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The 50 most-read bands based in Austin, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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148 bands are ranked in Austin. The biggest move was Cherubs, up 12 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Die Spitzgrunge, punk | 28,389 | 0 |
02 | Spoonindie rock, alternative rock | 9,333 | 0 |
03 | The Jesus Lizardnoise rock, post-hardcore | 8,880 | 0 |
04 | 13th Floor Elevatorspsychedelic rock, acid rock | 8,728 | 0 |
05 | The Sworddoom metal, heavy metal | 7,546 | +4 |
06 | Fastballpop rock, power pop | 6,958 | -1 |
07 | Explosions in the Skypost-rock, instrumental | 5,968 | -1 |
08 | Black Pumaspsychedelic soul, southern soul | 5,910 | -1 |
09 | …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Deadalternative rock, art rock | 4,958 | +1 |
10 | Shearwaterfolk | 4,854 | +3 |
11 | Palternative rock | 4,080 | +4 |
12 | The Black Angelspsychedelic rock, stoner rock | 3,993 | -1 |
13 | MDCpunk, hardcore punk | 3,905 | -5 |
14 | Dangerous Toyshard rock, southern rock | 2,925 | -2 |
15 | Stars of the Lidambient, drone | 2,830 | -1 |
16 | Catch Your Breathnu metal | 2,635 | +4 |
17 | VASTalternative rock, industrial rock | 2,355 | +4 |
18 | Arc Angelsblues rock, electric texas blues | 2,347 | +1 |
19 | Scratch Acidnoise rock, post-hardcore | 2,340 | -2 |
20 | Okkervil Riverindie rock, folk rock | 2,294 | -2 |
21 | The Band of Heathensamericana, roots rock | 2,293 | +2 |
22 | White Denimindie rock, psychedelic rock | 2,167 | 0 |
23 | Watchtowertechnical thrash metal, thrash metal | 2,126 | +2 |
24 | portrayal of guiltblack metal, screamo | 1,921 | +5 |
25 | Willie Nelson and The Familycountry | 1,791 | +3 |
26 | Deviceindustrial metal, alternative metal | 1,756 | 0 |
27 | Fire From the Godsmetal, metalcore | 1,705 | 0 |
28 | Big Boyschristian hardcore, pigfuck | 1,621 | +2 |
29 | Ghostland Observatoryalternative dance, electroclash | 1,553 | +6 |
30 | The Gourdsalternative country, honky tonk | 1,323 | +2 |
31 | The Octopus Projectelectronica, experimental | 1,272 | -15 |
32 | Dicksqueercore | 1,097 | -8 |
33 | MISSIOindie rock, rock | 1,075 | -2 |
34 | Chingóngarage rock, blues rock | 1,008 | -1 |
35 | Voxtrotindie pop, indie rock | 804 | +1 |
36 | Survivedark wave, electronic | 791 | +2 |
37 | Wild Childindie folk, indie pop | 780 | -3 |
38 | Ünlocoalternative metal, nu metal | 775 | -1 |
39 | Balmorheapost-rock, instrumental | 751 | 0 |
40 | Iriselectronic rock, alternative dance | 647 | 0 |
41 | Skrewindustrial metal, thrash metal | 633 | 0 |
42 | Cherubsnoise rock, pigfuck | 548 | +12 |
43 | Skatenigsindustrial rock | 534 | +5 |
44 | Salvadorcontemporary christian | 523 | +5 |
45 | Street Sectsindustrial, electronic | 513 | -2 |
46 | One Bad Pigchristian metal, christian rock | 497 | +9 |
47 | The Dead Texanambient | 492 | +5 |
48 | Tritonalelectro house, electronic | 483 | -2 |
49 | Dexter Freebishalternative rock, pop rock | 478 | +4 |
50 | Honey Clawsgrime, electronic | 471 | -6 |
61 | Urban Heatpost-punk | 365 | +23 |
90 | Sixteen Deluxeneo-psychedelia, noise pop | 135 | +18 |
119 | Magna Cardahip hop | 62 | +17 |
124 | The Eastern Seaindie pop | 56 | +17 |
62 | The Golden Dawnpsychedelic rock | 359 | +15 |
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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.