Top 50 Guitarists in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest guitarists in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 184 guitarists tracked in Italy, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Steve Cropper, Bertrand Cantat and Vinnie Vincent lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 493,421 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 38,537, and the largest, Steve Cropper, reaches around 209,545 people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each guitarist, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Steve Cropper	209,545	24.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
2	Bertrand Cantat	157,216	4.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
3	Vinnie Vincent	126,660	8.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
4	Tony Iommi	121,869	5.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
5	Ritchie Blackmore	90,023	6.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
6	David Parland	88,213	9.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
7	Zakk Wylde	84,813	2.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
8	Vincent Gallo	59,620	7.4%	Guitarist	Movies & TV
9	Sly Stone	59,441	2.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
10	Robert Fripp	47,916	20.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
11	Tommy Emmanuel	44,873	6.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
12	Paul Gilbert	38,178	8.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
13	Lita Ford	36,315	2.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
14	Yngwie Malmsteen	36,027	3.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
15	Izzy Stradlin	35,824	4.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
16	Buckethead	34,900	1.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
17	Mick Mars	31,093	2.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
18	Ry Cooder	30,569	13.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
19	Steve Stevens	30,291	7.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
20	Eric Carmen	28,160	6.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
21	Kerry King	27,375	8.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
22	Mick Thomson	26,363	6.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
23	Andy Timmons	24,866	23.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
24	Brian "Head" Welch	23,461	11.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
25	Jake E. Lee	23,061	5.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
26	Robben Ford	22,017	20.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
27	Guthrie Govan	21,776	7.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
28	Alvin Lee	21,177	6.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
29	Mike Rutherford	20,579	5.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
30	Tommy Bolin	20,394	11.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
31	Richie Kotzen	19,411	8.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
32	Daniel Johnston	19,054	6.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
33	Richard Z. Kruspe	18,714	3.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
34	Kiko Loureiro	18,588	5.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
35	Larry Carlton	18,529	7.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
36	Robbie Robertson	17,415	2.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
37	Frank Gambale	15,763	29.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
38	Duane Allman	15,623	2.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
39	Martin Barre	15,169	15.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
40	Michael Angelo Batio	15,098	9.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
41	MATT BELLAMY	14,388	7.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
42	Rick Derringer	14,004	1.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
43	Tommy Thayer	13,869	3.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
44	Bob Mould	13,712	5.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
45	Mick Ronson	13,321	11.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
46	Richie Havens	13,219	8.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
47	Brad Delson	12,837	10.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
48	Hank Marvin	12,405	2.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
49	Robin Trower	11,628	2.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
50	Rivers Cuomo	11,514	2.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio