IrelandRichard D. James is a Techno act from Ireland, ranked #3791 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 2,500 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #11 in Ireland and #646 in Techno among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has slipped 4% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 2.6K to 2.5K. Their tracked peak was 2,600 in Aug 17, 2026. They have 10,650 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 11/100.
Who Richard D. James is
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), known professionally as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient, acid, and jungle, and he is closely associated with the intelligent dance music (IDM) genre. Journalists from publications including Mixmag, The New York Times, NME, Fact, Clash and The Guardian have called James one of the most influential and important artists in contemporary electronic music. James was raised in Cornwall and began DJing at free parties and clubs around the South West in the late 1980s. His debut EP Analogue Bubblebath, released in 1991 on Mighty Force Records, brought James an early following; he began to perform across the UK and continental Europe. James co-founded the independent label Rephlex Records the same year. His 1992 debut album Selected Ambient Works 85–92, released by Belgian label Apollo, garnered wider critical and popular acclaim. James signed to Warp in late 1992 and subsequently released charting albums such as...I Care Because You Do (1995) and Richard D. James Album (1996), as well as Top 40 singles such as "Come…
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 2.6K in the week of Aug 17, 2026.
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Richard D. James have?
Richard D. James has 2,500 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Richard D. James's world ranking?
Richard D. James is ranked #3791 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Richard D. James from?
Richard D. James is from Ireland, where they rank #11 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Richard D. James make?
Richard D. James is categorised as Techno in the DJ INDEX.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.