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The 45 most-read bands based in Brooklyn, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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45 bands are ranked in Brooklyn. The biggest move was Whodini, up 14 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Geeseart punk, indie rock | 86,665 | 0 |
02 | Type O Negativegothic metal, doom metal | 43,916 | 0 |
03 | They Might Be Giantsalternative rock, geek rock | 32,588 | 0 |
04 | The Nationalindie rock, alternative rock | 31,058 | +1 |
05 | Castle Ratdoom metal, heavy metal | 26,407 | +2 |
06 | TV on the Radioindie rock, art rock | 19,112 | -2 |
07 | Big Thiefindie rock, alternative rock | 18,320 | -1 |
08 | DIIVdream pop, indie rock | 17,964 | +3 |
09 | Digable Planetship hop, jazz rap | 11,685 | +1 |
10 | Lisa Lisa & Cult Jamelectro, downtempo | 9,472 | +2 |
11 | Fat Boyship hop, east coast hip hop | 7,997 | +2 |
12 | Punch Brothersbluegrass, progressive bluegrass | 7,879 | +3 |
13 | Biohazardmetal, alternative metal | 7,428 | +1 |
14 | The Tokensdoo-wop, pop | 6,627 | +3 |
15 | Carnivorecrossover thrash, metal | 6,485 | +6 |
16 | Whodinihip hop, electro | 6,351 | +14 |
17 | Water From Your Eyesindie pop | 5,978 | -8 |
18 | Grizzly Bearindie folk, art rock | 5,797 | 0 |
19 | Full Forcecontemporary r&b, new jack swing | 5,781 | 0 |
20 | Parquet Courtsindie rock, post-punk | 5,696 | +7 |
21 | Liarsexperimental rock, art punk | 5,390 | -1 |
22 | X Ambassadorsalternative rock, pop rock | 5,385 | +2 |
23 | Santo & Johnnyexotica, easy listening | 5,163 | +2 |
24 | Life of Agonyalternative rock, heavy metal | 4,687 | +7 |
25 | Soul Coughingalternative rock, alternative hip hop | 4,661 | -2 |
26 | Sleigh Bellsnoise pop | 4,379 | +3 |
27 | The Hold Steadyindie rock, alternative rock | 4,263 | +6 |
28 | Nation of Languageindie pop, post-punk | 4,073 | -12 |
29 | Matt and Kimindie pop | 3,904 | -7 |
30 | Smif‐n‐Wessunhip hop, boom bap | 3,871 | +9 |
31 | Luciusindie pop, hip house | 3,763 | -5 |
32 | Das Racisthip hop | 3,733 | -1 |
33 | Ratatatelectronic, instrumental | 3,587 | -5 |
34 | Drownersindie rock | 3,555 | +11 |
35 | Poke and Tonehip hop | 3,410 | -1 |
36 | The Drumsindie pop, indie rock | 3,124 | +2 |
37 | Medeski, Martin & Woodjazz, avant-garde jazz | 3,065 | +7 |
38 | Black Starhip hop, alternative hip hop | 3,003 | -1 |
39 | Dirty Projectorsavant-garde, post-rock | 2,972 | +1 |
40 | Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kingssoul, funk | 2,960 | +2 |
41 | Infinity Songsinger-songwriter, rock | 2,852 | -33 |
42 | The Gregory Brotherscomedy | 2,802 | -6 |
43 | Company Flowhip hop, boom bap | 2,692 | -2 |
44 | Wild Pinkindie rock | 2,686 | -9 |
45 | Boot Camp Clikhip hop | 2,685 | -2 |
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.