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The 50 most-read Aucklander bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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59 bands are ranked in Auckland. The biggest move was Suburban Reptiles, up 8 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Split Enzart rock, new wave | 14,203 | 0 |
02 | Balu Brigadaalternative pop | 9,640 | +1 |
03 | The Naked and Famousindie rock | 4,775 | +2 |
04 | Dragonnew wave, pop rock | 4,763 | -2 |
05 | The Bethsindie rock, indie pop | 4,575 | -1 |
06 | Unknown Mortal Orchestraindie rock, psychedelic rock | 3,728 | 0 |
07 | Alien Weaponrymetal, thrash metal | 2,773 | 0 |
08 | The Veilsart rock, rock | 1,748 | +1 |
09 | LEISUREalternative rock, alternative pop | 1,556 | -1 |
10 | Ulceratetechnical death metal, atmospheric sludge metal | 1,489 | 0 |
11 | The Mutton Birdsalternative rock | 992 | +3 |
12 | Tadpolerock | 962 | +6 |
13 | Elemeno Palternative rock, pop punk | 934 | 0 |
14 | The La De Da’sblues rock, boogie rock | 831 | -3 |
15 | Steriogrampop punk | 812 | 0 |
16 | Th' Dudesrock | 761 | -4 |
17 | The Swingersrock, new wave | 745 | 0 |
18 | Ardijahcontemporary r&b | 731 | +3 |
19 | Supergroovefunk rock | 727 | -3 |
20 | Diocletianblack metal, death metal | 602 | +3 |
21 | The Brunettesindie pop, twee pop | 584 | -2 |
22 | SOL3 MIOoperatic pop | 504 | +6 |
23 | Stellar*dance-rock, alternative rock | 467 | +1 |
24 | Mt Edendubstep | 446 | +1 |
25 | The D4garage rock revival | 357 | 0 |
26 | Concord Dawndrum and bass, dance | 354 | -4 |
27 | 8 Foot Sativamelodic death metal, metal | 339 | -7 |
28 | Deja Voodoorock, comedy | 319 | -1 |
29 | Plutoalternative rock | 286 | 0 |
30 | The Human Instinctfreakbeat, blues rock | 278 | +1 |
31 | Tiny Ruinsindie folk | 254 | -1 |
32 | Avalanche Cityindie folk, folk | 248 | +2 |
33 | Betchadupaindie rock, rock | 197 | +3 |
34 | Cut Off Your Handspost-punk | 180 | +3 |
35 | Larry's Rebelsgarage rock | 177 | -4 |
36 | Antagonist A.D.hardcore punk, metal | 156 | +3 |
37 | Midnight Youthrock | 145 | -4 |
38 | The Scavengerspunk | 142 | -3 |
39 | Screaming Meemeespost-punk | 133 | -1 |
40 | Suburban Reptilespunk | 132 | +8 |
41 | The Rabblepunk | 118 | +2 |
42 | This Kind of Punishmentpost-punk | 116 | +2 |
43 | No Wyldhip hop | 111 | -3 |
44 | Bleederspunk | 110 | -3 |
45 | Dawn of Azazeldeath metal | 103 | 0 |
46 | Foleypop | 89 | -4 |
47 | Phoebe Ringsdream pop | 88 | +5 |
48 | The Ember Daysindie rock | 85 | -2 |
49 | Superettealternative rock | 81 | 0 |
50 | Dam Nativehip hop | 79 | +2 |
55 | PanAmalternative rock | 32 | +2 |
57 | The Spelling Mistakespunk | 30 | +1 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.