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The 47 most-read bands based in Brooklyn, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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47 bands are ranked in Brooklyn. The biggest move was Merauder, up 26 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Geeseart punk, indie rock | 70,785 | 0 |
02 | TV on the Radioindie rock, art rock | 41,789 | +7 |
03 | Type O Negativegothic metal, doom metal | 40,114 | -1 |
04 | Big Thiefindie rock, alternative rock | 29,167 | +2 |
05 | They Might Be Giantsalternative rock, geek rock | 27,460 | -2 |
06 | Castle Ratdoom metal, heavy metal | 27,015 | -1 |
07 | The Nationalindie rock, alternative rock | 19,933 | -3 |
08 | Lisa Lisa & Cult Jamelectro, downtempo | 14,271 | +2 |
09 | Full Forcecontemporary r&b, new jack swing | 14,198 | +13 |
10 | Digable Planetship hop, jazz rap | 13,725 | +2 |
11 | Fat Boyship hop, east coast hip hop | 12,895 | +4 |
12 | Biohazardmetal, alternative metal | 10,103 | -4 |
13 | Matt and Kimindie pop | 9,953 | +4 |
14 | Nation of Languageindie pop, post-punk | 9,424 | 0 |
15 | DIIVdream pop, indie rock | 9,354 | +1 |
16 | The Tokensdoo-wop, pop | 8,656 | -3 |
17 | Meraudergroove metal, metal | 7,521 | +26 |
18 | Grizzly Bearindie folk, art rock | 6,788 | +1 |
19 | Punch Brothersbluegrass, progressive bluegrass | 6,779 | -12 |
20 | Infinity Songsinger-songwriter, rock | 6,570 | -9 |
21 | Life of Agonyalternative rock, heavy metal | 6,455 | -3 |
22 | Water From Your Eyesindie pop | 6,292 | -1 |
23 | Soul Coughingalternative rock, alternative hip hop | 5,782 | +4 |
24 | The Hold Steadyindie rock, alternative rock | 5,665 | +7 |
25 | Wild Pinkindie rock | 5,654 | +20 |
26 | Carnivorecrossover thrash, metal | 5,480 | -3 |
27 | Sleigh Bellsnoise pop | 5,189 | -2 |
28 | Santo & Johnnyexotica, easy listening | 5,106 | +1 |
29 | Parquet Courtsindie rock, post-punk | 4,947 | -5 |
30 | X Ambassadorsalternative rock, pop rock | 4,784 | -10 |
31 | Whodinihip hop, electro | 4,627 | -3 |
32 | Black Marbleelectronic | 4,583 | +15 |
33 | Das Racisthip hop | 4,535 | -3 |
34 | Ratatatelectronic, instrumental | 4,380 | -8 |
35 | Luciusindie pop, hip house | 4,001 | 0 |
36 | Poke and Tonehip hop | 3,991 | -4 |
37 | The Gregory Brotherscomedy | 3,970 | +3 |
38 | The Drumsindie pop, indie rock | 3,854 | -2 |
39 | Liarsexperimental rock, art punk | 3,723 | -6 |
40 | Smif‐n‐Wessunhip hop, boom bap | 3,572 | -3 |
41 | The Brooklyn Bridgepop rock, psychedelic pop | 3,459 | +3 |
42 | Black Starhip hop, alternative hip hop | 3,433 | -4 |
43 | Dirty Projectorsavant-garde, post-rock | 3,331 | -4 |
44 | Silvertombdoom metal | 3,309 | +2 |
45 | A Place to Bury Strangersnoise rock, post-punk | 3,289 | -3 |
46 | Liturgyblack metal, experimental | 2,995 | -12 |
47 | Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kingssoul, funk | 2,940 | -6 |
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.