Popularity ranking · Brazil

The 100 most popular Folks in Brazil

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest folks in Brazil, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 153 folks tracked in Brazil, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Ney Matogrosso, Bob Dylan and Crosby, Stills & Nash lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 110k, and the largest, Ney Matogrosso, reaches around 5.3M people in Brazil. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Brazil who actively engage with each folk, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Brazil and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Brazil who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Brazil. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Brazil, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Brazil. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Ney Matogrosso 5.3M 45.9 70.4% Folk
2 Bob Dylan 1.1M 42.8 55.2% Folk
3 Crosby, Stills & Nash 1M 44.8 58.6% Folk
4 Emilia (Bulgarian singer) 1M 37.4 69.9% Folk
5 Geraldo Azevedo 413k 46.1 58.8% Folk
6 Clannad 345k 40.6 56.7% Folk
7 Mercedes Sosa 195k 44.2 71.3% Folk
8 Paul Simon 164k 42.8 49.2% Folk
9 Mark Schultz (musician) 144k 48.6 78.5% Folk
10 Tom Zé 134k 38.8 51.8% Folk
11 Galena (singer) 122k 27.2 63.8% Folk
12 Tiny Tim (musician) 98k 26.4 57.6% Folk
13 Cat Stevens 83k 42.5 49.1% Folk
14 Marcos Witt 69k 28.1 62.0% Folk
15 Sufjan Stevens 68k 39.2 57.5% Folk
16 Fela Kuti 61k 39.6 53.8% Folk
17 Ceca (singer) 51k 41.1 58.1% Folk
18 Nívea Soares 48k 36.9 73.3% Folk
19 The Band 44k 42.0 55.4% Folk
20 Roy Harper 42k 0.0 0.0% Folk
21 Phil Wickham 40k 49.9 46.4% Folk
22 Corvus Corax 37k 35.5 52.3% Folk
23 Pete Seeger 30k 47.8 74.6% Folk
24 Hollow Coves 30k 36.7 51.7% Folk
25 Heilung 28k 33.6 48.1% Folk

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular folks compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Brazil and ranks each folk by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest folk in Brazil?

Ney Matogrosso currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.3M people in Brazil.

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