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	Bob Dylan	15,651,303	6,755,255
2	Simon & Garfunkel	14,275,469	5,516,198
3	Van Morrison	12,991,920	3,366,563
4	John Denver	12,942,692	2,341,541
5	Tracy Chapman	12,040,136	1,881,026
6	Buffalo Springfield	10,154,350	863,734
7	Yusuf / Cat Stevens	9,281,312	2,024,959
8	Jim Croce	9,044,784	1,521,001
9	Paul Simon	7,726,160	2,414,889
10	Don McLean	5,726,577	1,041,609
11	James Taylor	5,494,381	2,723,051
12	Carly Simon	5,262,218	1,212,323
13	Fleet Foxes	5,193,849	1,403,525
14	Brandi Carlile	3,946,725	854,424
15	Carole King	3,579,040	1,623,599
16	Linda Ronstadt	3,248,360	1,005,253
17	Joni Mitchell	3,219,562	1,536,722
18	Jackson Browne	2,773,846	1,386,991
19	The Band	2,737,696	1,153,625
20	Gordon Lightfoot	2,637,365	950,552
21	Harry Nilsson	2,566,496	502,007
22	Crosby, Stills & Nash	2,502,076	1,981,537
23	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	2,441,211	1,798,527
24	Alison Krauss	2,383,402	388,472
25	Steve Earle	2,363,450	304,424
26	Nick Drake	2,360,903	867,002
27	Emmylou Harris	2,176,816	393,637
28	Traveling Wilburys	1,993,429	1,241,795
29	Bonnie Raitt	1,977,126	758,185
30	The Lovin' Spoonful	1,843,747	523,198
31	Rodríguez	1,799,627	586,739
32	Tom Waits	1,717,044	1,414,786
33	Art Garfunkel	1,684,267	591,530
34	Wilco	1,645,235	780,093
35	Donovan	1,549,146	720,532
36	John Prine	1,472,125	581,447
37	The Byrds	1,345,056	1,034,908
38	Sonny & Cher	1,342,962	451,776
39	Warren Zevon	1,172,119	425,368
40	Peter, Paul and Mary	1,027,823	797,792
41	Harry Chapin	1,012,308	382,676
42	Joan Baez	1,011,555	705,104
43	Allison Russell	943,790	106,255
44	Amanda Shires	913,300	57,091
45	Lyle Lovett	884,390	216,006
46	Margo Price	830,685	137,916
47	Loggins & Messina	807,965	517,146
48	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	769,785	262,233
49	Taj Mahal	753,357	224,820
50	John Hiatt	742,679	229,600
51	Natalie Merchant	714,283	432,238
52	Lucinda Williams	710,733	259,973
53	Indigo Girls	691,363	371,008
54	Townes Van Zandt	670,757	359,901
55	Gillian Welch	670,391	244,664
56	Little Feat	657,609	470,266
57	Joan Armatrading	645,527	292,703
58	The Secret Sisters	645,266	110,324
59	k.d. lang	590,185	405,091
60	Melanie	565,600	126,155
61	Shelby Lynne	556,655	59,215
62	Rosanne Cash	547,784	184,335
63	Sarah Jarosz	526,934	158,090
64	The Be Good Tanyas	524,016	109,743
65	Jason Isbell	517,828	439,741
66	Mary Chapin Carpenter	516,147	226,585
67	Hurray For The Riff Raff	507,052	134,273
68	Marianne Faithfull	489,035	208,247
69	Cowboy Junkies	482,833	207,082
70	Justin Townes Earle	481,764	186,017
71	Ry Cooder	470,320	316,009
72	Valerie June	469,368	174,296
73	Jackson C. Frank	467,066	96,982
74	Rhiannon Giddens	461,873	157,898
75	Yola	450,606	142,949
76	Judy Collins	428,775	268,755
77	Karen Dalton	426,200	148,917
78	Arlo Guthrie	422,079	162,117
79	Rodney Crowell	414,885	100,807
80	Drive-By Truckers	402,349	226,761
81	Buddy Miller	401,634	33,608
82	Shawn Colvin	395,125	141,518
83	Rickie Lee Jones	391,699	204,598
84	Sara Watkins	385,728	54,350
85	Janis Ian	385,205	166,251
86	Leon Russell	382,395	274,681
87	Graham Nash	363,406	237,202
88	Doc Watson	363,398	115,014
89	Steve Forbert	360,136	42,956
90	Eilen Jewell	355,142	70,098
91	Aoife O'Donovan	351,904	70,011
92	Blood, Sweat & Tears	327,493	626,472
93	Patty Griffin	326,437	160,619
94	Loudon Wainwright III	322,839	83,461
95	Tim Buckley	317,636	254,713
96	Molly Tuttle	309,395	96,870
97	Neko Case	303,773	232,046
98	Blaze Foley	266,350	104,678
99	Tim Hardin	258,108	57,701
100	Stephen Stills	250,936	306,102
101	The Wailin' Jennys	249,058	157,429
102	Richie Havens	248,187	129,711
103	Fairport Convention	246,311	128,196
104	Guy Clark	243,070	141,003
105	Lori McKenna	231,027	66,276
106	Odetta	225,658	83,491
107	Pete Seeger	222,429	180,876
108	Nanci Griffith	204,613	104,376
109	Woody Guthrie	197,632	201,667
110	Roger McGuinn	195,362	50,505
111	Iris DeMent	190,097	89,198
112	Richard Thompson	189,683	95,970
113	James McMurtry	186,191	90,634
114	I'm With Her	171,984	85,757
115	Gram Parsons	170,965	144,461
116	Buffy Sainte-Marie	165,947	105,750
117	Chris Smither	164,928	39,064
118	The Kingston Trio	163,037	118,741
119	The Flying Burrito Brothers	161,226	154,618
120	Dave Van Ronk	156,643	63,019
121	Jeffrey Foucault	150,389	30,871
122	Mary Gauthier	147,324	50,153
123	David Crosby	144,727	314,626
124	Levon Helm	131,798	148,974
125	Gretchen Peters	119,159	25,852
126	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	115,230	27,251
127	Richard & Linda Thompson	114,718	34,863
128	Jesse Colin Young	113,028	57,595
129	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	104,400	33,766
130	Carolina Chocolate Drops	98,749	144,873
131	Tift Merritt	95,838	37,625
132	Dar Williams	91,159	62,778
133	Tom Paxton	90,106	46,847
134	Crosby & Nash	89,235	264,968
135	Jimmy LaFave	84,549	20,673
136	Phoebe Snow	82,956	61,572
137	Courtney Marie Andrews	82,863	50,719
138	Phil Ochs	82,232	62,045
139	Allison Moorer	73,716	27,998
140	Chris Hillman	70,899	20,352
141	Ian & Sylvia	69,122	31,644
142	John Sebastian	68,844	45,873
143	Laura Nyro	66,704	71,856
144	Adia Victoria	66,331	45,650
145	Jesse Winchester	65,415	16,187
146	Sandy Denny	64,076	62,922
147	Dave Alvin	61,273	38,238
148	Greg Brown	58,612	38,735
149	New Riders of the Purple Sage	56,261	108,948
150	Alejandro Escovedo	51,544	42,057
151	Dave Rawlings Machine	47,733	45,708
152	Tom Rush	44,819	29,206
153	Steve Goodman	43,320	24,123
154	Eliza Gilkyson	42,578	25,271
155	Kate Wolf	32,239	23,186
156	John Gorka	28,134	19,844
157	Shannon McNally	28,119	17,224
158	Cheryl Wheeler	26,817	15,916
159	David Bromberg	25,254	33,570
160	Buddy & Julie Miller	21,061	12,957
161	Shawn Phillips	18,622	11,461
162	Lucy Kaplansky	18,584	18,676
163	Eric Andersen	18,135	11,305
164	Kris Delmhorst	16,122	11,477
165	Richard Shindell	12,258	12,819
166	Patty Larkin	12,009	10,010
167	Bill Morrissey	7,769	5,970