NFTs have blown up in popularity in recent months, and so has the world of digital art. Many digital artists have pushed into the NFT industry, and the industry is booming.
So, Design Bundles researched digital illustrators on the digital art platform to reveal the list of the top 10 most popular digital artists in the world, and which artists are pushing into the NFT market.
Key facts:
- Mike Winkelmann, professionally known as Beeple and creator of the record-breaking piece ‘the first 5000 days’, is the most popular digital artist in the world
- Emi Haze is the second most popular digital artist in the world, with the most appreciations and project views on Behance
- Peter Tarka comes in as the third most popular digital artist in the world
Most popular digital artists in the world:
| Digital Artist | Rank | Instagram Followers | Behance | Search Volume Rank | ||
| Appreciations | Followers | Project Views | ||||
| Mike Winkelmann | 1 | 2,400,000 | 140,600 | 83,900 | 1,900,000 | 1 |
| Emi Haze | 2 | 31,800 | 1,100,000 | 32,100 | 5,700,000 | 50 |
| Peter Tarka | 3 | 246,000 | 400,000 | 156,700 | 4,700,000 | 9 |
| MBSJQ | 4 | 235,000 | 394,900 | 117,300 | 5,200,000 | 62 |
| Andreas Preis | 5 | 21,000 | 385,200 | 285,900 | 3,900,000 | 16 |
| Glenn Jones | 6 | 9,733 | 139,700 | 44,500 | 4,400,000 | 2 |
| Steve Simpson | 7 | 34,700 | 388,100 | 166,100 | 3,800,000 | 10 |
| Darya Malikova | 8 | 7,031 | 698,300 | 20,400 | 3,600,000 | 63 |
| Pellisco | 9 | 1,691 | 797,400 | 54,800 | 2,000,000 | 28 |
| Mike | 10 | n/a | 327,200 | 134,300 | 3,700,000 | 46 |
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