| 01 | Woody Guthrie | 40.6 |
| 02 | Pete Seeger | 32.2 |
| 03 | National Education Association | 30.0 |
| 04 | Paddy Moloney | 29.2 |
| 05 | Lead Belly | 27.6 |
| 06 | Bob Dylan | 27.1 |
| 07 | ictm.ie | 25.0 |
| 08 | The Chieftains | 24.6 |
| 09 | National Heritage Fellowships | 23.1 |
| 10 | Martin Hayes | 22.4 |
| 11 | Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill | 21.0 |
| 12 | arts.gov | 20.3 |
| 13 | Odetta | 19.7 |
| 14 | The Carter Family | 19.7 |
| 15 | John Carty | 19.0 |
| 16 | Bill Monroe | 18.7 |
| 17 | Bessie Jones | 17.7 |
| 18 | govinfo.gov | 16.9 |
| 19 | Mick Moloney | 16.3 |
| 20 | Mike Seeger | 15.8 |
| 21 | folkways.si.edu | 15.4 |
| 22 | Richard Hagopian | 15.0 |
| 23 | actaonline.org | 14.7 |
| 24 | Yacub Addy | 14.4 |
| 25 | Kheng Sonam Dorji | 14.2 |
| 26 | The Bothy Band | 14.1 |
| 27 | Cathal Hayden | 14.0 |
| 28 | TG4 | 13.8 |
| 29 | Gradam Ceoil | 13.6 |
| 30 | Sharon Shannon | 13.5 |