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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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
51 Link Wray 146k Guitarist
52 Tommy Bolin 144k 56.4 10.4% Guitarist
53 Ry Cooder 144k 47.9 31.1% Guitarist
54 Richie Kotzen 139k 48.0 9.3% Guitarist
55 Larry Carlton 135k 52.6 12.5% Guitarist
56 Danny Jones 133k 42.1 32.2% Guitarist
57 Rick Savage 130k Guitarist
58 Stone Gossard 130k Guitarist
59 Richie Havens 120k 54.9 30.6% Guitarist
60 Andrew Gold 118k Guitarist
61 Dave Davies 110k 52.7 25.6% Guitarist
62 Mike Gordon 105k 44.7 29.3% Guitarist
63 Mick Ronson 101k Guitarist
64 Elmore James 96k 51.2 14.4% Guitarist
65 Brian "Head" Welch 89k 38.0 40.1% Guitarist
66 Guthrie Govan 87k 41.3 0.0% Guitarist
67 Gene Vincent 86k 56.9 20.6% Guitarist
68 Jerry Douglas 85k 46.7 41.5% Guitarist
69 Robyn Hitchcock 84k 51.8 22.2% Guitarist
70 Ronnie Montrose 83k 56.2 5.8% Guitarist
71 Mike Rutherford 81k 47.8 63.6% Guitarist
72 R. L. Burnside 80k Guitarist
73 Lightnin' Hopkins 80k 53.1 12.1% Guitarist
74 Brad Delson 78k Guitarist
75 Jimmy Herring 77k 47.6 14.1% 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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