- Bob Dylan (7,564,578 followers) folk rock, folk, singer-songwriter, roots rock
- Neil Young (3,453,011 followers) classic rock, folk rock, singer-songwriter, roots rock
- The Band (1,262,036 followers) folk rock, roots rock, southern rock, americana
- J.J. Cale (860,822 followers) blues, blues rock, roots rock
- Jason Isbell (483,519 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock, red dirt
- Larkin Poe (287,953 followers) blues rock, modern blues, blues, roots rock
- John Hiatt (242,958 followers) americana, roots rock, country rock, alt country
- Drive-By Truckers (242,298 followers) alt country, southern rock, americana, roots rock, outlaw country, country rock
- Calexico (219,743 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- Los Lobos (207,326 followers) roots rock
- The New Basement Tapes (155,038 followers) roots rock
- Big Head Todd and The Monsters (154,134 followers) jam band, roots rock
- Gram Parsons (153,030 followers) country rock, alt country, americana, roots rock
- Levon Helm (152,984 followers) americana, roots rock, folk, alt country
- Gene Vincent (150,766 followers) rockabilly, rock and roll, doo-wop, psychobilly, roots rock
- The Record Company (134,126 followers) blues rock, modern blues, blues, roots rock
- The Jayhawks (129,144 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock, country rock
- Crazy Horse (123,698 followers) roots rock, folk rock
- Uncle Tupelo (116,705 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- Jamestown Revival (112,312 followers) americana, roots rock, folk pop
- Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears (102,758 followers) modern blues, blues rock, retro soul, roots rock, funk, blues
- James McMurtry (102,652 followers) alt country, americana, outlaw country, red dirt, texas country, roots rock
- Todd Snider (100,733 followers) alt country, americana, outlaw country, red dirt, texas country, roots rock
- Son Volt (95,709 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- Whiskeytown (81,383 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- Amythyst Kiah (59,011 followers) roots rock, southern gothic, americana
- The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (56,968 followers) bluegrass, roots rock, southern gothic, country blues, americana, alt country, blues
- Big Joe Turner (53,693 followers) boogie-woogie, blues, rockabilly, classic blues, roots rock, swing music, doo-wop, boogie, rock and roll
- Roger McGuinn (52,502 followers) country rock, folk rock, roots rock
- Bodeans (47,386 followers) roots rock
- Alejandro Escovedo (44,705 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- The Blasters (43,604 followers) rockabilly, roots rock, psychobilly
- T Bone Burnett (41,716 followers) roots rock, americana, alt country, southern gothic
- Dave Alvin (41,284 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock, outlaw country
- Chuck Prophet (41,177 followers) americana, alt country, roots rock
- Calvin Russell (39,077 followers) blues rock, blues, country blues, roots rock
- The Bottle Rockets (37,361 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock, southern rock, outlaw country, country rock
- The Delta Saints (35,518 followers) modern blues, blues rock, roots rock, blues
- Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (33,552 followers) blues, classic blues, roots rock, country blues
- Luke Winslow-King (32,449 followers) blues rock, blues, modern blues, roots rock, americana, country blues
- Golden Smog (30,396 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock, power pop
- The Steepwater Band (30,266 followers) blues rock, modern blues, southern rock, blues, roots rock
- Ben Miller Band (30,157 followers) southern gothic, blues rock, roots rock, modern blues, country blues, bluegrass
- NRBQ (29,473 followers) power pop, roots rock
- Paul Thorn (29,284 followers) americana, roots rock, alt country, red dirt, outlaw country, texas country, southern rock
- Bones Owens (26,567 followers) blues rock, modern blues, roots rock
- DownTown Mystic (26,336 followers) roots rock
- Ida Mae (22,712 followers) modern blues, blues rock, roots rock, blues
- Peter Wolf (22,183 followers) roots rock
- Hard Working Americans (21,169 followers) southern gothic, jam band, americana, alt country, roots rock
- Jay Farrar (21,080 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- Wynonie Harris (21,007 followers) boogie-woogie, swing music, rockabilly, roots rock
- The Subdudes (19,439 followers) cajun, zydeco, roots rock, americana
- Chris Whitley (18,454 followers) roots rock, americana, alt country, blues rock
- Vandoliers (17,657 followers) alt country, americana, red dirt, roots rock
- Ike Turner (17,657 followers) rock and roll, rockabilly, soul blues, roots rock, boogie-woogie
- Freddy Jones Band (17,544 followers) jam band, roots rock
- Jason & The Scorchers (17,368 followers) alt country, roots rock, rockabilly, country rock, americana, southern rock
- Ray Bonneville (17,255 followers) blues, americana, country blues, blues rock, roots rock
- Jonah Tolchin (17,137 followers) southern gothic, blues rock, americana, roots rock, modern blues, blues
- Willie Nile (16,847 followers) roots rock, americana
- Elliott Murphy (16,481 followers) roots rock
- Blue Mountain (16,026 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- Lone Justice (13,933 followers) alt country, country rock, roots rock
- Bywater Call (13,875 followers) retro soul, blues rock, modern blues, blues, roots rock, soul blues, southern rock
- Trigger Hippy (13,805 followers) roots rock, americana, jam band, southern rock, modern blues, blues rock
- Moreland & Arbuckle (13,743 followers) modern blues, blues rock, blues, roots rock
- The Radiators (13,366 followers) jam band, cajun, zydeco, roots rock, italo disco
- The Beat Farmers (12,960 followers) roots rock, alt country, rockabilly, jangle pop
- The Long Ryders (12,732 followers) alt country, jangle pop, roots rock, americana, power pop, country rock
- Jim Lauderdale (12,710 followers) bluegrass, americana, alt country, outlaw country, roots rock
- John Doe (12,666 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- Little Village (12,534 followers) roots rock
- Jesse Dayton (12,482 followers) outlaw country, blues rock, modern blues, alt country, roots rock, blues, americana
- Jonathan Tyler (12,392 followers) blues rock, roots rock, modern blues, americana
- Green On Red (12,303 followers) alt country, jangle pop, roots rock, americana, neo-psychedelic
- Masseratti 2Lts (12,294 followers) roots rock
- Angry Johnny and the Killbillies (12,095 followers) southern gothic, psychobilly, outlaw country, alt country, folk punk, roots rock, bluegrass
- Hank Ballard (11,359 followers) doo-wop, roots rock
- Brandon Jesse (11,346 followers) roots rock
- Gerald Harris (10,875 followers) roots rock
- Blackie & The Rodeo Kings (10,714 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock
- John David Daily (10,584 followers) roots rock
- The Del Fuegos (10,329 followers) roots rock, jangle pop, power pop
- Willard Grant Conspiracy (9,674 followers) alt country, americana, slowcore, southern gothic, roots rock
- Peter Case (9,157 followers) americana, alt country, roots rock, folk rock
- Dan Baird (9,045 followers) southern rock, roots rock
- Webb Wilder (8,990 followers) rockabilly, roots rock, dansband, southern rock
- The "5" Royales (8,904 followers) doo-wop, northern soul, roots rock
- Hamish Anderson (8,611 followers) blues rock, modern blues, roots rock, blues
- Jesse Ed Davis (8,551 followers) native american music, roots rock
- Drew Kennedy (8,507 followers) red dirt, texas country, americana, roots rock
- The Paladins (7,943 followers) rockabilly, psychobilly, roots rock, blues rock, blues
- Goulamas'k (7,802 followers) ska punk, ska, roots rock, folk punk, traditional music
- Haley Johnsen (7,732 followers) roots rock, indie soul
- David Olney (7,721 followers) americana, roots rock, country blues
- Roy Milton (7,337 followers) boogie-woogie, blues, swing music, roots rock
- Greg Trooper (7,277 followers) americana, alt country, roots rock
- Luke Deuce (7,243 followers) roots rock
- Marah (6,744 followers) alt country, americana, roots rock