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The 50 most-read symphony artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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186 artists are ranked in symphony. The biggest move was Jan van Gilse, up 45 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Bruno WalterBerlin · Germany | 2,963 | +1 |
02 | Karl BöhmGraz · Austria | 2,158 | +1 |
03 | Alan HovhanessSomerville · United States | 2,034 | -2 |
04 | William BolcomSeattle · United States | 1,279 | 0 |
05 | Tobias PickerNew York · United States | 1,179 | 0 |
06 | William SchumanManhattan · United States | 1,018 | 0 |
07 | Vernon DukeParafjanava · Belarus | 1,002 | 0 |
08 | Sir Granville BantockLondon · United Kingdom | 823 | +5 |
09 | Mason BatesRichmond · United States | 805 | +6 |
10 | Vincent PersichettiPhiladelphia · United States | 740 | -2 |
11 | Сергей Михайлович ЛяпуновYaroslavl · Russia | 723 | +1 |
12 | Florent SchmittBlâmont · France | 685 | -3 |
13 | George LloydSt Ives · United Kingdom | 645 | +12 |
14 | 芥川也寸志Kita · Japan | 634 | -3 |
15 | Sir Donald Francis ToveyEton · United Kingdom | 619 | -1 |
16 | Andrzej PanufnikWarsaw · Poland | 605 | 0 |
17 | Felix WeingartnerZadar · Croatia | 602 | 0 |
18 | 木村弓Osaka · Japan | 537 | +1 |
19 | Carl LoeweWettin-Löbejün · Germany | 446 | +1 |
20 | Robert CasadesusParis · France | 429 | +2 |
21 | Johan de MeijVoorburg · Netherlands | 428 | -3 |
22 | Derek BourgeoisKingston upon Thames · United Kingdom | 419 | +8 |
23 | Benjamin FrankelLondon · United Kingdom | 401 | -2 |
24 | Friedrich GernsheimWorms · Germany | 385 | +22 |
25 | 加藤達也Japan | 357 | -2 |
26 | Ahmed Adnan Saygunİzmir · Türkiye | 356 | +15 |
27 | Humphrey SearleOxford · United Kingdom | 351 | +1 |
28 | Franz Xaver RichterHolešov · Czechia | 347 | -1 |
29 | Franz Paul LachnerRain · Germany | 346 | -5 |
30 | Emil HartmannCopenhagen · Denmark | 340 | -4 |
31 | Julia PerryLexington · United States | 338 | -21 |
32 | Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театраRussia | 318 | -3 |
33 | Geirr TveittBergen · Norway | 311 | +1 |
34 | Rutland BoughtonAylesbury · United Kingdom | 302 | -3 |
35 | Paul DessauHamburg · Germany | 296 | +5 |
36 | Rochester Philharmonic OrchestraRochester · United States | 295 | 0 |
37 | M. Camargo GuarnieriTietê · Brazil | 293 | +5 |
38 | Giovanni SgambatiRoma · Italy | 291 | -3 |
38 | Christian CannabichMannheim · Germany | 291 | -2 |
40 | Georg Christoph WagenseilWien · Austria | 283 | -2 |
41 | Hans HuberEppenberg-Wöschnau · Switzerland | 261 | +3 |
42 | Jan Václav Hugo VoříšekHradec Králové · Czechia | 258 | -3 |
43 | Leopold HofmannWien · Austria | 252 | +13 |
44 | Peter Erasmus Lange-MüllerFrederiksberg Municipality · Denmark | 245 | -11 |
45 | Jan van GilseRotterdam · Netherlands | 243 | +45 |
46 | Joseph WölflSalzburg · Austria | 241 | +2 |
47 | Ronald StevensonBlackburn · United Kingdom | 236 | -2 |
48 | Harald SæverudBergen · Norway | 234 | +15 |
49 | Karol KurpińskiPoland | 228 | -6 |
49 | Henry HadleySomerville · United States | 228 | -17 |
85 | Necil Kazım Aksesİstanbul · Türkiye | 116 | +53 |
78 | Napoléon Henri ReberMulhouse · France | 124 | +44 |
102 | Mosonyi MihályFrauenkirchen · Austria | 97 | +41 |
127 | Anton Ferdinand TitzNürnberg · Germany | 72 | +34 |
113 | Egon KornauthOlomouc · Czechia | 82 | +34 |
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.