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The 33 most-read bands based in Berkeley, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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33 bands are ranked in Berkeley. The biggest move was Dance Hall Crashers, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Green Daypunk rock, pop punk | 131,303 | 0 |
02 | Counting Crowsalternative rock, rock | 36,709 | 0 |
03 | The Lonely Islandcomedy, hip hop | 23,837 | 0 |
04 | Testamentthrash metal, metal | 18,814 | 0 |
05 | Operation Ivyska, punk | 13,505 | 0 |
06 | Country Joe and the Fishpsychedelic rock, acid rock | 7,386 | +1 |
07 | The Motelsalternative rock, new wave | 7,143 | -1 |
08 | Mom Jeans.emo, midwest emo | 3,533 | 0 |
09 | Tiger Armypsychobilly, punk | 3,259 | 0 |
10 | The Networknew wave, pop punk | 3,080 | +1 |
11 | We Are Scientistsindie rock | 3,009 | -1 |
12 | Dance Hall Crashersska, ska punk | 2,042 | +2 |
13 | Samiamemo pop, emo | 1,916 | 0 |
14 | Fangchristian hardcore | 1,892 | -2 |
15 | The Packcloud rap, hip hop | 1,770 | 0 |
16 | The Rubinoospower pop | 1,056 | 0 |
17 | Black Labalternative rock | 1,021 | +2 |
18 | The Mr. T Experiencepop punk, pigfuck | 1,017 | -1 |
19 | Crimpshrinepunk rock | 921 | -1 |
20 | Joy of Cookingfolk rock | 881 | +1 |
21 | Crucifixanarcho-punk, d-beat | 873 | -1 |
22 | Tiltpunk | 703 | 0 |
23 | Blackburn & Snowfolk rock | 635 | 0 |
24 | POP ETCindie pop | 514 | 0 |
25 | Emerald Webelectronic, new age | 268 | 0 |
26 | The Loading Zonerock | 217 | 0 |
27 | The Klezmorimklezmer | 139 | +1 |
28 | The Criminalspunk, anarcho-punk | 126 | -1 |
29 | The Friskpunk | 63 | 0 |
30 | Kauraalternative rock | 43 | +1 |
31 | Gamelan Sekar Jayagamelan | 42 | -1 |
32 | Necropolis of Lovenew wave | 40 | +1 |
33 | Harbingerpunk | 25 | -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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.