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The 50 most-read Australian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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161 bands are ranked in Australia. The biggest move was Powderfinger, up 62 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | AC/DChard rock, rock | 142,191 | 0 |
02 | Bee Geesdisco, pop | 128,705 | 0 |
03 | The Wiggleschildren's music, sunshine pop | 64,267 | +1 |
04 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizardpsychedelic rock, garage rock | 58,502 | +3 |
05 | INXSrock, new wave | 52,759 | 0 |
06 | Air Supplysoft rock, ballad | 42,526 | +7 |
07 | Powderfingerrock, grunge | 42,248 | +62 |
08 | The Avalanchesplunderphonics, hip hop | 41,597 | +13 |
09 | Silverchairpost-grunge, alternative rock | 39,264 | -1 |
10 | Empire of the Sunelectronic, electropop | 32,603 | -7 |
11 | Men at Workrock, new wave | 30,471 | +1 |
12 | 5 Seconds of Summerpop rock, pop punk | 29,703 | -2 |
13 | Crowded Housealternative rock, pop rock | 25,030 | +1 |
14 | The Veronicasdance-pop, alternative rock | 24,876 | +14 |
15 | Little River Bandrock | 23,576 | 0 |
16 | Savage Gardenpop, dance-pop | 22,998 | -7 |
17 | Peking Dukalternative dance, electro house | 22,646 | +20 |
18 | The Seekersfolk pop, folk | 18,339 | 0 |
19 | Amyl and the Snifferspunk rock, garage rock | 18,198 | -3 |
20 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seedsalternative rock, post-punk | 17,941 | -3 |
21 | RÜFÜS DU SOLalternative dance, dance-pop | 17,244 | -10 |
22 | Divinylsnew wave, pop rock | 16,418 | +1 |
23 | The Dead Daisieshard rock, classic rock | 16,133 | +43 |
24 | Midnight Oilrock, alternative rock | 15,066 | -2 |
25 | The Temper Trapindie rock, indie pop | 13,289 | +2 |
26 | Dead Can Dancedark wave, ethereal wave | 12,455 | +3 |
27 | Parcelsdisco, boogie | 11,880 | +3 |
28 | Hindley Street Country Clubrock | 11,706 | +13 |
29 | Wolfmotherhard rock, blues rock | 11,691 | -5 |
30 | The Churchalternative rock, jangle pop | 11,475 | +4 |
31 | TISMalternative rock | 11,193 | +25 |
32 | Jetgarage rock, rock | 10,985 | -7 |
33 | Parkway Drivemetalcore, melodic metalcore | 10,575 | +10 |
34 | Newsboyschristian rock, contemporary christian | 10,240 | -2 |
35 | Pendulumdrum and bass, electronic | 10,071 | +1 |
36 | Royel Otisindie rock, pop | 9,931 | -1 |
37 | Thy Art Is Murderdeathcore | 9,610 | +9 |
38 | Icehousenew wave, pop | 9,490 | -12 |
39 | The Amity Afflictionpost-hardcore, emocore | 8,770 | +6 |
40 | Rose Tattoohard rock, classic rock | 8,109 | -34 |
41 | The Birthday Partypost-punk, gothic rock | 7,772 | +7 |
42 | Australian Crawlpop rock | 7,411 | +17 |
43 | Pondpsychedelic rock, psychedelic pop | 7,260 | -4 |
44 | Airbournehard rock, classic rock | 7,123 | -25 |
45 | The Easybeatsrock, freakbeat | 7,048 | +7 |
46 | The Chatspunk rock | 7,039 | -2 |
47 | Chase Atlanticpop rap, alternative pop | 6,987 | +2 |
48 | The Teskey Brothersblues rock, soul | 6,978 | +26 |
49 | The Screaming Jetshard rock, pub rock | 6,903 | +27 |
50 | Northlanemetalcore, djent | 6,487 | +7 |
64 | Died Prettyalternative rock, indie rock | 5,321 | +56 |
63 | Turnstyleindie pop, alternative rock | 5,367 | +51 |
62 | PVTelectronica, post-rock | 5,450 | +46 |
54 | Sherbetaor, soft rock | 6,222 | +33 |
123 | Cloudsindie rock | 738 | +32 |
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.