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	19,598,984	3,172,696
2	Simon & Garfunkel	14,628,678	5,189,972
3	Bob Dylan	12,773,208	6,489,080
4	Tracy Chapman	12,204,773	1,755,994
5	Yusuf / Cat Stevens	10,620,307	1,918,440
6	John Denver	9,724,039	2,183,727
7	Jim Croce	9,274,607	1,429,462
8	Paul Simon	7,390,336	2,315,865
9	Don McLean	6,536,954	978,831
10	Buffalo Springfield	5,679,613	819,059
11	Carly Simon	5,223,944	1,159,032
12	James Taylor	5,122,865	2,611,861
13	Carole King	4,558,271	1,554,571
14	Brandi Carlile	4,088,468	821,535
15	Fleet Foxes	3,696,586	1,359,576
16	Linda Ronstadt	3,409,645	952,954
17	Steve Earle	3,241,711	287,445
18	The Band	3,161,422	1,107,220
19	Harry Nilsson	3,122,301	478,733
20	Jackson Browne	3,004,963	1,337,511
21	The Lovin' Spoonful	2,832,646	506,239
22	Gordon Lightfoot	2,638,331	894,683
23	Alison Krauss	2,446,105	371,258
24	Crosby, Stills & Nash	2,429,956	1,922,774
25	Emmylou Harris	2,390,565	373,779
26	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	2,380,361	1,720,667
27	Traveling Wilburys	2,220,695	1,213,830
28	Joni Mitchell	2,118,699	1,472,200
29	Nick Drake	2,102,525	815,307
30	Bonnie Raitt	2,030,559	720,128
31	Rodríguez	1,956,120	559,022
32	Allison Russell	1,870,023	90,117
33	Wilco	1,749,791	753,836
34	The Byrds	1,670,696	1,005,022
35	Donovan	1,600,928	702,091
36	Warren Zevon	1,461,775	412,889
37	Tom Waits	1,435,045	1,370,222
38	Sonny & Cher	1,400,938	425,845
39	John Prine	1,313,271	551,897
40	Art Garfunkel	1,244,157	578,351
41	Lyle Lovett	1,187,665	207,424
42	Harry Chapin	1,107,924	366,554
43	Margo Price	1,101,669	133,803
44	Peter, Paul and Mary	1,094,897	778,787
45	Loggins & Messina	1,025,250	499,368
46	John Hiatt	993,527	222,797
47	Amanda Shires	971,347	55,516
48	Taj Mahal	877,943	215,418
49	Joan Baez	877,032	669,328
50	Little Feat	862,659	456,732
51	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	853,211	249,058
52	The Secret Sisters	851,786	100,638
53	Indigo Girls	828,702	355,744
54	Lucinda Williams	823,187	249,202
55	Townes Van Zandt	731,395	344,543
56	Rosanne Cash	722,964	176,680
57	Justin Townes Earle	697,053	179,237
58	Gillian Welch	679,050	227,930
59	Drive-By Truckers	666,843	218,397
60	Natalie Merchant	659,004	419,504
61	Rodney Crowell	629,294	97,413
62	k.d. lang	621,412	393,081
63	Buddy Miller	620,300	32,409
64	Joan Armatrading	616,993	278,147
65	Melanie	603,661	119,438
66	Mary Chapin Carpenter	571,833	218,672
67	Jason Isbell	569,338	422,544
68	Steve Forbert	560,971	40,824
69	Sarah Jarosz	556,695	152,635
70	The Be Good Tanyas	552,776	100,738
71	Aoife O'Donovan	502,648	65,631
72	Judy Collins	491,222	260,827
73	Yola	483,914	139,719
74	Rhiannon Giddens	474,820	149,996
75	Ry Cooder	473,099	307,068
76	Marianne Faithfull	469,750	199,670
77	Cowboy Junkies	463,231	196,986
78	Doc Watson	462,007	107,604
79	Jackson C. Frank	458,804	89,838
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	Josh Ritter	391,028	164,705
88	Tim Hardin	389,104	55,850
89	Graham Nash	387,365	231,540
90	Loudon Wainwright III	384,218	79,727
91	Shawn Colvin	383,863	136,953
92	Patty Griffin	369,586	156,523
93	Neko Case	366,572	224,828
94	Eilen Jewell	350,860	65,426
95	Molly Tuttle	334,247	87,337
96	Blood, Sweat & Tears	329,105	613,051
97	The Wailin' Jennys	319,563	150,970
98	Tim Buckley	316,969	241,577
99	Sara Watkins	307,239	51,688
100	Richie Havens	294,296	126,341
101	Arlo Guthrie	285,748	155,511
102	Blaze Foley	284,793	97,453
103	Guy Clark	280,331	136,089
104	Fairport Convention	272,409	121,541
105	Stephen Stills	263,255	298,545
106	Odetta	247,454	80,196
107	Richard Thompson	245,591	91,497
108	Lori McKenna	233,277	63,842
109	Roger McGuinn	231,676	49,011
110	Chris Smither	230,177	36,254
111	Jeffrey Foucault	226,944	28,801
112	The Flying Burrito Brothers	226,799	150,386
113	Pete Seeger	226,112	174,009
114	James McMurtry	209,285	87,219
115	Buffy Sainte-Marie	201,368	102,163
116	Gram Parsons	199,142	140,143
117	I'm With Her	193,917	82,969
118	Woody Guthrie	187,249	192,666
119	Nanci Griffith	184,214	99,799
120	The Kingston Trio	167,559	114,909
121	Levon Helm	153,336	146,210
122	Dave Van Ronk	149,745	60,908
123	Iris DeMent	149,307	84,499
124	Gretchen Peters	147,363	24,824
125	Mary Gauthier	146,754	47,447
126	David Crosby	144,643	309,087
127	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	128,678	32,739
128	Richard & Linda Thompson	121,184	33,047
129	Carolina Chocolate Drops	118,387	141,331
130	Jimmy LaFave	111,647	20,115
131	Tift Merritt	111,132	36,475
132	Dar Williams	110,374	60,365
133	Phoebe Snow	106,372	59,606
134	Courtney Marie Andrews	100,554	49,402
135	Jesse Colin Young	93,117	55,609
136	Tom Paxton	85,977	45,342
137	Allison Moorer	84,137	27,307
138	Dave Alvin	82,901	36,728
139	Phil Ochs	82,190	58,810
140	Adia Victoria	82,051	44,401
141	Chris Hillman	80,534	19,713
142	John Sebastian	75,544	44,073
143	Alejandro Escovedo	74,236	40,435
144	Jesse Winchester	74,111	15,445
145	Crosby & Nash	73,948	257,673
146	Laura Nyro	72,781	68,922
147	New Riders of the Purple Sage	70,022	105,777
148	Ian & Sylvia	65,821	30,599
149	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	59,580	25,945
150	Sandy Denny	59,494	59,763
151	Greg Brown	58,404	37,414
152	Dave Rawlings Machine	56,502	44,417
153	Steve Goodman	49,815	23,088
154	Eliza Gilkyson	44,031	24,379
155	Tom Rush	43,393	28,304
156	Buddy & Julie Miller	36,318	12,536
157	John Gorka	32,276	19,197
158	Kate Wolf	30,176	22,009
159	David Bromberg	28,761	32,574
160	Shannon McNally	25,303	16,539
161	Cheryl Wheeler	23,604	15,218
162	Shawn Phillips	18,145	10,773
163	Eric Andersen	15,932	10,927
164	Lucy Kaplansky	15,824	18,170
165	Patty Larkin	13,163	9,591
166	Kris Delmhorst	13,148	10,959
167	Richard Shindell	12,854	12,392
168	Bill Morrissey	4,415	5,801