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The 41 most-read bands based in Cardiff, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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41 bands are ranked in Cardiff. The biggest move was Boy Azooga, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Super Furry Animalsindie rock, britpop | 13,054 | 0 |
02 | Budgieheavy metal, hard rock | 11,632 | 0 |
03 | Catatoniabritpop, indie rock | 5,793 | 0 |
04 | Holding Absencehard rock, post-hardcore | 5,598 | 0 |
05 | Panic Shackindie rock, punk rock | 4,714 | +2 |
06 | Young Marble Giantspost-punk, indie pop | 3,231 | -1 |
07 | Los Campesinos!indie pop, indie rock | 2,724 | -1 |
08 | mcluskynoise rock, indie rock | 2,581 | 0 |
09 | Freurnew wave | 1,507 | +4 |
10 | Tigertailzglam metal, metal | 1,406 | -1 |
11 | Demented Are Go!psychobilly | 1,266 | -1 |
12 | Love Sculptureblues rock, hard rock | 1,248 | -1 |
13 | Future of the Leftalternative rock, noise rock | 822 | -1 |
14 | Kids in Glass Housespop punk, pop rock | 730 | +1 |
15 | The Oppressedoi, punk | 709 | -1 |
16 | People in Planesalternative rock | 643 | 0 |
17 | Joanna Gruesomealternative rock, indie rock | 542 | +1 |
18 | HIMALAYASalternative rock, garage rock | 434 | -1 |
19 | Helen Loveindie pop, pop punk | 430 | +1 |
20 | Neon Neonelectronic, indie folk | 428 | -1 |
21 | Estronsalternative rock | 335 | +2 |
22 | Jackalternative rock | 296 | -1 |
23 | Tredegarheavy metal | 287 | -1 |
24 | Until the Ribbon Breakselectronic | 193 | +1 |
25 | Slowly Rolling Cameraelectronica, jazz | 175 | +5 |
26 | Boy Azoogaindie rock | 167 | +6 |
27 | Applepsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 151 | -1 |
28 | The Martini Henry Riflesalternative rock, noise | 148 | +1 |
29 | Godsticksprogressive rock | 144 | -2 |
30 | MO*HO*BISH*O*PIindie rock | 141 | -6 |
31 | Zervas & Pepperfolk rock | 130 | 0 |
32 | The Schoolpop | 127 | -4 |
33 | The Lovespop | 106 | 0 |
34 | The Victorian English Gentlemens Clubindie rock | 81 | +3 |
35 | Isletalternative rock, psychedelic pop | 76 | -1 |
36 | Shaped by Fatemetalcore | 63 | 0 |
37 | The Takepunk rock | 51 | -2 |
38 | Public Disturbancepunk rock | 45 | +3 |
39 | The Sun Also Riseschamber folk, psychedelic folk | 44 | -1 |
39 | Shootin' Goonska punk | 44 | 0 |
41 | Tiger Pleasealternative rock | 29 | -1 |
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.