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The 49 most-read Chicagoan bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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49 bands are ranked in Chicago. The biggest move was Fruit Bats, up 19 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Smashing Pumpkinsalternative rock, dream pop | 155,150 | 0 |
02 | Chicagorock, soft rock | 64,954 | +1 |
03 | Earth, Wind & Firefunk, soul | 48,380 | -1 |
04 | Styxprogressive rock, hard rock | 47,277 | 0 |
05 | Ministryindustrial metal, industrial rock | 36,555 | +2 |
06 | Plain White T’sacoustic rock, alternative rock | 27,049 | 0 |
07 | Rise Againstmelodic hardcore, punk rock | 23,345 | +1 |
08 | Wilcoalternative rock, folk rock | 21,622 | +1 |
09 | Deep Blue Dreamindustrial metal | 17,355 | +1 |
10 | Survivorhard rock, rock | 17,327 | +1 |
11 | Veruca Saltalternative rock, grunge | 13,069 | +2 |
12 | OK Goalternative rock, indie rock | 10,023 | +2 |
13 | Russian Circlespost-rock, post-metal | 10,009 | +2 |
14 | Rufusfunk, contemporary r&b | 9,362 | -2 |
15 | Five Stairstepschicago soul | 7,521 | +3 |
16 | The Staple Singerssoul, gospel | 7,347 | +1 |
17 | Brigitte Calls Me Babyjangle pop, new wave | 7,235 | -1 |
18 | Spanky & Our Gangsunshine pop | 6,632 | +1 |
19 | Disturbedalternative metal, nu metal | 6,286 | -14 |
20 | Covenhard rock, occult rock | 5,985 | +5 |
21 | The Emotionsdisco, chicago soul | 5,971 | +5 |
22 | Tortoisepost-rock, instrumental | 5,848 | -1 |
23 | The Handsome Familyamericana, gothic country | 5,366 | +4 |
24 | Krewellaedm, electro house | 5,237 | -4 |
25 | Pigfaceindustrial rock, electronic | 5,202 | -2 |
26 | Dwarvespunk rock, garage punk | 5,020 | +6 |
27 | Fruit Batsindie folk | 5,019 | +19 |
28 | The Impressionsdoo-wop, chicago soul | 4,818 | +2 |
29 | Screeching Weaselpop punk, skate punk | 4,723 | +2 |
30 | The Chi‐Litessoul, contemporary r&b | 4,712 | -6 |
31 | Revolting Cocksindustrial, rock | 4,655 | +4 |
32 | My Life With the Thrill Kill Kultindustrial, electronic | 4,487 | +5 |
33 | Urge Overkillalternative rock, hard rock | 4,483 | -11 |
34 | The Paul Butterfield Blues Bandblues rock, chicago blues | 4,429 | 0 |
35 | SOiLalternative metal, hard rock | 4,407 | +7 |
36 | Veil of Mayadeathcore, metalcore | 4,215 | -7 |
37 | Shellacmath rock, post-hardcore | 4,054 | -1 |
38 | The Buckinghamssunshine pop, baroque pop | 3,975 | -5 |
39 | Harm’s Wayhardcore punk, industrial metal | 3,851 | -11 |
40 | Beach Bunnyindie pop, indie rock | 3,651 | +3 |
41 | Do or Diehip hop | 3,477 | -1 |
42 | The Academy Is…pop punk, indie rock | 3,435 | -3 |
43 | Pelicanpost-metal, instrumental | 3,333 | +1 |
44 | The Flamingosdoo-wop, pop soul | 3,274 | +1 |
45 | Horsegirlindie rock, shoegaze | 3,189 | -7 |
46 | Pixel Gripebm, dark wave | 2,766 | +3 |
47 | Rapemanpunk rock | 2,749 | 0 |
48 | Knuckle Puckemo, punk | 2,698 | -7 |
49 | Naked Raygunpost-hardcore, punk rock | 2,642 | -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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.