBarcelona · Spain | 728 | +1 |
16 | Cristóbal de MoralesSevilla · Spain | 727 | -1 |
17 | Tielman SusatoSoest · Germany | 585 | +4 |
18 | Gilles BinchoisMons · Belgium | 578 | -1 |
19 | Heinrich IsaacFlanders · Belgium | 528 | +5 |
20 | Clément MarotCahors · France | 527 | -2 |
21 | Hans Leo HasslerNürnberg · Germany | 521 | +4 |
22 | Johannes Hieronymus KapsbergerItaly | 502 | -2 |
23 | Thomas WeelkesEngland · United Kingdom | 493 | 0 |
24 | Jacob ObrechtGhent · Belgium | 445 | +5 |
25 | Adriaan WillaertRoeselare · Belgium | 440 | -3 |
26 | Jacques ArcadeltNamur · Belgium | 426 | 0 |
27 | Nicolas GombertFlanders · Belgium | 406 | +3 |
28 | Francisco GuerreroSevilla · Spain | 382 | +3 |
29 | Cipriano de RoreRonse · Belgium | 377 | -2 |
30 | Clément JanequinChâtellerault · France | 374 | +3 |
31 | Juan del EncinaSpain | 368 | -3 |
31 | Maddalena CasulanaCasole d'Elsa · Italy | 368 | +1 |
33 | Antonio de CabezónBurgos · Spain | 349 | +2 |
34 | Antoine BusnoisBéthune · France | 332 | 0 |
35 | Nicola VicentinoVicenza · Italy | 317 | +2 |
36 | Anthony HolborneUnited Kingdom | 312 | +4 |
37 | Alexander AgricolaGhent · Belgium | 307 | +1 |
38 | Jacobus Clemens non PapaMiddelburg · Netherlands | 289 | +6 |
39 | William CornyshUnited Kingdom | 273 | +4 |
40 | Diego OrtizToledo · Spain | 269 | -1 |
41 | Pierre de la RueTournai · Belgium | 257 | -5 |
42 | Núria RialManresa · Spain | 238 | +3 |
43 | Vittoria AleottiItaly | 219 | +3 |
44 | Ludwig SenflZurich · Switzerland | 217 | +3 |
45 | Giles FarnabyEngland · United Kingdom | 214 | +8 |
46 | Thomas CrecquillonFlanders · Belgium | 201 | +13 |
47 | Claude Le JeuneValenciennes · France | 195 | +1 |
48 | Loyset CompèreHainaut · Belgium | 190 | +1 |
49 | Alonso LoboOsuna · Spain | 189 | +1 |
50 | John WilbyeEngland · United Kingdom | 186 | +6 |
67 | Johannes RegisHauts-de-France · France | 87 | +21 |
72 | John BedinghamEngland · United Kingdom | 78 | +20 |
61 | John WilsonFaversham · United Kingdom | 106 | +16 |
73 | Orlando ConsortUnited Kingdom | 76 | +10 |
82 | Egidius KwartetNetherlands | 59 | +8 |
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.