Top 50 Composers in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest composers in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 133 composers tracked in United Kingdom, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Henry VIII of England, John Williams and Hans Zimmer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3,347,441 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 140,208, and the largest, Henry VIII of England, reaches around 1,372,735 people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each composer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Henry VIII of England	1,372,735	20.0%	Composer	Politics & Society
2	John Williams	1,052,261	8.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
3	Hans Zimmer	922,445	7.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
4	Danny Elfman	480,283	10.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
5	Roy Ayers	168,713	16.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
6	Ralph Vaughan Williams	160,236	41.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
7	Jean-Michel Jarre	152,869	6.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
8	Burt Bacharach	152,168	17.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
9	Ennio Morricone	140,891	4.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
10	Stephen Sondheim	131,539	17.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
11	A. R. Rahman	119,877	1.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
12	Pep's	119,108	1.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
13	Björk	117,336	5.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
14	Max Richter	107,691	11.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
15	Benjamin Britten	104,812	34.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
16	Willy Russell	99,979	86.8%	Composer	Literature
17	Kaytranada	97,635	8.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
18	Muffler	86,539	3.3%	Composer	Cars & Mobility
19	Desmond Dekker	84,704	48.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
20	Yanni	83,493	6.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
21	Kevin Murphy	81,650	5.4%	Composer	Beauty & Wellness
22	Mike Patton	80,961	8.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
23	Philip Glass	75,900	8.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
24	John Barry (composer)	62,521	13.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
25	Alan Menken	59,384	12.4%	Composer	Music & Radio
26	Keith Emerson	57,444	18.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
27	Giorgio Moroder	55,237	5.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
28	George Gershwin	53,252	9.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
29	Edvard Grieg	49,819	6.1%	Composer	Literature
30	Michael Giacchino	48,282	7.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
31	Ólafur Arnalds	39,738	12.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
32	John Bull (composer)	39,257	8.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
33	Daniel Barenboim	39,226	5.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
34	Anirudh Ravichander	38,644	2.3%	Composer	Music & Radio
35	Vanessa-Mae	37,575	9.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
36	Mura Masa	36,685	7.2%	Composer	Music & Radio
37	Bear McCreary	34,797	7.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
38	Tony Banks (musician)	33,899	12.5%	Composer	Music & Radio
39	Bill Ryder-Jones	33,836	80.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
40	S. Thaman	33,699	4.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
41	Marcus Miller	33,204	6.0%	Composer	Music & Radio
42	Alan Silvestri	30,132	7.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
43	Atticus Ross	26,989	8.1%	Composer	Music & Radio
44	John Cage	25,398	4.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
45	Jon Lord	25,380	8.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
46	Richard Rodgers	25,315	11.7%	Composer	Music & Radio
47	Yann Tiersen	24,771	3.8%	Composer	Music & Radio
48	Aaron Copland	24,491	8.6%	Composer	Music & Radio
49	Joe Hisaishi	24,196	4.9%	Composer	Music & Radio
50	James Newton Howard	23,448	6.7%	Composer	Music & Radio