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 9.3M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 297k, and the largest, Bob Dylan, reaches around 5.7M 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 updated quarterly.

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Rank

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

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
1 Bob Dylan 5.7M 45.4 47.8% Folk
2 Paul Simon 2.1M 46.4 51.6% Folk
3 Phil Wickham 1.5M 44.6 72.1% Folk
4 Tiny Tim (musician) 1.4M 35.7 67.1% Folk
5 Bobby Pulido 1.2M 37.3 71.5% Folk
6 Jesse Welles 1.1M 48.4 46.6% Folk
7 Crosby, Stills & Nash 1.1M 50.5 44.3% Folk
8 The Band 986k 46.8 44.0% Folk
9 Mark Schultz (musician) 898k 45.2 74.6% Folk
10 Cat Stevens 865k 35.1 44.3% Folk
11 Vicente Fernández 779k 34.6 49.0% Folk
12 John Phillips (musician) 711k 48.5 57.9% Folk
13 Clannad 687k 46.0 56.8% Folk
14 Galena (singer) 674k 26.3 61.0% Folk
15 Hector (musician) 573k 39.7 56.3% Folk
16 Pete Seeger 570k 46.7 61.6% Folk
17 Caamp 522k 43.5 51.0% Folk
18 Burl Ives 517k 43.2 60.4% Folk
19 Sufjan Stevens 509k 38.7 50.8% Folk
20 Julión Álvarez 431k 31.1 50.0% Folk
21 Emilia (Bulgarian singer) 428k 35.0 56.1% Folk
22 Steven Curtis Chapman 385k 45.4 72.6% Folk
23 Peter Tork 382k 52.2 54.1% Folk
24 Julion Alvarez 372k 34.1 61.4% Folk
25 Bear’s Den 336k 39.1 49.6% Folk
26 Fela Kuti 320k 39.9 50.4% Folk
27 Scott Kelly 247k 39.6 47.2% Folk
28 Roy Harper 246k 57.7 19.8% Folk
29 Heilung 212k 35.5 37.7% Folk
30 Matt Maher 187k 45.3 73.7% Folk
31 Jorma Kaukonen 181k 56.0 16.6% Folk
32 Allison Russell 167k 48.3 51.9% Folk
33 Bowerbirds 164k 39.9 59.3% Folk
34 Whitley 140k 35.5 63.4% Folk
35 José González (singer) 139k 39.3 49.7% Folk
36 Ney Matogrosso 138k 42.7 65.5% Folk
37 Marcos Witt 137k 35.7 59.6% Folk
38 Corvus Corax 124k 35.2 43.1% Folk
39 Luke Jackson 121k 56.6 43.6% Folk
40 Ocie Elliott 106k 43.5 51.7% Folk
41 The Staves 103k 42.1 45.3% Folk
42 Ceca (singer) 93k 35.4 54.6% Folk
43 Wailin' Jennys 92k 40.2 52.3% Folk
44 Johnnyswim 91k 42.7 60.1% Folk
45 Granny's Attic 88k 40.2 52.3% Folk
46 Valerie June 88k 46.9 45.1% Folk
47 Mercedes Sosa 79k 38.8 63.4% Folk
48 Omara Portuondo 79k 43.4 49.9% Folk
49 Hazlett 69k 37.6 57.9% Folk
50 Volkan Konak 59k 40.6 42.1% Folk
51 Cocco 57k 43.9 100.0% Folk
52 Jeremy Riddle 56k 39.5 62.6% Folk
53 Lingua Ignota 55k 41.6 47.4% Folk
54 Aca Lukas 50k 36.4 55.1% Folk
55 Hollow Coves 50k 40.5 54.2% Folk
56 Soledad Pastorutti 50k 40.0 58.0% Folk
57 Bert Jansch 48k 57.8 17.6% Folk
58 Rosana Arbelo 47k 44.2 90.0% Folk
59 Anna von Hausswolff 46k 38.3 37.5% Folk
60 Shawn Phillips 46k 53.5 41.4% Folk
61 Carbon Leaf 44k 42.0 48.8% Folk
62 Joshua James (folk singer) 43k 42.1 43.4% Folk
63 Hakim (Egyptian singer) 40k 38.6 59.4% Folk
64 Alan Doyle 40k 52.6 58.8% Folk
65 Glenn Yarbrough 40k 54.3 36.7% Folk
66 JJ Heller 38k 36.1 83.7% Folk
67 Christy Moore 36k 43.9 40.5% Folk
68 Chuck Ragan (Official) 35k 35.9 25.7% Folk
69 Julie Fowlis 34k 51.4 51.4% Folk
70 Mandolin Orange 34k 31.7 53.3% Folk
71 Sons of the East 30k 36.2 54.2% Folk
72 The Steel Wheels 29k 53.3 21.6% Folk
73 The Longest Johns 28k 42.3 41.8% Folk
74 Myrkur 27k 34.3 25.1% Folk
75 George Wassouf 27k 29.6 58.9% Folk
76 Okkervil River 25k 37.0 49.8% Folk
77 Oliver Hazard 25k 39.8 57.4% Folk
78 Tall Heights 24k 40.1 54.8% Folk
79 Los Kjarkas 24k 45.1 45.3% Folk
80 Lankum 24k 45.4 45.0% Folk
81 Barbara Dane 22k 51.3 45.0% Folk
82 Sam Amidon 22k 43.2 51.0% Folk
83 Jelena Rozga 22k 33.6 47.8% Folk
84 Dragana Mirković 22k 38.0 48.3% Folk
85 Oumou Sangaré 21k 29.1 41.2% Folk
86 Ronnie Drew 21k 57.1 41.4% Folk
87 Sergio Dalma 20k 43.8 87.6% Folk
88 Haris Alexiou 20k 49.5 60.1% Folk
89 Sherine Abdel-Wahab 19k 31.2 65.3% Folk
90 Dara Bubamara 19k 35.1 78.2% Folk
91 Crosby & Nash 18k 49.6 45.8% Folk
92 Silvio Rodríguez 17k 47.0 54.6% Folk
93 Kathy Kelly 17k 32.0 57.4% Folk
94 Ahmet Kaya 15k 29.3 47.2% Folk
95 Marissa Nadler 15k 39.9 45.7% Folk
96 Jonathan Hultén 15k 38.1 45.7% Folk
97 The Incredible String Band 14k 51.3 32.0% Folk
98 Bibio 14k — — Folk
99 Richard Shindell 14k 55.4 44.6% Folk
100 The Mary Wallopers 14k 43.9 41.5% 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 updated quarterly 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 5.7M people in United States.

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