Top 50 Guitarists in United States

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest guitarists in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 184 guitarists tracked in United States, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Sly Stone, Zakk Wylde and Rick Derringer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5,345,015 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 462,992, and the largest, Sly Stone, reaches around 2,636,731 people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each guitarist, 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	Sly Stone	2,636,731	94.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
2	Zakk Wylde	1,505,384	47.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
3	Rick Derringer	1,202,900	88.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
4	Vinnie Vincent	1,200,842	80.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
5	Lita Ford	1,105,259	59.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
6	Buckethead	908,901	49.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
7	Tony Iommi	858,991	37.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
8	Steve Miller	822,888	78.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
9	Vincent Gallo	699,600	86.7%	Guitarist	Movies & TV
10	Mick Mars	680,430	54.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
11	Bradley Nowell	620,840	98.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
12	Steve Cropper	562,199	66.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
13	David Parland	541,882	57.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
14	Rivers Cuomo	463,193	93.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
15	Duane Allman	412,147	66.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
16	Robbie Robertson	406,314	59.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
17	Robin Trower	405,678	90.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
18	Eric Carmen	392,040	85.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
19	Frank Iero	382,462	59.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
20	Neal Schon	370,842	71.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
21	Jake E. Lee	358,046	84.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
22	Warren Haynes	341,513	72.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
23	Little Walter	339,469	95.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
24	Ritchie Blackmore	335,428	23.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
25	Yngwie Malmsteen	294,936	30.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
26	Lead Belly	281,217	61.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
27	Tommy Shaw	279,400	97.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
28	Charley Patton	277,420	96.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
29	Tommy Emmanuel	262,383	36.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
30	Steve Stevens	260,875	63.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
31	Mick Thomson	252,872	61.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
32	Jeff Lang	249,458	94.8%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
33	Daniel Johnston	242,506	87.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
34	Izzy Stradlin	242,025	28.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
35	George Lynch (musician)	233,533	90.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
36	Kerry King	227,185	69.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
37	Gary Rossington	222,310	89.5%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
38	Jonny Lang	211,223	81.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
39	Taylor York	199,870	94.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
40	Bob Mould	196,679	75.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
41	Tommy Thayer	194,736	47.2%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
42	Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein	187,029	82.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
43	Danny Jones	169,064	9.7%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
44	Ray Toro	167,894	60.6%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
45	MATT BELLAMY	165,990	85.9%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
46	James Iha	164,043	86.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
47	Richie Kotzen	156,350	64.1%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
48	Bertrand Cantat	154,847	4.4%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
49	Robert Fripp	153,462	66.0%	Guitarist	Music & Radio
50	Alvin Lee	148,363	47.3%	Guitarist	Music & Radio