Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Folks in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest folks in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 231 folks tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Phil Wickham lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 10M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 315k, and the largest, Bob Dylan, reaches around 6.3M 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.

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Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. 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 United States, 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 United States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Fela Kuti 320k 39.2 50.4% Folk
27 Heilung 281k 34.8 37.8% Folk
28 Roy Harper 279k 56.8 19.8% Folk
29 Scott Kelly 243k 39.1 48.8% Folk
30 Whitley 188k 34.9 63.4% Folk
31 Matt Maher 185k 44.6 73.7% Folk
32 Bowerbirds 184k 39.3 59.3% Folk
33 Jorma Kaukonen 181k 55.2 16.6% Folk
34 Allison Russell 158k 47.6 51.9% Folk
35 Marcos Witt 156k 35.1 59.6% Folk
36 Corvus Corax 141k 34.6 43.1% Folk
37 Ney Matogrosso 138k 42.0 65.5% Folk
38 José González (singer) 133k 38.5 49.7% Folk
39 Ocie Elliott 121k 42.8 51.7% Folk
40 Luke Jackson 121k 55.7 43.6% Folk
41 Johnnyswim 104k 42.0 60.1% Folk
42 The Staves 103k 41.4 45.3% Folk
43 Wailin' Jennys 99k 39.4 52.3% Folk
44 Ceca (singer) 95k 34.7 54.6% Folk
45 Valerie June 88k 46.3 45.1% Folk
46 Granny's Attic 81k 39.4 52.3% Folk
47 Mercedes Sosa 79k 38.1 63.4% Folk
48 Omara Portuondo 79k 42.8 49.9% Folk
49 Hazlett 78k 36.8 57.9% Folk
50 Lingua Ignota 68k 41.0 47.4% 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 United States 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 United States?

Bob Dylan currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.3M people in United States.

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