Place
The 50 most-read artists based in Dayton, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
Artists
Readers August
New entries
54 artists are ranked in Dayton. The biggest move was Margo Smith, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Van Huntcontemporary r&b, neo soul | 60,799 | +1 |
02 | Kim Dealalternative rock | 37,769 | -1 |
03 | Tommy Jamesrock | 17,658 | +1 |
04 | The Devil Wears Pradametalcore, post-hardcore | 13,773 | -1 |
05 | Kelley Dealrock | 12,228 | +4 |
06 | Ohio Playersfunk, disco | 10,535 | 0 |
07 | Hawthorne Heightsemo, emo pop | 9,693 | 0 |
08 | Guided by Voicesindie rock, lo-fi | 9,157 | -3 |
09 | Sentridohalternative rock, indie rock | 7,867 | -1 |
10 | CeCe Penistondance, pop | 7,109 | 0 |
11 | Billy Strayhornjazz, swing | 6,563 | 0 |
12 | Zappfunk, synth funk | 6,545 | 0 |
13 | Robert Pollardrock | 4,618 | 0 |
14 | Slavefunk, boogie | 3,524 | +1 |
15 | Lakesidefunk, r&b | 3,299 | -1 |
16 | Darrell Robertsheavy metal | 2,977 | +1 |
17 | Steve Arringtonpop | 2,456 | -1 |
18 | Brainiacindie rock | 1,588 | 0 |
19 | Aurracontemporary r&b, boogie | 1,399 | +1 |
20 | The Ampsalternative rock, indie rock | 1,365 | +1 |
21 | Bud Shankjazz, cool jazz | 1,233 | +1 |
22 | Harley Allencountry | 1,163 | -3 |
23 | Margo Smithcountry | 1,093 | +7 |
24 | Tobin Sproutrock | 936 | -1 |
25 | Dead Poeticalternative rock, christian hardcore | 804 | +1 |
26 | Dangerkidsmetal, alternative rock | 795 | -1 |
27 | Snooky Youngjazz | 769 | -3 |
28 | Glenn Worfblues, country | 718 | -1 |
29 | Little Axeblues, electric blues | 646 | +2 |
30 | J. Flexxhip hop | 616 | +2 |
31 | Jasiahpop punk, trap metal | 614 | -3 |
32 | Sundisco, funk | 572 | -3 |
33 | Frank Joseph Myerscountry | 491 | +3 |
34 | Daytonboogie, funk | 467 | +1 |
35 | Giant Clawvaporwave, ambient | 452 | -1 |
36 | Toxic Reasonspunk rock | 380 | -3 |
37 | Mouth of the Architectpost-metal, metal | 370 | +1 |
38 | Dave Carpenterjazz, jazz fusion | 343 | +2 |
39 | J.C. Heardjazz | 338 | +3 |
40 | Faze‐Ofunk, r&b | 334 | -3 |
41 | Twelve Tribesmetalcore | 312 | -2 |
42 | Monaalternative rock | 305 | -1 |
43 | Robin Crutchfieldno wave | 247 | 0 |
44 | Morella’s Forestnoise pop | 230 | 0 |
45 | Boston Spaceshipsrock | 209 | 0 |
46 | Tim Haganshard bop, jazz | 143 | +1 |
47 | Little Miss Cornshucksjazz | 140 | -1 |
48 | Steve Weingartjazz, contemporary jazz | 126 | 0 |
49 | Chuck Deardorfjazz, contemporary jazz | 66 | +2 |
50 | A Day in the Lifeemo pop, emo | 58 | 0 |
53 | Brandon Rikechristian rock | 28 | +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.