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Bands from Columbus

The 33 most-read bands based in Columbus, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

33 bands are ranked in Columbus. The biggest move was McGuffey Lane, up 3 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	twenty one pilotsalternative rock, indie pop	100,041	0
02	STARSETelectronic rock, alternative rock	19,628	0
03	Rascal Flattscountry, contemporary country	16,153	0
04	Beartoothmetalcore, metal	9,704	0
05	Of Mice & Menalternative metal, post-hardcore	8,507	0
06	Like Moths to Flamesmetalcore, post-hardcore	3,984	0
07	Defiance, Ohiofolk punk	1,203	0
08	The Godzhard rock	868	0
09	My Ticket Homenu metal, metalcore	809	0
10	New Bomb Turksindie rock, punk rock	767	+1
11	Saving Janealternative rock, rock	534	+1
12	Saintsenecaindie folk, folk rock	482	+1
13	McGuffey Lanecountry	459	+3
14	Anointedcontemporary christian	446	-4
15	Psychedelic Horseshitshitgaze, lo-fi	384	-1
16	City Lightseasycore, pop punk	369	+1
17	Times New Vikinglo-fi, noise pop	346	-2
18	Early Manmetal	317	+1
19	Watershedpower pop	274	+1
20	The Wakegothic rock	266	-2
21	Symphony in Perilmetalcore	227	0
22	Soul Positionleftfield, underground hip hop	214	0
23	Jacobs Dreamprogressive metal	184	0
24	Flesh Fieldelectronic, industrial	170	+1
25	The Sunindie rock	119	+3
26	Gauntpunk rock	115	+1
27	Howlin’ Maggiealternative rock	112	-1
28	Two Cow Garagealternative country	101	-4
29	Earwigalternative rock	88	0
30	Great Plainsfolk rock	87	+1
31	The Black Swansblues rock	76	-1
32	The Whilesindie rock	31	0
33	Screaming Urgepunk rock	20	0

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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.