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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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBob Dylan | 6.3M | 28.4% | 45.4 | 47.8% | Folk |
| 2 | PPaul Simon | 2M | 39.3% | 46.4 | 51.6% | Folk |
| 3 | PPhil Wickham | 1.7M | 87.0% | 44.6 | 72.1% | Folk |
| 4 | TTiny Tim (musician) | 1.5M | 23.5% | 35.7 | 67.1% | Folk |
| 5 | JJesse Welles | 1.3M | 74.6% | 48.4 | 46.6% | Folk |
| 6 | TThe Band | 1.1M | 52.3% | 46.8 | 44.0% | Folk |
| 7 | CCrosby, Stills & Nash | 1.1M | 10.1% | 50.5 | 44.3% | Folk |
| 8 | BBobby Pulido | 1.1M | 100.0% | 37.3 | 71.5% | Folk |
| 9 | CCat Stevens | 956k | 26.5% | 35.1 | 44.3% | Folk |
| 10 | MMark Schultz (musician) | 927k | 35.4% | 45.2 | 74.6% | Folk |
| 11 | VVicente Fernández | 800k | 28.5% | 34.6 | 49.0% | Folk |
| 12 | JJohn Phillips (musician) | 711k | 79.8% | 48.5 | 57.9% | Folk |
| 13 | PPete Seeger | 706k | 44.7% | 46.7 | 61.6% | Folk |
| 14 | CClannad | 677k | 17.9% | 46.0 | 56.8% | Folk |
| 15 | GGalena (singer) | 665k | 69.1% | 26.3 | 61.0% | Folk |
| 16 | HHector (musician) | 573k | 44.5% | 39.7 | 56.3% | Folk |
| 17 | CCaamp | 556k | 82.1% | 43.5 | 51.0% | Folk |
| 18 | BBurl Ives | 511k | 61.0% | 43.2 | 60.4% | Folk |
| 19 | SSufjan Stevens | 509k | 38.5% | 38.7 | 50.8% | Folk |
| 20 | JJulión Álvarez | 434k | 59.1% | 31.1 | 50.0% | Folk |
| 21 | EEmilia (Bulgarian singer) | 409k | 11.5% | 35.0 | 56.1% | Folk |
| 22 | SSteven Curtis Chapman | 406k | 88.8% | 45.4 | 72.6% | Folk |
| 23 | PPeter Tork | 383k | 91.4% | 52.2 | 54.1% | Folk |
| 24 | JJulion Alvarez | 375k | 27.0% | 34.1 | 61.4% | Folk |
| 25 | BBear’s Den | 342k | 63.2% | 39.1 | 49.6% | Folk |
| 26 | FFela Kuti | 320k | 36.4% | 39.9 | 50.4% | Folk |
| 27 | RRoy Harper | 269k | 32.3% | 57.7 | 19.8% | Folk |
| 28 | HHeilung | 262k | 25.2% | 35.5 | 37.8% | Folk |
| 29 | SScott Kelly | 242k | 64.1% | 39.6 | 47.2% | Folk |
| 30 | MMatt Maher | 185k | 77.8% | 45.3 | 73.7% | Folk |
| 31 | JJorma Kaukonen | 181k | 79.1% | 56.0 | 16.6% | Folk |
| 32 | BBowerbirds | 162k | 35.3% | 39.9 | 59.3% | Folk |
| 33 | MMarcos Witt | 156k | 24.7% | 35.7 | 59.6% | Folk |
| 34 | AAllison Russell | 156k | 69.5% | 48.3 | 51.9% | Folk |
| 35 | WWhitley | 146k | 35.1% | 35.5 | 63.4% | Folk |
| 36 | NNey Matogrosso | 138k | 2.5% | 42.7 | 65.5% | Folk |
| 37 | JJosé González (singer) | 133k | 37.5% | 39.3 | 49.7% | Folk |
| 38 | CCorvus Corax | 124k | 24.2% | 35.2 | 43.1% | Folk |
| 39 | OOcie Elliott | 121k | 33.6% | 43.5 | 51.7% | Folk |
| 40 | LLuke Jackson | 121k | 45.1% | 56.6 | 43.6% | Folk |
| 41 | JJohnnyswim | 104k | 79.3% | 42.7 | 60.1% | Folk |
| 42 | TThe Staves | 103k | 69.2% | 42.1 | 45.3% | Folk |
| 43 | WWailin' Jennys | 99k | 81.7% | 40.2 | 52.3% | Folk |
| 44 | CCeca (singer) | 95k | 3.8% | 35.4 | 54.6% | Folk |
| 45 | VValerie June | 84k | 57.7% | 46.9 | 45.1% | Folk |
| 46 | GGranny's Attic | 81k | 76.2% | 40.2 | 52.3% | Folk |
| 47 | MMercedes Sosa | 79k | 6.0% | 38.8 | 63.4% | Folk |
| 48 | OOmara Portuondo | 79k | 44.6% | 43.4 | 49.9% | Folk |
| 49 | HHazlett | 72k | 48.6% | 37.5 | 57.9% | Folk |
| 50 | HHollow Coves | 62k | 29.0% | 40.5 | 54.2% | Folk |
| 51 | VVolkan Konak | 59k | 2.2% | 40.6 | 42.1% | Folk |
| 52 | LLingua Ignota | 58k | 34.8% | 41.6 | 47.4% | Folk |
| 53 | JJeremy Riddle | 55k | 69.1% | 39.5 | 62.6% | Folk |
| 54 | CCocco | 55k | 2.5% | 43.9 | 100.0% | Folk |
| 55 | SSoledad Pastorutti | 52k | 4.2% | 40.0 | 58.0% | Folk |
| 56 | AAca Lukas | 51k | 6.7% | 36.4 | 55.1% | Folk |
| 57 | BBert Jansch | 48k | 23.8% | 57.8 | 17.6% | Folk |
| 58 | SShawn Phillips | 48k | 48.3% | 53.5 | 41.4% | Folk |
| 59 | AAnna von Hausswolff | 46k | 13.2% | 38.3 | 37.5% | Folk |
| 60 | CCarbon Leaf | 44k | 89.8% | 42.0 | 48.8% | Folk |
| 61 | SSons of the East | 44k | 20.5% | 36.2 | 54.2% | Folk |
| 62 | JJoshua James (folk singer) | 42k | 41.1% | 42.1 | 43.4% | Folk |
| 63 | GGlenn Yarbrough | 40k | 76.3% | 54.3 | 36.7% | Folk |
| 64 | HHakim (Egyptian singer) | 40k | 5.3% | 38.6 | 59.4% | Folk |
| 65 | AAlan Doyle | 40k | 14.3% | 52.6 | 58.8% | Folk |
| 66 | JJJ Heller | 39k | 89.9% | 36.1 | 83.7% | Folk |
| 67 | CChuck Ragan (Official) | 37k | 48.5% | 35.9 | 25.7% | Folk |
| 68 | MMandolin Orange | 36k | 88.9% | 31.7 | 53.3% | Folk |
| 69 | CChristy Moore | 36k | 8.8% | 43.9 | 40.5% | Folk |
| 70 | JJulie Fowlis | 34k | 28.4% | 51.4 | 51.4% | Folk |
| 71 | MMyrkur | 33k | 14.9% | 34.3 | 25.1% | Folk |
| 72 | TThe Longest Johns | 31k | 40.8% | 42.3 | 41.8% | Folk |
| 73 | TTall Heights | 30k | 56.8% | 40.1 | 54.8% | Folk |
| 74 | OOkkervil River | 30k | 56.3% | 37.0 | 49.8% | Folk |
| 75 | TThe Steel Wheels | 29k | 97.6% | 53.3 | 21.6% | Folk |
| 76 | GGeorge Wassouf | 27k | 9.8% | 29.6 | 58.9% | Folk |
| 77 | SSam Amidon | 24k | 34.1% | 43.2 | 51.0% | Folk |
| 78 | LLankum | 24k | 16.1% | 45.4 | 45.0% | Folk |
| 79 | MMarissa Nadler | 23k | 36.4% | 39.9 | 45.7% | Folk |
| 80 | JJelena Rozga | 23k | 13.8% | 33.6 | 47.8% | Folk |
| 81 | BBarbara Dane | 23k | 48.3% | 51.3 | 45.0% | Folk |
| 82 | LLos Kjarkas | 23k | 52.5% | 45.1 | 45.3% | Folk |
| 83 | CCrosby & Nash | 23k | 37.5% | 49.6 | 45.8% | Folk |
| 84 | DDragana Mirković | 22k | 10.6% | 38.0 | 48.3% | Folk |
| 85 | OOumou Sangaré | 21k | 19.5% | 29.1 | 41.2% | Folk |
| 86 | RRonnie Drew | 21k | 14.3% | 57.1 | 41.4% | Folk |
| 87 | OOliver Hazard | 20k | 78.5% | 39.8 | 57.4% | Folk |
| 88 | SSergio Dalma | 20k | 2.2% | 43.8 | 87.6% | Folk |
| 89 | HHaris Alexiou | 20k | 6.0% | 49.5 | 60.1% | Folk |
| 90 | SSherine Abdel-Wahab | 20k | 18.1% | 31.2 | 65.3% | Folk |
| 91 | DDara Bubamara | 19k | 4.0% | 35.1 | 78.2% | Folk |
| 92 | KKathy Kelly | 18k | 1.9% | 32.0 | 57.4% | Folk |
| 93 | SSilvio Rodríguez | 18k | 13.3% | 47.0 | 54.6% | Folk |
| 94 | AAnna Tivel | 17k | 61.6% | 41.3 | 58.0% | Folk |
| 95 | AAhmet Kaya | 16k | 0.5% | 29.3 | 47.2% | Folk |
| 96 | TThe Tannahill Weavers | 16k | 60.2% | 54.8 | 66.9% | Folk |
| 97 | SSamantha Crain | 15k | 43.0% | 41.7 | 56.3% | Folk |
| 98 | BBlanco White | 14k | 13.9% | 39.7 | 49.2% | Folk |
| 99 | BBibio | 14k | 71.6% | — | — | Folk |
| 100 | RRichard Shindell | 14k | 72.9% | 55.4 | 44.6% | 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 6.3M people in United States.