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The 50 most-read romantic classical artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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65 artists are ranked in romantic classical. The biggest move was Henryk Wieniawski, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Johannes BrahmsHamburg · Germany | 22,928 | 0 |
02 | Clara SchumannLeipzig · Germany | 12,125 | 0 |
03 | Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartWien · Austria | 8,735 | 0 |
04 | Александр Порфирьевич БородинSankt-Peterburg · Russia | 6,299 | 0 |
05 | Carl Maria von WeberEutin · Germany | 6,118 | 0 |
06 | Isaac AlbénizCamprodon · Spain | 4,128 | 0 |
07 | Carl CzernyWien · Austria | 3,853 | 0 |
08 | Fanny MendelssohnHamburg · Germany | 3,660 | 0 |
09 | Ferruccio BusoniEmpoli · Italy | 2,729 | +2 |
10 | Charles‐Valentin AlkanParis · France | 2,602 | 0 |
11 | Henryk WieniawskiLublin · Poland | 2,474 | +6 |
12 | Dame Ethel SmythSidcup · United Kingdom | 2,388 | 0 |
13 | Paul DukasParis · France | 2,384 | 0 |
14 | Reynaldo HahnCaracas · Venezuela | 2,262 | +2 |
15 | Max RegerBrand · Germany | 2,110 | -6 |
16 | Charles‐Marie WidorLyon · France | 1,967 | -1 |
17 | Luigi CherubiniFirenze · Italy | 1,943 | +3 |
18 | Louise FarrencParis · France | 1,940 | +1 |
19 | Victor HerbertDublin · Ireland | 1,906 | -1 |
20 | Ernő DohnányiBratislava · Slovakia | 1,732 | -6 |
21 | Sir Arnold BaxLondon · United Kingdom | 1,586 | 0 |
22 | Louis SpohrBraunschweig · Germany | 1,516 | 0 |
23 | Louis ViernePoitiers · France | 1,352 | +2 |
24 | Ruth SlenczynskaSacramento · United States | 1,247 | 0 |
25 | Ernest ChaussonParis · France | 1,209 | -2 |
26 | Vincent d’IndyParis · France | 1,154 | 0 |
27 | Josef Gabriel RheinbergerVaduz · Liechtenstein | 1,079 | 0 |
28 | Arrigo BoitoPadova · Italy | 954 | +5 |
29 | Joachim RaffLachen · Switzerland | 898 | +2 |
30 | Fromental HalévyParis · France | 881 | +2 |
31 | Sigismond ThalbergGenève · Switzerland | 869 | -2 |
32 | David PopperPraha · Czechia | 786 | +3 |
33 | Théodore DuboisRosnay · France | 754 | +1 |
34 | Kurt AtterbergGothenburg · Sweden | 705 | +1 |
35 | Léon BoëllmannEnsisheim · France | 684 | +5 |
36 | Arthur William FooteSalem · United States | 673 | +1 |
37 | Alexandre GuilmantBoulogne-sur-Mer · France | 670 | +1 |
38 | George OnslowClermont-Ferrand · France | 504 | +3 |
39 | Albéric MagnardParis · France | 462 | 0 |
40 | André MessagerMontluçon · France | 460 | -10 |
41 | Heinrich Wilhelm ErnstBrno · Czechia | 452 | +3 |
42 | Charles TournemireBordeaux · France | 450 | +1 |
43 | Sir Hamilton HartyCounty Down · United Kingdom | 443 | -15 |
44 | Joseph JongenLiège · Belgium | 375 | -2 |
45 | Julius ReubkeGermany | 369 | +1 |
46 | Vanessa WagnerRennes · France | 356 | -1 |
47 | Louis James Alfred Lefébure‐WélyParis · France | 341 | +1 |
48 | Erkki MelartinPriozersk · Russia | 339 | -2 |
49 | Emil Szymon MłynarskiMarijampolės Apskritis · Lithuania | 301 | 0 |
50 | Алексей СтанчинскийVladimirskaya oblast' · Russia | 248 | 0 |
51 | Félicien-César DavidCadenet · France | 217 | +3 |
60 | Henryk Melcer-SzczawińskiKalisz · Poland | 71 | +2 |
57 | Paul von KlenauCopenhagen · Denmark | 102 | +2 |
62 | Georg SchmittTrier · Germany | 44 | +2 |
55 | Gerónimo GiménezSevilla · Spain | 172 | +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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.