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The 41 most-read Cardiffian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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41 bands are ranked in Cardiff. The biggest move was Zervas & Pepper, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Budgieheavy metal, hard rock | 11,437 | 0 |
02 | Holding Absencehard rock, post-hardcore | 6,596 | 0 |
03 | Super Furry Animalsindie rock, britpop | 5,963 | 0 |
04 | Catatoniabritpop, indie rock | 5,402 | +1 |
05 | Young Marble Giantspost-punk, indie pop | 2,492 | +3 |
06 | Los Campesinos!indie pop, indie rock | 2,454 | 0 |
07 | Panic Shackindie rock, punk rock | 2,215 | -3 |
08 | mcluskynoise rock, indie rock | 2,184 | -1 |
09 | Freurnew wave | 1,634 | +1 |
10 | Demented Are Go!psychobilly | 1,588 | +1 |
11 | Tigertailzglam metal, metal | 1,283 | +1 |
12 | Love Sculptureblues rock, hard rock | 1,236 | +1 |
13 | Future of the Leftalternative rock, noise rock | 805 | +2 |
14 | Joanna Gruesomealternative rock, indie rock | 758 | -5 |
15 | Kids in Glass Housespop punk, pop rock | 696 | -1 |
16 | The Oppressedoi, punk | 633 | 0 |
17 | People in Planesalternative rock | 443 | 0 |
18 | Helen Loveindie pop, pop punk | 428 | 0 |
19 | HIMALAYASalternative rock, garage rock | 404 | 0 |
20 | Zervas & Pepperfolk rock | 361 | +7 |
21 | Neon Neonelectronic, indie folk | 302 | -1 |
22 | Tredegarheavy metal | 268 | 0 |
23 | Estronsalternative rock | 202 | -2 |
24 | Boy Azoogaindie rock | 187 | +5 |
25 | Jackalternative rock | 179 | +1 |
26 | Until the Ribbon Breakselectronic | 167 | -1 |
27 | Slowly Rolling Cameraelectronica, jazz | 145 | +5 |
28 | MO*HO*BISH*O*PIindie rock | 138 | +2 |
29 | The Schoolpop | 133 | -1 |
30 | Applepsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 129 | -7 |
31 | Godsticksprogressive rock | 124 | -7 |
32 | The Martini Henry Riflesalternative rock, noise | 114 | -1 |
33 | Isletalternative rock, psychedelic pop | 108 | +1 |
34 | The Victorian English Gentlemens Clubindie rock | 70 | 0 |
35 | The Takepunk rock | 65 | +2 |
36 | The Lovespop | 59 | -3 |
37 | The Sun Also Riseschamber folk, psychedelic folk | 48 | +1 |
38 | Shaped by Fatemetalcore | 41 | +1 |
39 | Tiger Pleasealternative rock | 31 | +2 |
40 | Shootin' Goonska punk | 18 | 0 |
41 | Public Disturbancepunk rock | 17 | -5 |
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.