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The 50 most-read bands based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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123 bands are ranked in Boston. The biggest move was Lyres, up 81 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | New Kids on the Blockpop, teen pop | 79,109 | 0 |
02 | Aerosmithhard rock, blues rock | 69,376 | 0 |
03 | Bostonhard rock, rock | 56,155 | +2 |
04 | Pixiesalternative rock, indie rock | 53,181 | -1 |
05 | The Carsnew wave, aor | 52,405 | -1 |
06 | Dream Theaterprogressive metal, metal | 38,178 | 0 |
07 | The Breedersalternative rock, indie rock | 34,638 | +4 |
08 | Extremehard rock, funk metal | 30,752 | -1 |
09 | New Editionpop, new jack swing | 26,591 | -1 |
10 | Lake Street Diveindie pop, jazz | 24,790 | +7 |
11 | Powerman 5000industrial metal, alternative metal | 23,192 | +1 |
12 | Danny Klein's Full Houserock | 19,567 | -2 |
13 | Ice Nine Killsheavy metal, alternative metal | 18,654 | -4 |
14 | Marky Mark and the Funky Bunchhip house, pop rap | 17,630 | -1 |
15 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstonesska, ska punk | 17,201 | +1 |
16 | The Magnetic Fieldsindie pop, dream pop | 14,465 | +4 |
17 | Bell Biv DeVoehip hop, contemporary r&b | 12,970 | -3 |
18 | Gang Starrhip hop, boom bap | 12,561 | -3 |
19 | Letters to Cleoalternative rock, pop rock | 10,892 | 0 |
20 | That Handsome Devilalternative rock, rock | 10,787 | +5 |
21 | Boys Like Girlspop punk, country rock | 10,584 | +8 |
22 | Lyresalternative rock, garage rock | 9,637 | +81 |
23 | Dead Poet Societyalternative rock, blues rock | 9,533 | +9 |
24 | The Dresden Dollsdark cabaret, alternative rock | 9,329 | -1 |
25 | The Lemonheadsalternative rock, indie rock | 8,904 | -4 |
26 | The Click Fiverock | 8,880 | +4 |
27 | ’Til Tuesdayalternative rock, new wave | 8,670 | -5 |
28 | Gusteralternative rock, acoustic rock | 7,903 | -1 |
29 | Big Wreckhard rock | 6,756 | -5 |
30 | Lustrapop punk, punk rock | 6,450 | -2 |
31 | Karminhip hop, pop | 6,345 | -13 |
32 | Elderstoner metal, heavy psych | 5,466 | -6 |
33 | Bellyalternative rock, jangle pop | 5,422 | -2 |
34 | Tiny Habitsfolk pop | 5,064 | +2 |
35 | Vannamelodic hardcore, post-hardcore | 4,886 | +5 |
36 | Mission of Burmapost-punk, art punk | 4,666 | -3 |
37 | Jejuneemo | 4,392 | +1 |
38 | Lettucefunk, jam band | 4,031 | -4 |
39 | La Coka Nostrahip hop | 3,891 | +2 |
40 | DMZgarage punk, garage rock revival | 3,798 | +69 |
41 | GA‐20blues, chicago blues | 3,727 | +24 |
42 | American Authorspop rock, chamber pop | 3,450 | -3 |
43 | Revocationdeath metal, technical death metal | 3,199 | +3 |
44 | Vein.fmmetalcore, hardcore punk | 3,190 | -7 |
45 | Sweeping Promisesindie rock, new wave | 2,919 | +32 |
46 | Blood for Bloodhardcore punk | 2,895 | -3 |
47 | American Hi‐Fipunk, punk rock | 2,812 | -12 |
48 | The Del Fuegosnew wave, punk rock | 2,751 | +7 |
49 | Buffalo Tomindie rock, alternative rock | 2,531 | -2 |
50 | Bury Your Deadbeatdown hardcore, metal | 2,478 | +1 |
64 | Quillart rock, progressive rock | 1,514 | +30 |
91 | The Explosionmelodic hardcore, punk rock | 749 | +27 |
94 | Cheater Slickspunk rock | 704 | +26 |
76 | Major Momentalternative metal, rock | 1,024 | +24 |
103 | Orbitalternative rock | 616 | +19 |
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.