Place
The 38 most-read bands based in Cincinnati, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
Bands
Readers August
New entries
38 bands are ranked in Cincinnati. The biggest move was The Dopamines, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Isley Brothersfunk, soul | 31,565 | 0 |
02 | Black Veil Bridesglam metal, glam rock | 19,023 | 0 |
03 | The Afghan Whigsalternative rock, indie rock | 14,530 | +2 |
04 | Foxy Shazamalternative rock, experimental | 9,243 | 0 |
05 | WALK THE MOONpop rock, dance-rock | 8,598 | -2 |
06 | The Deelecontemporary r&b, pop soul | 4,793 | 0 |
07 | Blessid Union of Soulsalternative rock, pop rock | 4,682 | 0 |
08 | WHY?indie rock | 2,258 | 0 |
09 | Heartless Bastardsblues rock | 2,023 | 0 |
10 | The Greenhornesblues rock, garage rock | 1,175 | +1 |
11 | Over the Rhinefolk, folk rock | 1,150 | -1 |
12 | cLOUDDEADalternative hip hop, abstract hip hop | 1,052 | 0 |
13 | Reflection Eternalhip hop | 943 | +1 |
14 | Chastainheavy metal | 923 | -1 |
15 | Wussyindie rock | 621 | 0 |
16 | Five Deezhip hop | 613 | 0 |
17 | Ass Ponysalternative country, alternative rock | 438 | +1 |
18 | RAMPsoul | 399 | +1 |
19 | Beneath the Skydeathcore, melodic metalcore | 343 | -2 |
20 | The Dopaminespop punk, punk | 284 | +6 |
21 | Pure Essencefunk | 261 | +1 |
22 | Corpus Christimetalcore, christian metal | 252 | -1 |
23 | Tanya Morganhip hop | 223 | -3 |
24 | Close to Homeemocore, alternative metal | 215 | -1 |
25 | Buffalo Killersblues rock, psychedelic rock | 174 | -1 |
26 | Chrome Crankspunk rock | 173 | -1 |
27 | The Opheliasindie folk, indie rock | 170 | +1 |
28 | July for Kingsalternative rock | 157 | +2 |
29 | Prodigalchristian rock | 134 | -2 |
30 | Burning Star Coreavant-garde, drone | 129 | +1 |
31 | Pomegranatesindie rock | 113 | -2 |
32 | Hungry Lucydream pop | 112 | 0 |
33 | The Teardropspop | 107 | -1 |
34 | Frazier Rivercountry | 68 | +2 |
35 | On Bodieshardcore punk | 65 | 0 |
36 | Bad Veinsindie rock | 59 | -2 |
37 | Animal Crackership hop | 52 | 0 |
38 | Spirit and the Bridemetalcore | 21 | 0 |
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.