British folk

This chart is based on the monthly listeners metric for all artists tagged with the genre british folk by Spotify. It may contain some errors or some data may not be up to date. You can check the artist profile to update data if necessary.

#	Artist	Monthly Listeners	Followers
1	Yusuf / Cat Stevens	9,667,300	2,036,175
2	Nick Drake	2,390,536	871,521
3	John Martyn	1,889,131	163,009
4	Donovan	1,553,432	722,533
5	Laura Marling	1,456,706	523,178
6	Vashti Bunyan	511,424	188,732
7	Steeleye Span	335,367	57,642
8	Mike Scott	323,600	12,079
9	Ralph McTell	320,780	30,969
10	Bert Jansch	307,487	88,705
11	Tír na nÓg	281,169	8,926
12	Fairport Convention	264,963	128,861
13	Peter Sarstedt	253,550	26,681
14	Dougie MacLean	235,505	31,200
15	Richard Thompson	194,330	96,298
16	Kate Rusby	164,476	58,915
17	Mark Fry	117,186	11,696
18	Jon Boden	117,070	10,734
19	Richard & Linda Thompson	113,540	34,970
20	Lindisfarne	101,307	37,288
21	Molly Drake	98,614	28,381
22	Planxty	96,152	49,027
23	Terry Reid	89,066	39,110
24	Bill Fay	80,549	29,982
25	Karine Polwart	70,101	26,970
26	The Unthanks	68,508	45,275
27	Kevin Ayers	67,643	55,231
28	Sandy Denny	64,794	63,079
29	Matthews' Southern Comfort	60,922	8,823
30	Davy Graham	55,713	17,436
31	Eddi Reader	54,995	23,747
32	Pentangle	53,349	59,670
33	Strawbs	52,493	52,055
34	Maddy Prior	51,764	15,979
35	Ewan MacColl	50,583	13,973
36	Kris Drever	50,136	11,708
37	Shirley Collins	49,056	19,039
38	Roy Harper	47,775	39,509
39	Bridget St John	46,964	19,274
40	Kathryn Tickell	46,832	6,738
41	Archie Fisher	43,951	5,094
42	Family	43,737	14,516
43	Iain Matthews	43,458	9,824
44	Dick Gaughan	42,793	15,157
45	Martin Carthy	39,503	15,636
46	Martin Simpson	37,991	15,051
47	The Incredible String Band	35,327	54,958
48	John Renbourn	34,414	27,114
49	Anne Briggs	33,795	21,174
50	Andy Irvine	33,359	15,464
51	Eliza Carthy	32,257	15,382
52	Seth Lakeman	32,035	31,558
53	June Tabor	30,677	17,247
54	Michael Chapman	28,980	20,056
55	Jackie Oates	27,617	7,958
56	The Watersons	26,557	11,458
57	Oysterband	26,174	10,969
58	Nancy Kerr	25,499	4,130
59	Linda Thompson	25,072	11,700
60	Alan Hull	24,098	7,691
61	Bellowhead	24,014	27,024
62	Nic Jones	22,605	8,231
63	Ruth Notman	22,338	3,513
64	Duncan Browne	22,308	4,461
65	Magna Carta	19,549	11,022
66	Andy Cutting	17,509	2,767
67	Lau	17,406	18,462
68	Show Of Hands	17,063	19,436
69	Battlefield Band	16,752	14,508
70	Jake Thackray	16,577	9,886
71	Fotheringay	16,567	16,725
72	Ewan McLennan	15,971	2,788
73	Bella Hardy	15,155	7,173
74	Trees	14,877	11,652
75	John Kirkpatrick	13,509	2,726
76	Kathryn Williams	13,225	9,111
77	Boo Hewerdine	13,054	3,849
78	John McCusker	11,547	4,548
79	Plainsong	11,099	1,620
80	Waterson:Carthy	11,078	4,645
81	Beverley Martyn	10,881	1,111
82	Heidi Talbot	10,516	5,620
83	Alexander 'Skip' Spence	10,509	15,551
84	Spiers & Boden	10,415	5,731
85	Jackie Leven	10,414	6,296
86	Albion Christmas Band	9,552	660
87	Maddy Prior & Tim Hart	8,898	5,789
88	Dave Swarbrick	8,618	5,685
89	Spirogyra	8,543	9,494
90	Barry Coope	8,436	977
91	Norma Waterson	8,408	5,077
92	Catherine Howe	8,216	3,265
93	The Imagined Village	7,649	9,530
94	A. L. Lloyd	7,628	3,585
95	Alasdair Roberts	7,229	6,931
96	The Full English	6,649	2,398
97	Bob Fox	6,569	2,146
98	Peter Bellamy	6,326	2,908
99	Jez Lowe	6,263	2,854
100	Trader Horne	6,226	3,831
101	Heron	6,150	3,650
102	The Young Tradition	6,078	2,827
103	Silly Sisters	6,058	5,298
104	Simon Finn	5,419	5,614
105	Ian Campbell Folk Group	5,130	2,573
106	Shirley & Dolly Collins	5,042	1,968
107	Fay Hield	5,024	3,543
108	Shelagh Mcdonald	4,949	4,753
109	The Humblebums	4,665	4,716
110	Lal Waterson	4,522	1,131
111	The Albion Band	4,499	6,843
112	John Tams	4,444	4,813
113	Dr. Strangely Strange	4,348	4,759
114	Steve Tilston	4,182	2,847
115	The John Renbourn Group	3,821	7,387
116	Ashley Hutchings	3,633	3,754
117	Mellow Candle	3,491	2,948
118	Steve Knightley	3,173	3,116
119	The Poozies	3,128	2,326
120	Robin Williamson	2,947	3,968
121	Barry Dransfield	2,835	1,806
122	Wizz Jones	2,766	2,645
123	Shirley Collins & Albion Country Band	2,588	1,079
124	Dando Shaft	2,378	3,182
125	Roy Bailey	2,271	2,278
126	Vin Garbutt	2,222	2,522
127	Fresh Maggots	2,202	2,914
128	Jim Moray	2,174	4,204
129	Mike Waterson	1,853	750
130	The Sallyangie	1,697	1,176
131	Claire Hamill	1,671	1,238
132	Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies	1,597	756
133	The Copper Family	1,470	1,971
134	Christine Collister	1,439	934
135	Amazing Blondel	1,434	2,028
136	The Woods Band	1,412	1,113
137	Tim Hart & Maddy Prior	1,348	980
138	Davey Graham	1,316	2,501
139	Chris Wood	1,296	3,251
140	Synanthesia	1,263	2,739
141	Brass Monkey	1,262	1,509
142	Albion Country Band	1,250	715
143	Tudor Lodge	1,180	1,228
144	Bread, Love And Dreams	1,090	1,338
145	Simon Nicol	1,076	522
146	The Bunch	1,049	806
147	Home Service	1,041	792
148	Nick Harper	1,040	1,968
149	Keith Christmas	1,023	852
150	Mike Heron	671	989
151	Frankie Armstrong	508	1,232
152	Phil Beer	448	1,450
153	The Albion Dance Band	371	740
154	Rory McLeod	215	1,544
155	Dave Burland	194	434
156	Mick Softley	135	402
157	The Eighteenth Day of May	129	212
158	Kerfuffle	17	1,052