Top 50 Folks in United States

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest folks in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 233 folks tracked in United States, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Mark Schultz (musician) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 18,060,552 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 759,499, and the largest, Bob Dylan, reaches around 12,775,991 people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each folk, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Bob Dylan	12,775,991	30.4%	Folk	Music & Radio
2	Paul Simon	2,805,614	45.6%	Folk	Music & Radio
3	Mark Schultz (musician)	2,478,947	49.7%	Folk	Music & Radio
4	Pete Seeger	2,112,022	57.0%	Folk	Music & Radio
5	Tiny Tim (musician)	1,597,732	30.3%	Folk	Music & Radio
6	Phil Wickham	1,244,731	84.4%	Folk	Music & Radio
7	Crosby, Stills & Nash	1,080,929	10.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
8	Jesse Welles	1,037,546	73.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
9	Cat Stevens	983,361	26.6%	Folk	Music & Radio
10	The Band	862,716	51.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
11	Vicente Fernández	818,633	30.9%	Folk	Music & Radio
12	Julion Alvarez	765,930	42.7%	Folk	Music & Radio
13	John Phillips (musician)	666,804	80.2%	Folk	Music & Radio
14	Clannad	636,392	18.8%	Folk	Music & Radio
15	Galena (singer)	624,938	68.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
16	Crisis	588,751	23.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
17	Sufjan Stevens	565,356	40.3%	Folk	Music & Radio
18	Hector (musician)	557,510	53.4%	Folk	Music & Radio
19	Caamp	541,874	84.5%	Folk	Music & Radio
20	Burl Ives	528,146	68.6%	Folk	Music & Radio
21	Steven Curtis Chapman	425,151	89.8%	Folk	Music & Radio
22	Peter Tork	413,367	92.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
23	Emilia (Bulgarian singer)	369,759	9.2%	Folk	Music & Radio
24	Scott Kelly	266,508	70.2%	Folk	Music & Radio
25	Fela Kuti	258,954	33.6%	Folk	Music & Radio
26	Heilung	203,940	23.8%	Folk	Music & Radio
27	Roy Harper	191,400	38.2%	Folk	Music & Radio
28	Matt Maher	188,492	78.4%	Folk	Music & Radio
29	Jorma Kaukonen	186,168	85.3%	Folk	Music & Radio
30	Marcos Witt	162,640	26.8%	Folk	Music & Radio
31	Bowerbirds	154,496	34.0%	Folk	Music & Radio
32	Johnnyswim	153,315	83.7%	Folk	Music & Radio
33	Valerie June	147,053	68.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
34	Julión Álvarez	145,715	32.6%	Folk	Music & Radio
35	Ney Matogrosso	131,943	1.4%	Folk	Music & Radio
36	Corvus Corax	117,044	25.1%	Folk	Music & Radio
37	Ocie Elliott	112,518	33.7%	Folk	Music & Radio
38	Wailin' Jennys	105,673	83.2%	Folk	Music & Radio
39	Luke Jackson	104,170	42.9%	Folk	Music & Radio
40	The Staves	97,884	66.9%	Folk	Music & Radio
41	Allison Russell	97,173	63.8%	Folk	Music & Radio
42	Ceca (singer)	89,845	4.2%	Folk	Music & Radio
43	Whitley	89,004	34.9%	Folk	Music & Radio
44	Mercedes Sosa	86,247	16.8%	Folk	Music & Radio
45	Hazlett	80,225	51.2%	Folk	Music & Radio
46	Omara Portuondo	76,581	44.7%	Folk	Music & Radio
47	Hollow Coves	65,766	29.8%	Folk	Music & Radio
48	Granny's Attic	63,763	71.3%	Folk	Music & Radio
49	Jeremy Riddle	58,748	70.9%	Folk	Music & Radio
50	Volkan Konak	57,503	0.5%	Folk	Music & Radio