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The 50 most-read bands based in Australia, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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155 bands are ranked in Australia. The biggest move was Alpha Wolf, up 41 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | AC/DChard rock, rock | 198,549 | 0 |
02 | Bee Geesdisco, pop | 130,517 | 0 |
03 | Empire of the Sunelectronic, electropop | 92,534 | +4 |
04 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizardpsychedelic rock, garage rock | 74,737 | +1 |
05 | The Wiggleschildren's music, sunshine pop | 70,556 | -2 |
06 | RÜFÜS DU SOLalternative dance, dance-pop | 62,246 | +9 |
07 | 5 Seconds of Summerpop rock, pop punk | 57,333 | -1 |
08 | INXSrock, new wave | 52,468 | -4 |
09 | Men at Workrock, new wave | 39,611 | -1 |
10 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seedsalternative rock, post-punk | 37,456 | +2 |
11 | Air Supplysoft rock, ballad | 34,756 | -2 |
12 | The Temper Trapindie rock, indie pop | 33,836 | +5 |
13 | Peking Dukalternative dance, electro house | 32,156 | -2 |
14 | Amyl and the Snifferspunk rock, garage rock | 31,605 | +6 |
15 | Silverchairpost-grunge, alternative rock | 31,069 | -1 |
16 | Little River Bandrock | 28,154 | 0 |
17 | Crowded Housealternative rock, pop rock | 27,764 | -7 |
18 | Savage Gardenpop, dance-pop | 26,081 | -5 |
19 | Wolfmotherhard rock, blues rock | 24,955 | +4 |
20 | Parcelsdisco, boogie | 24,388 | +21 |
21 | Aunty Donnacomedy | 20,596 | +30 |
22 | Jetgarage rock, rock | 20,501 | +13 |
23 | The Seekersfolk pop, folk | 20,111 | -2 |
24 | The Veronicasdance-pop, alternative rock | 17,495 | -2 |
25 | The Avalanchesplunderphonics, hip hop | 17,292 | +1 |
26 | Thy Art Is Murderdeathcore | 16,979 | +4 |
27 | Midnight Oilrock, alternative rock | 16,957 | -3 |
28 | Airbournehard rock, classic rock | 14,636 | +4 |
29 | Royel Otisindie rock, pop | 13,715 | -11 |
30 | Ol’ 55doo-wop, rockabilly | 13,124 | -1 |
31 | Parkway Drivemetalcore, melodic metalcore | 13,068 | +6 |
32 | Hindley Street Country Clubrock | 12,477 | -1 |
33 | Dead Can Dancedark wave, ethereal wave | 12,360 | -8 |
34 | Newsboyschristian rock, contemporary christian | 12,238 | -1 |
35 | Pendulumdrum and bass, electronic | 11,552 | -1 |
36 | The Churchalternative rock, jangle pop | 11,449 | -9 |
37 | Gang of Youthschamber pop, indie rock | 10,552 | +34 |
38 | Icehousenew wave, pop | 10,460 | +2 |
39 | The Birthday Partypost-punk, gothic rock | 10,268 | +3 |
40 | Divinylsnew wave, pop rock | 10,115 | -4 |
41 | Rose Tattoohard rock, classic rock | 9,708 | +15 |
42 | Pondpsychedelic rock, psychedelic pop | 9,332 | -14 |
43 | Northlanemetalcore, djent | 8,710 | +29 |
44 | The Easybeatsrock, freakbeat | 8,625 | 0 |
44 | The Valentinespop | 8,625 | -25 |
46 | PNAUdance, disco | 8,552 | +14 |
47 | The Amity Afflictionpost-hardcore, emocore | 7,899 | -2 |
48 | Chase Atlanticpop rap, alternative pop | 7,772 | -5 |
49 | Alpha Wolfmetalcore, nu metal | 7,617 | +41 |
50 | NERVOprogressive house, edm | 7,491 | +19 |
57 | The Sleepy Jacksonalternative rock, baroque pop | 6,877 | +26 |
54 | DMA’srock, indie rock | 7,373 | +25 |
130 | Kingswoodblues rock, indie rock | 683 | +24 |
85 | Bachelor Girlpop | 3,541 | +22 |
121 | The Collectivepop | 834 | +20 |
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.