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The 50 most-read artists based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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200 artists are ranked in Boston. The biggest move was Lyres, up 129 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Little Stevenhard rock, heartland rock | 113,043 | +2 |
02 | Bobby Browncontemporary r&b, new jack swing | 97,291 | +3 |
03 | James Taylorrock, soft rock | 96,734 | -2 |
04 | Leonard Nimoypop, spoken word | 85,277 | 0 |
05 | New Kids on the Blockpop, teen pop | 79,109 | +2 |
06 | Toby Foxelectronic, digital fusion | 72,461 | -4 |
07 | Donna Summerdisco, dance | 71,394 | -1 |
08 | Aerosmithhard rock, blues rock | 69,376 | 0 |
09 | Bostonhard rock, rock | 56,155 | +3 |
10 | Pixiesalternative rock, indie rock | 53,181 | -1 |
11 | The Carsnew wave, aor | 52,405 | -1 |
12 | Dream Theaterprogressive metal, metal | 38,178 | +1 |
13 | The Breedersalternative rock, indie rock | 34,638 | +6 |
14 | Poppynu metal, electropop | 33,936 | -3 |
15 | Susan Tedeschiblues | 31,197 | +5 |
16 | Extremehard rock, funk metal | 30,752 | -1 |
17 | New Editionpop, new jack swing | 26,591 | -1 |
18 | Lake Street Diveindie pop, jazz | 24,790 | +19 |
19 | Billy Squierrock, hard rock | 23,571 | -5 |
20 | Powerman 5000industrial metal, alternative metal | 23,192 | +2 |
21 | Genevieve Hanneliuspop | 22,702 | +15 |
22 | Danny Klein's Full Houserock | 19,567 | -4 |
23 | Ice Nine Killsheavy metal, alternative metal | 18,654 | -6 |
24 | Myles Kennedyfolk, blues | 18,005 | -1 |
25 | Marky Mark and the Funky Bunchhip house, pop rap | 17,630 | -1 |
26 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstonesska, ska punk | 17,201 | +9 |
27 | Tony Levinjazz rock, progressive rock | 17,127 | -6 |
28 | Rich Croninpop | 17,046 | +5 |
29 | Jamie Walterspop, pop rock | 16,284 | -3 |
30 | Al B. Sure!new jack swing, contemporary r&b | 15,350 | -5 |
31 | The Magnetic Fieldsindie pop, dream pop | 14,465 | +13 |
32 | Benzinohip hop | 14,452 | -4 |
33 | Danny Woodindie rock, pop | 13,758 | -3 |
34 | Sib Hashianrock | 13,383 | -3 |
35 | Guruhip hop, jazz rap | 13,223 | -8 |
36 | Bell Biv DeVoehip hop, contemporary r&b | 12,970 | -7 |
37 | Gang Starrhip hop, boom bap | 12,561 | -3 |
38 | Dick Dalesurf rock, rock and roll | 12,008 | -6 |
39 | Letters to Cleoalternative rock, pop rock | 10,892 | +2 |
40 | That Handsome Devilalternative rock, rock | 10,787 | +12 |
41 | Boys Like Girlspop punk, country rock | 10,584 | +18 |
42 | Lyresalternative rock, garage rock | 9,637 | +129 |
43 | Nicky Jamreggaeton, latin | 9,581 | -4 |
44 | Dead Poet Societyalternative rock, blues rock | 9,533 | +23 |
45 | The Dresden Dollsdark cabaret, alternative rock | 9,329 | +4 |
46 | The Lemonheadsalternative rock, indie rock | 8,904 | 0 |
47 | Harvey Mason, Jr.pop | 8,895 | -4 |
48 | The Click Fiverock | 8,880 | +12 |
49 | Armand van Heldenhouse, electronic | 8,785 | +2 |
50 | Evan Dandoalternative rock, indie pop | 8,779 | -2 |
77 | DMZgarage punk, garage rock revival | 3,798 | +101 |
71 | Esoterichip hop | 4,411 | +53 |
85 | Sweeping Promisesindie rock, new wave | 2,919 | +52 |
114 | Quillart rock, progressive rock | 1,514 | +47 |
78 | GA‐20blues, chicago blues | 3,727 | +41 |
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.