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	20,017,158	3,196,422
2	Simon & Garfunkel	15,980,184	5,237,345
3	Tracy Chapman	14,894,627	1,773,689
4	Bob Dylan	13,957,676	6,530,574
5	John Denver	10,672,318	2,207,166
6	Yusuf / Cat Stevens	10,406,757	1,930,633
7	Jim Croce	9,730,654	1,442,934
8	Paul Simon	8,111,622	2,331,449
9	Don McLean	7,670,885	986,154
10	Buffalo Springfield	6,400,915	824,972
11	Carly Simon	5,199,311	1,168,927
12	James Taylor	5,100,342	2,628,210
13	Carole King	4,478,848	1,567,258
14	Brandi Carlile	4,078,838	826,686
15	Fleet Foxes	3,765,256	1,365,542
16	The Band	3,410,990	1,113,766
17	Steve Earle	3,307,217	289,620
18	Jackson Browne	3,216,012	1,344,457
19	Harry Nilsson	3,155,120	481,001
20	Linda Ronstadt	3,117,559	962,621
21	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	3,089,088	1,733,338
22	The Lovin' Spoonful	2,688,592	508,992
23	Gordon Lightfoot	2,688,319	902,128
24	Crosby, Stills & Nash	2,526,959	1,932,204
25	Emmylou Harris	2,410,529	376,667
26	Alison Krauss	2,380,439	374,106
27	Joni Mitchell	2,248,903	1,482,659
28	Nick Drake	2,227,818	821,690
29	Traveling Wilburys	2,151,714	1,221,092
30	Allison Russell	1,870,023	90,117
31	Bonnie Raitt	1,846,105	726,275
32	Rodríguez	1,843,886	562,538
33	The Byrds	1,716,889	1,011,334
34	Donovan	1,575,731	704,643
35	Warren Zevon	1,461,210	414,385
36	Tom Waits	1,427,492	1,376,530
37	Sonny & Cher	1,393,168	432,761
38	John Prine	1,335,810	555,879
39	Art Garfunkel	1,244,157	578,351
40	Lyle Lovett	1,187,665	207,424
41	Peter, Paul and Mary	1,141,591	785,136
42	Little Feat	1,128,535	459,908
43	Harry Chapin	1,107,924	366,554
44	Margo Price	1,101,669	133,803
45	Loggins & Messina	1,025,250	499,368
46	Amanda Shires	971,347	55,516
47	John Hiatt	938,694	223,790
48	Taj Mahal	877,943	215,418
49	Joan Baez	865,015	674,156
50	The Secret Sisters	851,786	100,638
51	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	843,278	251,005
52	Lucinda Williams	823,187	249,202
53	Indigo Girls	820,407	359,314
54	Rosanne Cash	722,964	176,680
55	Townes Van Zandt	700,781	346,841
56	Justin Townes Earle	697,053	179,237
57	Gillian Welch	679,050	227,930
58	Drive-By Truckers	666,843	218,397
59	Natalie Merchant	659,004	419,504
60	Rodney Crowell	629,294	97,413
61	k.d. lang	621,412	393,081
62	Buddy Miller	620,300	32,409
63	Joan Armatrading	616,993	278,147
64	Melanie	603,661	119,438
65	Mary Chapin Carpenter	571,833	218,672
66	Jason Isbell	561,721	425,057
67	Steve Forbert	560,971	40,824
68	The Be Good Tanyas	552,776	100,738
69	Sarah Jarosz	530,599	153,375
70	Aoife O'Donovan	502,648	65,631
71	Judy Collins	491,222	260,827
72	Yola	483,914	139,719
73	Rhiannon Giddens	474,820	149,996
74	Ry Cooder	473,099	307,068
75	Marianne Faithfull	469,750	199,670
76	Cowboy Junkies	463,231	196,986
77	Doc Watson	462,007	107,604
78	Jackson C. Frank	458,804	89,838
79	Shelby Lynne	446,997	55,041
80	Hurray For The Riff Raff	429,995	125,141
81	Janis Ian	429,726	158,691
82	Karen Dalton	422,706	137,570
83	Valerie June	414,533	168,230
84	Leon Russell	400,751	265,667
85	Rickie Lee Jones	394,573	198,989
86	Josh Ritter	391,028	164,705
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	Neko Case	366,572	224,828
93	Eilen Jewell	350,860	65,426
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	Cheryl Wheeler	23,602	15,412
161	Shawn Phillips	18,145	10,773
162	Eric Andersen	15,932	10,927
163	Lucy Kaplansky	15,824	18,170
164	Patty Larkin	13,163	9,591
165	Richard Shindell	12,854	12,392
166	Kris Delmhorst	10,833	11,018
167	Bill Morrissey	4,415	5,801