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The 50 most-read Californian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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112 bands are ranked in California. The biggest move was Celebration, up 13 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Rainbowhard rock, heavy metal | 39,336 | 0 |
02 | Dead & Companyrock, folk rock | 9,065 | 0 |
03 | Kenny Rogers & The First Editionrock | 5,396 | 0 |
04 | Black Country Communionblues rock, hard rock | 4,146 | 0 |
05 | The Fab Fourrock and roll | 3,597 | 0 |
06 | SeeYouSpaceCowboymetalcore, mathcore | 3,405 | 0 |
07 | Gaelic Stormfolk, celtic | 2,908 | 0 |
08 | Rings of Saturndeathcore, technical death metal | 2,571 | 0 |
09 | The Rock Bottom Remaindersrock and roll | 2,431 | 0 |
10 | The Jaded Hearts Clubclassic rock, indie rock | 1,933 | 0 |
11 | Shannon and the Clamspunk rock | 1,855 | 0 |
12 | Dead Crossthrash metal, experimental | 1,679 | 0 |
13 | Irationreggae, rock | 1,582 | +2 |
14 | Sleeping Giantmetalcore | 1,405 | +9 |
15 | Tuck & Pattijazz, soul | 1,235 | -1 |
16 | Get Deadpunk rock | 1,214 | +10 |
17 | Animal Logicprogressive rock | 1,185 | +6 |
18 | U.S. Bombshardcore punk | 1,152 | +4 |
19 | Celebrationpop rock, rock | 1,139 | +13 |
20 | Deeds of Fleshdeath metal, brutal death metal | 1,096 | -1 |
21 | Stolen Babiesavant-garde metal, avant-garde | 1,068 | -5 |
22 | The 77sblues rock, rock | 1,024 | +3 |
23 | Seatrainfolk rock, jazz | 918 | -6 |
24 | Home Grownpop punk, punk | 880 | -3 |
25 | White Mannajam band, psychedelic rock | 849 | -12 |
26 | Rainbow Girlsamericana, indie folk | 744 | -8 |
27 | 3rd Strikealternative metal, nu metal | 737 | +1 |
28 | The Dangerous Crewhip hop | 731 | -1 |
29 | Pattern‐Seeking Animalsprogressive rock | 709 | -9 |
30 | Uniform Choicehardcore punk | 688 | -1 |
31 | Chain of Strengthpunk | 627 | 0 |
32 | Steel Breezerock | 615 | +8 |
33 | Mother Earthblues rock, country rock | 608 | -3 |
34 | The Nerve Agentshardcore punk | 604 | +1 |
34 | Sugartoothalternative rock | 604 | +4 |
36 | Weathersalternative rock | 593 | +8 |
37 | Twilightblack metal | 575 | -4 |
38 | Mrs. Pissindustrial, metal | 552 | +4 |
39 | Brain Drilldeath metal, brutal death metal | 538 | -2 |
40 | Zip Code Rapistspunk rock | 521 | -6 |
41 | LA Possehip hop | 497 | +2 |
42 | Candypower pop | 488 | +4 |
43 | Luskpsychedelic rock | 481 | +5 |
44 | Low Millionspop rock | 474 | +3 |
45 | Bastard Noisepowerviolence, experimental electronic | 450 | -4 |
46 | Mob Figazgangsta rap, hip hop | 435 | -7 |
47 | Brightblack Morning Lightfreak folk | 422 | +8 |
48 | 58rock | 403 | -4 |
49 | From Indian Lakesindie rock, post-rock | 395 | -13 |
50 | The Dread Crew of Oddwoodfolk rock | 379 | +2 |
62 | Litmus Greenpunk | 215 | +16 |
69 | The Womenfolkfolk | 172 | +10 |
52 | Amps for Christavant-folk | 306 | +8 |
89 | Thought Riothardcore punk | 87 | +8 |
88 | Ridel Highpower pop | 90 | +7 |
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.