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The 50 most-read romantic classical artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 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 | 27,942 | 0 |
02 | Clara SchumannLeipzig · Germany | 14,135 | 0 |
03 | Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartWien · Austria | 8,181 | 0 |
04 | Александр Порфирьевич БородинSankt-Peterburg · Russia | 6,839 | 0 |
05 | Carl Maria von WeberEutin · Germany | 5,467 | 0 |
06 | Fanny MendelssohnHamburg · Germany | 4,572 | 0 |
07 | Carl CzernyWien · Austria | 4,389 | 0 |
08 | Isaac AlbénizCamprodon · Spain | 3,960 | 0 |
09 | Paul DukasParis · France | 3,426 | +3 |
10 | Henryk WieniawskiLublin · Poland | 3,036 | +6 |
11 | Ferruccio BusoniEmpoli · Italy | 2,930 | 0 |
12 | Dame Ethel SmythSidcup · United Kingdom | 2,805 | -2 |
13 | Charles‐Valentin AlkanParis · France | 2,792 | 0 |
14 | Luigi CherubiniFirenze · Italy | 2,342 | +3 |
15 | Max RegerBrand · Germany | 2,255 | -1 |
16 | Charles‐Marie WidorLyon · France | 2,237 | +3 |
17 | Louise FarrencParis · France | 2,181 | -8 |
18 | Reynaldo HahnCaracas · Venezuela | 2,027 | 0 |
19 | Sir Arnold BaxLondon · United Kingdom | 1,799 | +3 |
20 | Victor HerbertDublin · Ireland | 1,778 | +1 |
21 | Ernő DohnányiBratislava · Slovakia | 1,657 | -6 |
22 | Louis ViernePoitiers · France | 1,654 | +1 |
23 | Louis SpohrBraunschweig · Germany | 1,648 | -3 |
24 | Ernest ChaussonParis · France | 1,442 | +2 |
25 | Josef Gabriel RheinbergerVaduz · Liechtenstein | 1,243 | +3 |
26 | Vincent d’IndyParis · France | 1,167 | +1 |
27 | Fromental HalévyParis · France | 1,097 | +3 |
28 | Joachim RaffLachen · Switzerland | 1,011 | +1 |
29 | David PopperPraha · Czechia | 948 | +3 |
30 | Sigismond ThalbergGenève · Switzerland | 932 | +4 |
31 | Arrigo BoitoPadova · Italy | 930 | -6 |
32 | Léon BoëllmannEnsisheim · France | 825 | +1 |
33 | Ruth SlenczynskaSacramento · United States | 785 | -2 |
34 | Kurt AtterbergGothenburg · Sweden | 704 | +1 |
35 | Théodore DuboisRosnay · France | 685 | +3 |
36 | Alexandre GuilmantBoulogne-sur-Mer · France | 650 | +1 |
37 | Arthur William FooteSalem · United States | 595 | -1 |
38 | George OnslowClermont-Ferrand · France | 512 | +3 |
39 | Joseph JongenLiège · Belgium | 491 | 0 |
40 | Heinrich Wilhelm ErnstBrno · Czechia | 473 | +2 |
41 | André MessagerMontluçon · France | 468 | -1 |
42 | Albéric MagnardParis · France | 426 | -18 |
43 | Julius ReubkeGermany | 386 | +5 |
44 | Emil Szymon MłynarskiMarijampolės Apskritis · Lithuania | 370 | +3 |
45 | Sir Hamilton HartyCounty Down · United Kingdom | 364 | -1 |
46 | Charles TournemireBordeaux · France | 344 | -3 |
47 | Louis James Alfred Lefébure‐WélyParis · France | 330 | +3 |
48 | Erkki MelartinPriozersk · Russia | 326 | -3 |
49 | Vanessa WagnerRennes · France | 279 | 0 |
50 | Алексей СтанчинскийVladimirskaya oblast' · Russia | 267 | +3 |
57 | Michel GlotzParis · France | 114 | +3 |
52 | Józef WieniawskiLublin · Poland | 235 | +3 |
53 | Hermann GoetzKaliningrad · Russia | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.