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	15,166,235	3,321,625
2	Simon & Garfunkel	14,701,136	5,435,454
3	Bob Dylan	14,652,026	6,679,740
4	Tracy Chapman	12,544,981	1,856,007
5	John Denver	10,997,142	2,309,396
6	Yusuf / Cat Stevens	9,687,860	1,996,916
7	Jim Croce	8,846,461	1,499,874
8	Paul Simon	7,987,485	2,390,475
9	Don McLean	6,127,507	1,025,209
10	Carly Simon	6,045,457	1,198,908
11	Buffalo Springfield	5,264,706	850,807
12	James Taylor	4,943,921	2,694,307
13	Carole King	4,371,719	1,610,398
14	Brandi Carlile	4,008,720	847,304
15	Fleet Foxes	4,008,465	1,391,412
16	Gordon Lightfoot	3,160,698	937,700
17	Linda Ronstadt	3,093,956	993,610
18	The Band	2,828,361	1,142,792
19	Jackson Browne	2,697,738	1,376,514
20	Harry Nilsson	2,662,530	495,757
21	Steve Earle	2,627,532	300,363
22	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	2,601,791	1,776,004
23	Warren Zevon	2,466,780	422,322
24	Joni Mitchell	2,445,619	1,519,416
25	Nick Drake	2,373,510	854,301
26	Alison Krauss	2,310,478	384,541
27	Crosby, Stills & Nash	2,263,628	1,966,138
28	Traveling Wilburys	2,172,936	1,235,930
29	Donovan	2,152,617	716,035
30	Emmylou Harris	2,143,064	388,397
31	The Lovin' Spoonful	2,120,876	518,677
32	Bonnie Raitt	2,002,214	748,843
33	Rodríguez	1,835,688	579,915
34	Wilco	1,687,541	774,328
35	Tom Waits	1,609,794	1,403,992
36	The Byrds	1,454,729	1,027,638
37	Sonny & Cher	1,398,977	446,257
38	Lyle Lovett	1,352,991	210,860
39	John Prine	1,252,096	574,658
40	Art Garfunkel	1,244,157	578,351
41	Peter, Paul and Mary	1,239,645	795,886
42	Harry Chapin	1,205,940	379,415
43	Loggins & Messina	1,054,121	506,633
44	Joan Baez	911,048	693,307
45	John Hiatt	906,923	228,304
46	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	884,054	259,968
47	Taj Mahal	877,943	215,418
48	Margo Price	868,539	137,363
49	Amanda Shires	868,407	56,013
50	The Secret Sisters	851,786	100,638
51	Lucinda Williams	847,305	252,155
52	Little Feat	845,589	462,748
53	Allison Russell	832,816	105,128
54	Natalie Merchant	713,464	424,563
55	Indigo Girls	712,709	368,048
56	Gillian Welch	711,220	241,593
57	Townes Van Zandt	711,219	356,117
58	Justin Townes Earle	687,191	181,445
59	Drive-By Truckers	640,811	221,121
60	Joan Armatrading	636,386	289,995
61	Rodney Crowell	629,294	97,413
62	Melanie	603,661	119,438
63	k.d. lang	591,605	398,194
64	Jason Isbell	579,358	436,672
65	Rosanne Cash	573,250	182,789
66	Steve Forbert	560,971	40,824
67	The Be Good Tanyas	552,776	100,738
68	Sarah Jarosz	529,770	156,988
69	Mary Chapin Carpenter	521,529	225,025
70	Cowboy Junkies	513,117	205,184
71	Rhiannon Giddens	510,148	156,660
72	Judy Collins	491,222	260,827
73	Ry Cooder	488,040	310,118
74	Buddy Miller	485,259	33,467
75	Yola	483,914	139,719
76	Jackson C. Frank	458,804	89,838
77	Marianne Faithfull	454,643	202,205
78	Aoife O'Donovan	450,248	66,855
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	Graham Nash	387,365	231,540
87	Shawn Colvin	383,863	136,953
88	Patty Griffin	369,586	156,523
89	Doc Watson	368,653	113,685
90	Eilen Jewell	350,860	65,426
91	Blood, Sweat & Tears	340,304	625,439
92	Neko Case	336,546	226,685
93	Molly Tuttle	334,247	87,337
94	Loudon Wainwright III	323,107	82,604
95	Tim Buckley	316,969	241,577
96	Sara Watkins	307,239	51,688
97	Richie Havens	294,296	126,341
98	Arlo Guthrie	285,748	155,511
99	Blaze Foley	283,293	103,237
100	The Wailin' Jennys	279,622	156,276
101	Fairport Convention	272,409	121,541
102	Stephen Stills	263,255	298,545
103	Tim Hardin	256,428	57,270
104	Guy Clark	249,953	140,062
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	Pete Seeger	226,112	174,009
110	James McMurtry	209,285	87,219
111	Gram Parsons	199,142	140,143
112	I'm With Her	193,917	82,969
113	Woody Guthrie	187,249	192,666
114	The Flying Burrito Brothers	179,396	153,947
115	Buffy Sainte-Marie	174,825	105,039
116	Nanci Griffith	167,717	103,532
117	The Kingston Trio	167,559	114,909
118	Jeffrey Foucault	167,402	30,568
119	Chris Smither	160,263	38,661
120	Mary Gauthier	155,517	49,604
121	Levon Helm	153,336	146,210
122	David Crosby	152,911	313,860
123	Dave Van Ronk	149,745	60,908
124	Iris DeMent	149,307	84,499
125	Gretchen Peters	147,363	24,824
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	Phoebe Snow	106,372	59,606
131	Tift Merritt	100,507	37,443
132	Dar Williams	100,495	60,710
133	Jesse Colin Young	88,498	56,142
134	Phil Ochs	86,377	61,204
135	Tom Paxton	85,977	45,342
136	Courtney Marie Andrews	85,505	50,519
137	Allison Moorer	84,137	27,307
138	Adia Victoria	82,051	44,401
139	Crosby & Nash	73,948	257,673
140	John Sebastian	73,104	45,598
141	Chris Hillman	72,888	20,243
142	Jesse Winchester	72,652	16,070
143	New Riders of the Purple Sage	69,280	106,716
144	Dave Alvin	66,216	38,024
145	Ian & Sylvia	65,821	30,599
146	Laura Nyro	65,170	71,204
147	Sandy Denny	65,160	62,374
148	Alejandro Escovedo	61,120	41,812
149	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	59,580	25,945
150	Greg Brown	58,404	37,414
151	Dave Rawlings Machine	51,294	45,471
152	Steve Goodman	49,815	23,088
153	Eliza Gilkyson	49,126	25,074
154	Tom Rush	43,393	28,304
155	John Gorka	32,276	19,197
156	Kate Wolf	31,110	22,227
157	David Bromberg	28,557	32,765
158	Buddy & Julie Miller	26,704	12,877
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