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The 50 most-read bands based in Dublin, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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82 bands are ranked in Dublin. The biggest move was Alphastates, up 62 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Fontaines D.C.post-punk, indie rock | 154,076 | +4 |
02 | U2alternative rock, rock | 88,758 | -1 |
03 | Thin Lizzyhard rock, rock | 56,709 | 0 |
04 | The Framesindie rock, rock | 47,157 | -2 |
05 | The Scriptsoft rock, pop rock | 44,707 | +1 |
06 | The Swell Seasonindie folk | 32,811 | -2 |
07 | Jedwardpop | 32,259 | +1 |
08 | My Bloody Valentineshoegaze, dream pop | 30,357 | -1 |
09 | Boyzonepop, ballad | 19,622 | 0 |
10 | The Dublinersfolk, irish folk | 14,884 | +1 |
11 | B*Witchedeuropop, pop | 11,759 | -1 |
12 | Wolfe Tonesceltic, folk | 7,251 | 0 |
13 | Skid Rowblues rock, hard rock | 7,115 | 0 |
14 | The Chieftainsfolk, irish folk | 6,588 | +1 |
15 | Inhalerrock, alternative rock | 6,249 | -1 |
16 | Alphastateselectropop, indie pop | 4,855 | +62 |
17 | Lankumdark folk, drone | 4,233 | 0 |
18 | The Scratchceltic punk, metal | 4,211 | +2 |
19 | The Bachelorsfolk, folk rock | 3,917 | -3 |
20 | Madra Salachfolk | 3,526 | +25 |
21 | JJ72alternative rock, indie rock | 3,246 | +7 |
22 | Bell X1rock | 2,985 | -3 |
23 | Kílafolk | 2,880 | +3 |
24 | Horslipsfolk, folk rock | 2,783 | -3 |
25 | The Thrillsrock | 2,713 | -2 |
26 | Virgin Prunesgothic rock, art punk | 2,679 | -2 |
27 | Aslanrock, pop rock | 2,632 | -5 |
28 | Gilla Bandnoise rock, post-punk | 2,500 | -10 |
29 | SPRINTSalternative rock, garage punk | 2,408 | -2 |
30 | Whipping Boyindie rock, alternative rock | 1,557 | -5 |
31 | The Murder Capitalpost-punk, post-punk revival | 1,467 | -2 |
32 | Cruachanfolk metal, celtic metal | 1,309 | +1 |
33 | Ye Vagabondsfolk | 1,259 | -3 |
34 | Republic of Looserock | 1,119 | +1 |
34 | Tír na nÓgchamber folk, contemporary folk | 1,119 | -3 |
36 | An Emotional Fishalternative rock | 1,052 | 0 |
37 | OTTpop | 1,035 | +11 |
38 | Soda Blondealternative pop, pop | 982 | -6 |
39 | A Houserock | 927 | +2 |
40 | Blinkalternative rock | 916 | 0 |
41 | Little Green Carsfolk rock, indie rock | 907 | -4 |
42 | Anamfolk | 897 | -4 |
43 | The Wallsrock | 773 | +1 |
44 | Dr. Strangely Strangecontemporary folk, progressive folk | 637 | -10 |
45 | The Devlinsindie rock | 579 | -4 |
46 | The Radiators From Spacepost-punk, new wave | 531 | 0 |
47 | Hermitage Greenfolk rock | 518 | -8 |
48 | Pillow Queensindie rock, pop | 478 | -5 |
49 | Cactus World Newsrock | 466 | +1 |
50 | Overhead, the Albatrosspost-rock | 455 | +2 |
55 | Sackalternative rock | 246 | +10 |
61 | The Stars of Heavenindie pop | 158 | +10 |
54 | Paranoid Visionspunk | 266 | +4 |
59 | The Urgesgarage rock | 201 | +4 |
76 | Boss Volentirock | 56 | +4 |
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.