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451 answers are accepted for “Name a genre of folk music”. Contra dance music is the rarest genre of folk music in this ranking, with 26 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Maracatu cearense is the second-rarest with 41 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.58× the figure for Contra dance music. Bluegrass music is the most common genre of folk music in this ranking, with 233,847 monthly Wikipedia views, 8,994× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 451 answers: 4,223,339. Contra dance music is under 0.1% of that total. 91 answers are Epic or Legendary: Contra dance music (Legendary), Maracatu cearense (Legendary), Corsican folk music (Legendary), and 88 more.
Quick answer Most common
Bluegrass music
Common
233,847 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 451 answers to “Name a genre of folk music”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
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Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Contra dance music on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 26 2 Maracatu cearense on Wikipedia Legendary 0.998 41 3 Corsican folk music on Wikipedia Legendary 0.996 52 4 Cossack songs of the Dnipropetrovsk Region on Wikipedia Legendary 0.993 116 5 Ethnic Swazi music on Wikipedia Legendary 0.991 119 6 Albazo on Wikipedia Legendary 0.989 146 7 Batrelaky on Wikipedia Legendary 0.987 149 8 Al-ayyalah on Wikipedia Legendary 0.984 150 9 Ponto cantado on Wikipedia Legendary 0.982 154 10 Seonsori on Wikipedia Legendary 0.980 156 11 Irish folk music (2000–2009) on Wikipedia Legendary 0.978 158 12 Naduri on Wikipedia Legendary 0.976 161 13 Mbira music on Wikipedia Legendary 0.973 186 14 Haimen folk song on Wikipedia Legendary 0.971 188 15 Chinese folk flute music on Wikipedia Legendary 0.969 192 16 Irish folk music (1970–1979) on Wikipedia Legendary 0.967 194 17 Muliza on Wikipedia Legendary 0.964 207 18 Romanian peasant music on Wikipedia Legendary 0.962 212 19 Irish folk music (1500–1899) on Wikipedia Legendary 0.960 213 20 Tovareća mužika on Wikipedia Legendary 0.958 228 21 La Sardana de l'alcalde on Wikipedia Legendary 0.956 235 22 Traditional country music on Wikipedia Legendary 0.953 240 23 Imsil pilbong nongak on Wikipedia Legendary 0.951 244 24 Irish folk music (1950–1959) on Wikipedia Legendary 0.949 250 25 Venezuelan bambuco on Wikipedia Legendary 0.947 255 26 Liuqiang on Wikipedia Legendary 0.944 262 27 Tongzi opera on Wikipedia Legendary 0.942 263 28 Eastern Joropo on Wikipedia Legendary 0.940 267 29 Pokua on Wikipedia Legendary 0.938 285 30 Kanhaiya Geet on Wikipedia Legendary 0.936 293 31 Kont on Wikipedia Legendary 0.933 295 32 Caipira pagode on Wikipedia Legendary 0.931 308 33 Huaihai opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.929 322 34 Cornkister on Wikipedia Epic 0.927 329 35 Longjiang opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.924 330 36 Manhan folk song on Wikipedia Epic 0.922 334 37 Yuanben on Wikipedia Epic 0.920 354 38 Baul music on Wikipedia Epic 0.918 362 39 Yangzhou opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.916 374 40 Tsutsube on Wikipedia Epic 0.913 375 41 Pungmul as protest on Wikipedia Epic 0.911 378 42 Red music on Wikipedia Epic 0.909 400 43 Pu opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.907 407 44 Međimurska popevka on Wikipedia Epic 0.904 417 45 Finnish folk music on Wikipedia Epic 0.902 419 46 Dhumpa sangita on Wikipedia Epic 0.900 424 47 Cantu a chiterra on Wikipedia Epic 0.897 428 48 Lu opera (Lu opera) on Wikipedia Epic 0.897 428 49 Hò khoan on Wikipedia Epic 0.893 442 50 Portuguese folk music on Wikipedia Epic 0.891 453 51 Puxian opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.889 455 52 Errentai on Wikipedia Epic 0.887 466 53 Ou opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.884 476 54 Rekilaulu on Wikipedia Epic 0.882 478 55 Huai opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.880 483 56 Maoqiang on Wikipedia Epic 0.878 489 57 Hela Khayal Dangal on Wikipedia Epic 0.876 498 58 Nhạc dân tộc cải biên on Wikipedia Epic 0.873 507 59 Toada de boi on Wikipedia Epic 0.871 509 60 Trống quân on Wikipedia Epic 0.869 513 61 Holehole bushi on Wikipedia Epic 0.867 521 62 Fulía on Wikipedia Epic 0.864 537 63 Baisha xiyue on Wikipedia Epic 0.862 538 64 Holler blues on Wikipedia Epic 0.860 540 65 Irish folk music (1990–1999) on Wikipedia Epic 0.858 547 66 Shchedrivka on Wikipedia Epic 0.856 552 67 Sega tambour of Rodrigues Island on Wikipedia Epic 0.853 559 68 Kalamatianó on Wikipedia Epic 0.851 571 69 Earl of Erroll on Wikipedia Epic 0.849 577 70 Sari gan on Wikipedia Epic 0.847 581 71 Boedra on Wikipedia Epic 0.843 584 72 Hebei bangzi on Wikipedia Epic 0.843 584 73 Nóta on Wikipedia Epic 0.840 587 74 Naattupurapaattu on Wikipedia Epic 0.838 596 75 Lithuanian laments on Wikipedia Epic 0.836 604 76 Jilin opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.833 649 77 Agamani-Vijaya on Wikipedia Epic 0.831 653 78 Sega tambour Chagos on Wikipedia Epic 0.829 678 79 Suzhou opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.827 684 80 Fakaseasea on Wikipedia Epic 0.824 686 81 Neue Volksmusik on Wikipedia Epic 0.822 693 82 Tyrolienne on Wikipedia Epic 0.820 709 83 Chinese classical music on Wikipedia Epic 0.818 719 84 Wuxi opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.816 768 85 Zhungdra on Wikipedia Epic 0.813 790 86 Kosovan folk music on Wikipedia Epic 0.811 796 87 Ritual opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.809 803 88 Son calentano on Wikipedia Epic 0.807 820 89 Han opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.803 821 90 Liyuan opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.803 821 91 Hakka opera on Wikipedia Epic 0.800 834 92 Croatian tamburica on Wikipedia Rare 0.798 851 93 Gaojia opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.796 852 94 Ambasse bey on Wikipedia Rare 0.792 854 95 Chouval bwa on Wikipedia Rare 0.792 854 96 Bocet on Wikipedia Rare 0.789 856 97 English country music on Wikipedia Rare 0.787 863 98 Springar on Wikipedia Rare 0.784 866 99 Turlutte on Wikipedia Rare 0.782 869 100 Urban champeta on Wikipedia Rare 0.780 888 101 Doină cu noduri on Wikipedia Rare 0.778 894 102 Vattappattu on Wikipedia Rare 0.776 901 103 Bubu music on Wikipedia Rare 0.773 910 104 Tifa totobuang on Wikipedia Rare 0.771 915 105 Mormon folk music on Wikipedia Rare 0.768 921 106 Xi'an guyue on Wikipedia Rare 0.768 921 107 Muzică populară on Wikipedia Rare 0.764 922 108 Dongjing on Wikipedia Rare 0.761 924 109 Shanxi opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.761 924 110 Tokari geet on Wikipedia Rare 0.758 926 111 Unyago on Wikipedia Rare 0.756 933 112 Traditional song on Wikipedia Rare 0.753 942 113 Maracatu Nação on Wikipedia Rare 0.751 943 114 Flower-drum opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.749 977 115 Fungi on Wikipedia Rare 0.747 981 116 Gstanzl on Wikipedia Rare 0.744 1,000 117 Pala on Wikipedia Rare 0.742 1,011 118 Musok eumak on Wikipedia Rare 0.740 1,033 119 Seto leelo on Wikipedia Rare 0.738 1,039 120 Palam on Wikipedia Rare 0.736 1,048 121 Dagbon music and dance on Wikipedia Rare 0.733 1,065 122 Fakanau on Wikipedia Rare 0.731 1,084 123 Pols on Wikipedia Rare 0.729 1,098 124 Bushi on Wikipedia Rare 0.727 1,106 125 Qaytarma on Wikipedia Rare 0.724 1,107 126 Rizitika on Wikipedia Rare 0.722 1,118 127 Ping opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.720 1,133 128 Teochew string music on Wikipedia Rare 0.718 1,140 129 Min opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.716 1,152 130 Wu opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.713 1,200 131 Bozlak on Wikipedia Rare 0.711 1,211 132 Wyrd folk on Wikipedia Rare 0.709 1,223 133 Cariso on Wikipedia Rare 0.707 1,226 134 Beiguan music on Wikipedia Rare 0.704 1,233 135 Dasakathia on Wikipedia Rare 0.702 1,235 136 Deusi/Bhailo on Wikipedia Rare 0.700 1,265 137 Naamyam on Wikipedia Rare 0.698 1,287 138 Seresta on Wikipedia Rare 0.696 1,307 139 Malagueña on Wikipedia Rare 0.693 1,309 140 Gaelic folk music on Wikipedia Rare 0.691 1,323 141 Lam saravane on Wikipedia Rare 0.689 1,324 142 Kavishari on Wikipedia Rare 0.687 1,330 143 Toi music on Wikipedia Rare 0.684 1,333 144 Chuanqi on Wikipedia Rare 0.682 1,336 145 Fann at-Tanbura on Wikipedia Rare 0.680 1,341 146 Stev on Wikipedia Rare 0.678 1,350 147 Xaxado on Wikipedia Rare 0.676 1,353 148 Cuban folk music on Wikipedia Rare 0.673 1,364 149 Kawachi ondo on Wikipedia Rare 0.671 1,366 150 Ich bin der Doktor Eisenbart on Wikipedia Rare 0.669 1,393 151 Sua on Wikipedia Rare 0.667 1,406 152 Hui opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.664 1,419 153 Kurdish folk music on Wikipedia Rare 0.662 1,420 154 Free folk on Wikipedia Rare 0.660 1,428 155 Slovak folk music on Wikipedia Rare 0.658 1,434 156 Montea on Wikipedia Rare 0.656 1,441 157 Nanxi on Wikipedia Rare 0.653 1,442 158 Shao opera on Wikipedia Rare 0.651 1,443 159 Chula on Wikipedia Rare 0.649 1,446 160 Music of Mizoram on Wikipedia Rare 0.647 1,454 161 Zäuerli on Wikipedia Rare 0.644 1,482 162 Fatele on Wikipedia Rare 0.642 1,513 163 Bluegrass fiddle on Wikipedia Rare 0.640 1,525 164 Iavnana on Wikipedia Rare 0.638 1,540 165 New acoustic music on Wikipedia Rare 0.636 1,543 166 Pakistani folk music on Wikipedia Rare 0.633 1,548 167 Alpini songs on Wikipedia Rare 0.631 1,580 168 Chakacha on Wikipedia Rare 0.629 1,586 169 Nerd-folk on Wikipedia Rare 0.627 1,603 170 Jinku on Wikipedia Rare 0.623 1,612 171 Lullabies of Armenia on Wikipedia Rare 0.623 1,612 172 Chamarrita on Wikipedia Rare 0.620 1,628 173 Čalgija on Wikipedia Rare 0.618 1,654 174 Xẩm on Wikipedia Rare 0.616 1,658 175 Tumba on Wikipedia Rare 0.613 1,659 176 Dodoitsu on Wikipedia Rare 0.611 1,666 177 Slide on Wikipedia Rare 0.609 1,695 178 Desgarrada on Wikipedia Rare 0.607 1,697 179 Kui on Wikipedia Rare 0.604 1,748 180 Traditional Nordic dance music on Wikipedia Rare 0.602 1,753 181 Ballos on Wikipedia Rare 0.600 1,766 182 Hakka hill song on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.598 1,779 183 Henan opera on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 1,783 184 Liscio on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.593 1,821 185 Alternative folk on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.591 1,841 186 Sinawi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.589 1,884 187 Pirekua on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.587 1,914 188 Starogradska muzika on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.584 1,925 189 Ojkanje on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.582 1,970 190 Azerbaijani folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.580 1,982 191 Qudud Halabiya on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.578 1,986 192 Türkü on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.576 2,030 193 Tonada on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.573 2,065 194 Sanedo on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.571 2,074 195 Vaar on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.569 2,089 196 Tea-picking opera on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.567 2,106 197 Lithuanian folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.564 2,114 198 Jongo on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.562 2,138 199 Vesnianky on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.560 2,179 200 Kan ha diskan on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.558 2,220 201 Bosnian root music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.556 2,222 202 Shan'ge on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.553 2,225 203 Ripsaw music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.551 2,233 204 Bothy ballad on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.549 2,242 205 Nisiotika on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.547 2,328 206 Occitan folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.544 2,331 207 Danish traditional music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.542 2,362 208 Campus folk song on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.540 2,372 209 Boduberu on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.538 2,377 210 Son huasteco on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.536 2,409 211 Boeremusiek on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.532 2,429 212 Zamacueca on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.532 2,429 213 Chaiti on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.529 2,457 214 Hiragasy on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.526 2,475 215 Wienerlied on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.526 2,475 216 Moravian folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.522 2,516 217 Bećarac on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.520 2,523 218 Batuque on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.517 2,529 219 Sanjo on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.517 2,529 220 Saya on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.513 2,542 221 Shanghai opera on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.511 2,604 222 Dohori on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.509 2,629 223 Liwa on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.507 2,659 224 Armenian folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.504 2,676 225 Aita on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.502 2,695 226 Modinha on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.500 2,700 227 Iranian folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.498 2,783 228 Reggada on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.496 2,790 229 Zortziko on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.493 2,814 230 Son jalisciense on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.491 2,845 231 Czech bluegrass on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.489 2,851 232 Icelandic folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.487 2,860 233 Assyrian folk-pop music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.484 3,000 234 Lundu on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.481 3,007 235 Schrammelmusik on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.481 3,007 236 Balkan folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.478 3,023 237 Fijiri on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.476 3,042 238 Chèo on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.473 3,088 239 Hambo on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.470 3,102 240 Trallalero on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.470 3,102 241 Chinese traditional music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.467 3,156 242 Ngoma music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.464 3,162 243 Tamborito on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.462 3,193 244 Carnavalito on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.460 3,228 245 Métis fiddle on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.458 3,231 246 Serbian folk music on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.456 3,254 247 Bentonia School on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.453 3,263 248 Vira on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.451 3,266 249 Colindă on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.449 3,267 250 Bhawaiya on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.447 3,327 251 Muiñeira on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.444 3,338 252 Skiladiko on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.442 3,340 253 Quan họ on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.440 3,348 254 Sanjuanito on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.438 3,359 255 Coimbra fado on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.436 3,420 256 Snapsvisa on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.433 3,452 257 Bambuco on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.431 3,485 258 Kujawiak on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.429 3,486 259 Kouta on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.427 3,640 260 Teochew opera on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.424 3,662 261 Folk songs of Lithuania on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.422 3,695 262 Dengbêj on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.420 3,722 263 Jiangnan sizhu on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.418 3,816 264 Gaita zuliana on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.416 3,892 265 Bélé on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.413 3,895 266 Meykhana on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.411 3,947 267 Bhatiali on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.409 3,958 268 Rōkyoku on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.407 3,965 269 Daina on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.404 3,999 270 Blue yodeling on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.402 4,002 271 Shima-uta on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.400 4,019 272 Ganga on Wikipedia Familiar 0.398 4,056 273 Industrial folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.396 4,096 274 Rekuhkara on Wikipedia Familiar 0.393 4,116 275 Duma on Wikipedia Familiar 0.391 4,131 276 Volkslied on Wikipedia Familiar 0.389 4,138 277 Nanguan music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.387 4,171 278 Welsh folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.384 4,187 279 Haitian Vodou drumming on Wikipedia Familiar 0.382 4,307 280 Traditional music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias on Wikipedia Familiar 0.380 4,366 281 Canadian folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.378 4,376 282 Fife and drum blues on Wikipedia Familiar 0.376 4,382 283 Qinqiang on Wikipedia Familiar 0.373 4,401 284 Taiwanese opera on Wikipedia Familiar 0.371 4,517 285 Benna on Wikipedia Familiar 0.369 4,531 286 Malagueñas on Wikipedia Familiar 0.367 4,540 287 Għana on Wikipedia Familiar 0.364 4,627 288 French folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.362 4,694 289 Neo-medieval music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.360 4,708 290 Gaelic psalm singing on Wikipedia Familiar 0.358 4,717 291 Rasiya on Wikipedia Familiar 0.354 4,741 292 Traditional bluegrass on Wikipedia Familiar 0.354 4,741 293 Korean revolutionary opera on Wikipedia Familiar 0.351 4,773 294 Swedish folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.349 4,834 295 Folk jazz on Wikipedia Familiar 0.347 4,857 296 Ainu folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.344 4,875 297 Verbunkos on Wikipedia Familiar 0.342 4,880 298 Border ballad on Wikipedia Familiar 0.340 4,926 299 Cossack songs on Wikipedia Familiar 0.338 4,962 300 Australian folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.336 4,979 301 Música popular on Wikipedia Familiar 0.333 4,994 302 Traditional folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.331 5,007 303 Capoeira music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.329 5,018 304 Apala on Wikipedia Familiar 0.327 5,031 305 Cape Breton fiddling on Wikipedia Familiar 0.324 5,205 306 Payada on Wikipedia Familiar 0.322 5,237 307 Burra katha on Wikipedia Familiar 0.320 5,302 308 Zaju on Wikipedia Familiar 0.318 5,305 309 Hungarian folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.316 5,333 310 Biraha on Wikipedia Familiar 0.313 5,340 311 Saeta on Wikipedia Familiar 0.311 5,347 312 Long song on Wikipedia Familiar 0.309 5,460 313 Ondo on Wikipedia Familiar 0.307 5,523 314 American roots music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.304 5,588 315 Chamamé on Wikipedia Familiar 0.302 5,614 316 Romanian traditional music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.300 5,686 317 Balkan brass on Wikipedia Familiar 0.298 5,757 318 Chacarera on Wikipedia Familiar 0.296 5,766 319 Klapa on Wikipedia Familiar 0.293 5,792 320 Ukrainian folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.291 5,820 321 Alpine folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.289 5,946 322 Old time fiddle on Wikipedia Familiar 0.287 5,947 323 Aguinaldo on Wikipedia Familiar 0.284 5,981 324 Huangmei opera on Wikipedia Familiar 0.282 6,042 325 Cante Alentejano on Wikipedia Familiar 0.280 6,123 326 Koliadka on Wikipedia Familiar 0.278 6,135 327 Parang on Wikipedia Familiar 0.276 6,170 328 Kajari on Wikipedia Familiar 0.273 6,205 329 Xinyao on Wikipedia Familiar 0.271 6,208 330 Copla on Wikipedia Familiar 0.269 6,266 331 Semba on Wikipedia Familiar 0.267 6,348 332 Doina on Wikipedia Familiar 0.264 6,405 333 Mappila songs on Wikipedia Familiar 0.262 6,424 334 Krakowiak on Wikipedia Familiar 0.260 6,437 335 Pungmul on Wikipedia Familiar 0.258 6,538 336 Folk music of Punjab on Wikipedia Familiar 0.256 6,656 337 Lăutărească music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.253 6,766 338 Warabe uta on Wikipedia Familiar 0.251 6,891 339 Slip jig on Wikipedia Familiar 0.249 7,048 340 Zamba on Wikipedia Familiar 0.247 7,146 341 Cantu a tenore on Wikipedia Familiar 0.244 7,179 342 Son mexicano on Wikipedia Familiar 0.242 7,417 343 Son jarocho on Wikipedia Familiar 0.240 7,449 344 Folk baroque on Wikipedia Familiar 0.238 7,484 345 Maracatu on Wikipedia Familiar 0.236 7,485 346 Philippine folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.233 7,533 347 Tallava on Wikipedia Familiar 0.231 7,572 348 Greek traditional music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.229 7,620 349 Nuo theatre on Wikipedia Familiar 0.227 7,890 350 Polska on Wikipedia Familiar 0.224 8,079 351 Pygmy music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.222 8,202 352 Traditional black gospel on Wikipedia Familiar 0.220 8,220 353 Sevillanas on Wikipedia Familiar 0.218 8,286 354 Progressive bluegrass on Wikipedia Familiar 0.216 8,329 355 Yukar on Wikipedia Familiar 0.213 8,371 356 Chastushka on Wikipedia Familiar 0.211 8,672 357 Italian folk music on Wikipedia Familiar 0.209 9,088 358 Min'yō on Wikipedia Familiar 0.207 9,294 359 Méringue on Wikipedia Familiar 0.204 9,298 360 Country folk on Wikipedia Familiar 0.202 9,348 361 Runic song on Wikipedia Common 0.200 9,356 362 Indian folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.198 9,703 363 Yayue on Wikipedia Common 0.196 9,776 364 Memphis blues on Wikipedia Common 0.193 9,790 365 Tsugaru-jamisen on Wikipedia Common 0.191 9,971 366 Kuda Lumping on Wikipedia Common 0.189 10,402 367 Christian country music on Wikipedia Common 0.187 10,681 368 Kumina on Wikipedia Common 0.184 10,794 369 Sichuan opera on Wikipedia Common 0.182 11,248 370 Jota on Wikipedia Common 0.180 11,249 371 Yue opera on Wikipedia Common 0.178 11,260 372 Huayno on Wikipedia Common 0.176 11,285 373 Turkish folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.173 11,379 374 Bal-musette on Wikipedia Common 0.171 11,433 375 White voice on Wikipedia Common 0.169 11,477 376 Russian folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.167 11,492 377 Progressive folk on Wikipedia Common 0.164 11,618 378 Drinking song on Wikipedia Common 0.162 11,765 379 Waulking song on Wikipedia Common 0.160 12,693 380 Sardana on Wikipedia Common 0.158 12,823 381 Milonga on Wikipedia Common 0.156 12,861 382 Scrumpy and Western on Wikipedia Common 0.153 13,039 383 Albanian iso-polyphony on Wikipedia Common 0.151 13,341 384 Nordic folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.149 13,531 385 Seguidilla on Wikipedia Common 0.147 13,769 386 Canzone napoletana on Wikipedia Common 0.144 13,954 387 Joropo on Wikipedia Common 0.142 14,110 388 Kunqu on Wikipedia Common 0.140 14,419 389 Scottish folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.138 14,458 390 Conjunto on Wikipedia Common 0.136 14,802 391 Harana on Wikipedia Common 0.133 15,881 392 Bardcore on Wikipedia Common 0.131 16,088 393 Cueca on Wikipedia Common 0.129 16,090 394 Talking blues on Wikipedia Common 0.127 16,616 395 Sevdalinka on Wikipedia Common 0.124 16,656 396 New Weird America on Wikipedia Common 0.122 16,793 397 Chalga on Wikipedia Common 0.120 16,966 398 Laïko on Wikipedia Common 0.118 17,217 399 Kundiman on Wikipedia Common 0.116 17,328 400 Field holler on Wikipedia Common 0.113 17,467 401 Barcarolle on Wikipedia Common 0.111 17,650 402 Kulning on Wikipedia Common 0.109 18,044 403 Hill country blues on Wikipedia Common 0.107 18,521 404 Cantonese opera on Wikipedia Common 0.104 19,013 405 Candombe on Wikipedia Common 0.102 20,949 406 Reel on Wikipedia Common 0.100 21,515 407 American primitive guitar on Wikipedia Common 0.098 22,279 408 Country blues on Wikipedia Common 0.096 23,179 409 Revolutionary opera on Wikipedia Common 0.093 24,997 410 Irish rebel song on Wikipedia Common 0.091 25,166 411 English folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.089 25,990 412 Manele on Wikipedia Common 0.087 26,224 413 Piedmont blues on Wikipedia Common 0.084 27,618 414 Work song on Wikipedia Common 0.082 27,921 415 Gnawa music on Wikipedia Common 0.080 28,089 416 Freak folk on Wikipedia Common 0.078 28,154 417 Bian lian on Wikipedia Common 0.076 31,792 418 Jug band on Wikipedia Common 0.073 32,942 419 Folk-pop on Wikipedia Common 0.071 33,500 420 Jig on Wikipedia Common 0.069 34,449 421 Rebetiko on Wikipedia Common 0.067 34,708 422 Pansori on Wikipedia Common 0.064 35,133 423 Turbo-folk on Wikipedia Common 0.062 36,677 424 Psychedelic folk on Wikipedia Common 0.060 39,140 425 Old-time music on Wikipedia Common 0.058 39,980 426 Pasodoble on Wikipedia Common 0.056 42,003 427 Sean-nós singing on Wikipedia Common 0.053 42,838 428 Filk music on Wikipedia Common 0.051 43,147 429 Chinese opera on Wikipedia Common 0.049 46,179 430 Contemporary folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.047 46,802 431 Military cadence on Wikipedia Common 0.044 48,712 432 Spirituals on Wikipedia Common 0.042 51,709 433 Fandango on Wikipedia Common 0.040 52,224 434 Lullaby on Wikipedia Common 0.038 52,873 435 Kirtan on Wikipedia Common 0.036 54,144 436 American folk music on Wikipedia Common 0.033 55,368 437 Irish traditional music on Wikipedia Common 0.031 55,662 438 Morin khuur on Wikipedia Common 0.029 56,109 439 Neofolk on Wikipedia Common 0.027 59,599 440 Anti-folk on Wikipedia Common 0.024 67,950 441 Peking opera on Wikipedia Common 0.022 70,787 442 Indie folk on Wikipedia Common 0.020 71,116 443 Corrido on Wikipedia Common 0.018 77,658 444 Fado on Wikipedia Common 0.016 82,210 445 Delta blues on Wikipedia Common 0.013 88,555 446 Keening on Wikipedia Common 0.011 105,182 447 Narcocorrido on Wikipedia Common 0.009 115,489 448 Sea shanty on Wikipedia Common 0.007 118,212 449 Nursery rhyme on Wikipedia Common 0.004 159,620 450 Skiffle on Wikipedia Common 0.002 171,884 451 Bluegrass music on Wikipedia Common 0.000 233,847
FAQ What is the rarest genre of folk music? Contra dance music is the rarest genre of folk music in this ranking, with 26 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many genre of folk musics are there? There are 451 genre of folk musics in this ranking, from Contra dance music (rarest) to Bluegrass music (most common).
What is the most common genre of folk music? Bluegrass music is the most common genre of folk music in this ranking, with 233,847 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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