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Bostonian Artists

The 50 most-read Bostonian artists, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

200 artists are ranked in Boston. The biggest move was Dead Poet Society, up 22 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Leonard Nimoypop, spoken word	141,351	0
02	Toby Foxelectronic, digital fusion	99,157	+4
03	Bobby Browncontemporary r&b, new jack swing	91,239	+1
04	Little Stevenhard rock, heartland rock	81,885	-1
05	Aerosmithhard rock, blues rock	80,916	+2
06	Donna Summerdisco, dance	77,265	-1
07	New Kids on the Blockpop, teen pop	70,174	+1
08	James Taylorrock, soft rock	65,047	-6
09	The Carsnew wave, aor	46,449	+1
10	Pixiesalternative rock, indie rock	46,430	-1
11	Bostonhard rock, rock	40,725	0
12	Dream Theaterprogressive metal, metal	37,623	+1
13	Billy Squierrock, hard rock	32,538	+7
14	Poppynu metal, electropop	31,935	-2
15	Myles Kennedyfolk, blues	27,807	+13
16	The Mighty Mighty Bosstonesska, ska punk	26,938	+16
17	Susan Tedeschiblues	26,264	-2
18	Ice Nine Killsheavy metal, alternative metal	24,351	+1
19	The Breedersalternative rock, indie rock	23,939	-2
20	New Editionpop, new jack swing	21,370	-4
21	Lake Street Diveindie pop, jazz	20,104	+2
22	Extremehard rock, funk metal	19,954	-8
23	Jamie Walterspop, pop rock	19,584	+6
24	Tony Levinjazz rock, progressive rock	19,302	+1
25	Danny Klein's Full Houserock	16,114	+2
26	Marky Mark and the Funky Bunchhip house, pop rap	15,911	-4
27	Powerman 5000industrial metal, alternative metal	15,885	+3
28	Al B. Sure!new jack swing, contemporary r&b	15,527	-4
29	Dead Poet Societyalternative rock, blues rock	14,624	+22
30	Letters to Cleoalternative rock, pop rock	14,199	+9
31	Guruhip hop, jazz rap	14,050	0
32	Danny Woodindie rock, pop	13,198	+10
33	Benzinohip hop	12,351	-12
34	Gang Starrhip hop, boom bap	12,129	-1
35	Rich Croninpop	11,457	-9
36	Bell Biv DeVoehip hop, contemporary r&b	10,807	0
37	The Lemonheadsalternative rock, indie rock	10,762	+1
38	Evan Dandoalternative rock, indie pop	10,573	+6
39	Dick Dalesurf rock, rock and roll	10,109	+1
40	Slainehip hop	9,739	-3
41	Genevieve Hanneliuspop	9,533	-7
42	Kay Hanleyrock	9,229	+15
43	Sib Hashianrock	8,980	+2
44	The Dresden Dollsdark cabaret, alternative rock	8,911	-1
45	The Magnetic Fieldsindie pop, dream pop	8,715	+2
46	Nicky Jamreggaeton, latin	8,509	+2
47	Sasha Alex Sloancountry, contemporary country	8,429	+15
48	Model/Actriznoise rock, post-punk	8,255	-30
49	Armand van Heldenhouse, electronic	8,176	+1
50	Seth Putnamgrindcore, hard rock	7,799	+2

Rising outside the top 50this month

133	Ten Yard Fighthardcore punk	915	+50
142	Dave Lambertjazz	776	+45
67	Slapshothardcore punk	3,774	+42
59	Bury Your Deadbeatdown hardcore, metal	5,169	+35
155	Serge Chaloffbebop, jazz	674	+29

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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.