Folk

This chart is based on the monthly listeners metric for all artists tagged with the genre 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	Van Morrison	17,891,718	3,284,970
2	Bob Dylan	16,212,588	6,629,834
3	Simon & Garfunkel	15,626,720	5,369,819
4	Tracy Chapman	13,100,573	1,832,405
5	John Denver	10,585,520	2,279,678
6	Jim Croce	9,934,616	1,481,124
7	Yusuf / Cat Stevens	9,894,541	1,973,999
8	Paul Simon	7,769,391	2,370,511
9	Don McLean	6,271,987	1,011,111
10	Carly Simon	6,160,341	1,185,335
11	Buffalo Springfield	6,133,815	841,791
12	James Taylor	5,251,855	2,675,199
13	Carole King	4,572,485	1,598,372
14	Fleet Foxes	4,327,535	1,383,322
15	Brandi Carlile	3,851,034	839,332
16	The Band	3,344,772	1,133,710
17	Linda Ronstadt	3,178,796	985,312
18	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	2,977,222	1,759,885
19	Crosby, Stills & Nash	2,863,561	1,954,215
20	Steve Earle	2,851,115	296,676
21	Gordon Lightfoot	2,841,159	926,123
22	Harry Nilsson	2,788,385	490,399
23	Nick Drake	2,706,613	843,910
24	Emmylou Harris	2,693,492	384,425
25	Jackson Browne	2,676,116	1,366,991
26	Joni Mitchell	2,453,975	1,507,131
27	Alison Krauss	2,371,502	381,405
28	The Lovin' Spoonful	2,362,675	514,872
29	Bonnie Raitt	2,248,611	740,872
30	Traveling Wilburys	2,080,280	1,231,328
31	Donovan	1,990,155	711,785
32	Rodríguez	1,933,516	573,284
33	Allison Russell	1,870,023	90,117
34	Warren Zevon	1,819,149	419,404
35	Wilco	1,729,654	769,540
36	Tom Waits	1,578,656	1,395,292
37	The Byrds	1,553,592	1,021,653
38	Sonny & Cher	1,393,168	432,761
39	Lyle Lovett	1,352,991	210,860
40	Peter, Paul and Mary	1,333,555	792,937
41	John Prine	1,312,510	569,321
42	Art Garfunkel	1,244,157	578,351
43	Harry Chapin	1,107,924	366,554
44	Margo Price	1,101,669	133,803
45	Loggins & Messina	1,054,121	506,633
46	John Hiatt	933,779	226,903
47	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	900,860	257,601
48	Joan Baez	887,320	686,613
49	Taj Mahal	877,943	215,418
50	Amanda Shires	868,407	56,013
51	The Secret Sisters	851,786	100,638
52	Lucinda Williams	847,305	252,155
53	Little Feat	845,589	462,748
54	Townes Van Zandt	741,868	353,321
55	Indigo Girls	741,622	365,859
56	Rosanne Cash	722,964	176,680
57	Natalie Merchant	713,464	424,563
58	Justin Townes Earle	687,191	181,445
59	Gillian Welch	679,050	227,930
60	Drive-By Truckers	640,811	221,121
61	Rodney Crowell	629,294	97,413
62	Buddy Miller	620,300	32,409
63	Joan Armatrading	616,993	278,147
64	Melanie	603,661	119,438
65	k.d. lang	591,605	398,194
66	Mary Chapin Carpenter	571,833	218,672
67	Jason Isbell	566,455	433,610
68	Steve Forbert	560,971	40,824
69	Sarah Jarosz	557,231	155,943
70	The Be Good Tanyas	552,776	100,738
71	Judy Collins	491,222	260,827
72	Ry Cooder	488,040	310,118
73	Yola	483,914	139,719
74	Rhiannon Giddens	474,820	149,996
75	Cowboy Junkies	463,231	196,986
76	Doc Watson	462,007	107,604
77	Jackson C. Frank	458,804	89,838
78	Marianne Faithfull	454,643	202,205
79	Aoife O'Donovan	450,248	66,855
80	Shelby Lynne	446,997	55,041
81	Hurray For The Riff Raff	429,995	125,141
82	Janis Ian	429,726	158,691
83	Karen Dalton	422,706	137,570
84	Valerie June	414,533	168,230
85	Leon Russell	400,751	265,667
86	Rickie Lee Jones	394,573	198,989
87	Tim Hardin	389,104	55,850
88	Graham Nash	387,365	231,540
89	Loudon Wainwright III	384,218	79,727
90	Shawn Colvin	383,863	136,953
91	Patty Griffin	369,586	156,523
92	Eilen Jewell	350,860	65,426
93	Neko Case	336,546	226,685
94	Molly Tuttle	334,247	87,337
95	Blood, Sweat & Tears	329,105	613,051
96	The Wailin' Jennys	319,563	150,970
97	Tim Buckley	316,969	241,577
98	Sara Watkins	307,239	51,688
99	Richie Havens	294,296	126,341
100	Arlo Guthrie	285,748	155,511
101	Blaze Foley	284,793	97,453
102	Guy Clark	280,331	136,089
103	Fairport Convention	272,409	121,541
104	Stephen Stills	263,255	298,545
105	Odetta	247,454	80,196
106	Richard Thompson	245,591	91,497
107	Lori McKenna	233,277	63,842
108	Roger McGuinn	230,826	49,358
109	Chris Smither	230,177	36,254
110	Jeffrey Foucault	226,944	28,801
111	The Flying Burrito Brothers	226,799	150,386
112	Pete Seeger	226,112	174,009
113	James McMurtry	209,285	87,219
114	Buffy Sainte-Marie	201,368	102,163
115	Gram Parsons	199,142	140,143
116	I'm With Her	193,917	82,969
117	Woody Guthrie	187,249	192,666
118	Nanci Griffith	184,214	99,799
119	The Kingston Trio	167,559	114,909
120	Levon Helm	153,336	146,210
121	Dave Van Ronk	149,745	60,908
122	Iris DeMent	149,307	84,499
123	Gretchen Peters	147,363	24,824
124	Mary Gauthier	146,754	47,447
125	David Crosby	144,643	309,087
126	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	130,989	32,925
127	Richard & Linda Thompson	121,184	33,047
128	Carolina Chocolate Drops	118,387	141,331
129	Jimmy LaFave	111,647	20,115
130	Tift Merritt	111,132	36,475
131	Phoebe Snow	106,372	59,606
132	Courtney Marie Andrews	100,554	49,402
133	Dar Williams	100,495	60,710
134	Jesse Colin Young	88,498	56,142
135	Tom Paxton	85,977	45,342
136	Allison Moorer	84,137	27,307
137	Dave Alvin	82,901	36,728
138	Phil Ochs	82,190	58,810
139	Adia Victoria	82,051	44,401
140	Chris Hillman	80,534	19,713
141	John Sebastian	75,544	44,073
142	Alejandro Escovedo	74,236	40,435
143	Jesse Winchester	74,111	15,445
144	Crosby & Nash	73,948	257,673
145	Laura Nyro	72,781	68,922
146	New Riders of the Purple Sage	69,280	106,716
147	Ian & Sylvia	65,821	30,599
148	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	59,580	25,945
149	Sandy Denny	59,494	59,763
150	Greg Brown	58,404	37,414
151	Dave Rawlings Machine	56,502	44,417
152	Steve Goodman	49,815	23,088
153	Eliza Gilkyson	44,031	24,379
154	Tom Rush	43,393	28,304
155	Buddy & Julie Miller	36,318	12,536
156	John Gorka	32,276	19,197
157	Kate Wolf	31,110	22,227
158	David Bromberg	28,557	32,765
159	Shannon McNally	25,303	16,539
160	Po' Girl	23,636	9,017
161	Cheryl Wheeler	23,602	15,412
162	Shawn Phillips	18,543	11,093
163	Lucy Kaplansky	15,824	18,170
164	Eric Andersen	15,335	11,050
165	Richard Shindell	12,854	12,392
166	Patty Larkin	12,645	9,741
167	Kris Delmhorst	10,833	11,018
168	Bill Morrissey	4,415	5,801