Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Guitarists in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest guitarists in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 178 guitarists tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Zakk Wylde, Vinnie Vincent and Lita Ford lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 241k, and the largest, Zakk Wylde, reaches around 1.5M 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.

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How to read this list

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 Tommy Shaw 287k Guitarist
27 Lead Belly 278k 42.8 87.9% Guitarist
28 Steve Stevens 275k 49.3 19.7% Guitarist
29 Daniel Johnston 269k 33.7 33.0% Guitarist
30 Izzy Stradlin 259k 36.1 45.3% Guitarist
31 Tommy Emmanuel 250k 49.1 30.1% Guitarist
32 Jeff Lang 250k Guitarist
33 Mick Thomson 242k 28.7 0.0% Guitarist
34 Gary Rossington 228k Guitarist
35 George Lynch (musician) 216k 48.2 16.0% Guitarist
36 Jonny Lang 203k 50.7 39.9% Guitarist
37 Taylor York 203k Guitarist
38 Anthony Santos 200k 32.8 52.8% Guitarist
39 Tommy Thayer 195k 43.8 43.3% Guitarist
40 Ray Toro 190k 25.2 73.4% Guitarist
41 Kerry King 175k 38.0 0.0% Guitarist
42 Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein 172k 33.2 18.8% Guitarist
43 MATT BELLAMY 171k Guitarist
44 Paul Gilbert 164k 42.2 15.1% Guitarist
45 James Iha 162k 42.0 11.2% Guitarist
46 Alvin Lee 159k 57.6 14.0% Guitarist
47 Bertrand Cantat 158k 40.0 70.8% Guitarist
48 Eric Gales 156k 49.1 17.7% Guitarist
49 Robert Fripp 155k 37.8 42.3% Guitarist
50 Bob Mould 150k 44.5 31.9% Guitarist

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular guitarists compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each guitarist 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 guitarist in United States?

Zakk Wylde currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.5M people in United States.

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