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Artists from Dayton

The 50 most-read artists based in Dayton, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

54 artists are ranked in Dayton. The biggest move was Mona, up 5 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Van Huntcontemporary r&b, neo soul	73,409	+1
02	Kim Dealalternative rock	25,543	-1
03	The Devil Wears Pradametalcore, post-hardcore	12,767	0
04	Tommy Jamesrock	12,239	0
05	Hawthorne Heightsemo, emo pop	10,626	+4
06	Guided by Voicesindie rock, lo-fi	9,258	0
07	Ohio Playersfunk, disco	8,290	-2
08	Kelley Dealrock	8,022	0
09	Sentridohalternative rock, indie rock	7,460	-2
10	Billy Strayhornjazz, swing	6,978	+1
11	CeCe Penistondance, pop	6,891	-1
12	Zappfunk, synth funk	5,982	0
13	Robert Pollardrock	4,361	0
14	Lakesidefunk, r&b	2,865	0
15	Slavefunk, boogie	2,481	0
16	Darrell Robertsheavy metal	2,086	0
17	Steve Arringtonpop	1,801	0
18	Brainiacindie rock	1,335	0
19	Aurracontemporary r&b, boogie	1,158	0
20	Bud Shankjazz, cool jazz	1,055	0
21	Tobin Sproutrock	911	+1
22	The Ampsalternative rock, indie rock	881	-1
23	Dead Poeticalternative rock, christian hardcore	842	+1
24	Glenn Worfblues, country	788	+1
25	Dangerkidsmetal, alternative rock	712	-2
26	Snooky Youngjazz	684	+1
27	Harley Allencountry	676	+1
28	Margo Smithcountry	622	-2
29	Sundisco, funk	545	+2
30	Little Axeblues, electric blues	519	+2
31	Daytonboogie, funk	509	-2
32	Jasiahpop punk, trap metal	507	+2
33	Giant Clawvaporwave, ambient	495	+2
34	J. Flexxhip hop	466	-4
35	Frank Joseph Myerscountry	381	-2
36	Monaalternative rock	332	+5
37	Toxic Reasonspunk rock	315	+2
38	Mouth of the Architectpost-metal, metal	295	-1
39	Dave Carpenterjazz, jazz fusion	285	-3
40	Faze‐Ofunk, r&b	266	-2
41	J.C. Heardjazz	258	+2
42	Twelve Tribesmetalcore	228	-2
43	Robin Crutchfieldno wave	225	-1
44	Morella’s Forestnoise pop	218	0
45	Tim Haganshard bop, jazz	196	+1
46	Little Miss Cornshucksjazz	171	+1
47	Boston Spaceshipsrock	170	-2
48	Steve Weingartjazz, contemporary jazz	154	0
49	Banu Gibsonjazz	73	+1
50	Chuck Deardorfjazz, contemporary jazz	66	-1

Rising outside the top 50this month

51	A Day in the Lifeemo pop, emo	45	+2
51	Cynthia Laynejazz	45	+1

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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.