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The 50 most-read Dubliner bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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82 bands are ranked in Dublin. The biggest move was Abaddon Incarnate, up 9 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Fontaines D.C.post-punk, indie rock | 282,795 | +1 |
02 | U2alternative rock, rock | 116,532 | -1 |
03 | Thin Lizzyhard rock, rock | 51,979 | +1 |
04 | Jedwardpop | 37,043 | -1 |
05 | My Bloody Valentineshoegaze, dream pop | 26,531 | +1 |
06 | Madra Salachfolk | 24,407 | +8 |
07 | Boyzonepop, ballad | 21,681 | 0 |
08 | The Scriptsoft rock, pop rock | 17,324 | -3 |
09 | Gilla Bandnoise rock, post-punk | 12,518 | -1 |
10 | The Dublinersfolk, irish folk | 11,809 | -1 |
11 | B*Witchedeuropop, pop | 9,549 | -1 |
12 | Inhalerrock, alternative rock | 7,112 | +1 |
13 | Skid Rowblues rock, hard rock | 6,361 | -1 |
14 | Lankumdark folk, drone | 6,231 | +2 |
15 | The Chieftainsfolk, irish folk | 5,663 | -4 |
16 | Wolfe Tonesceltic, folk | 4,629 | -1 |
17 | The Framesindie rock, rock | 3,085 | 0 |
18 | Horslipsfolk, folk rock | 2,884 | +4 |
19 | The Bachelorsfolk, folk rock | 2,858 | +1 |
20 | Virgin Prunesgothic rock, art punk | 2,775 | -1 |
21 | Bell X1rock | 2,334 | +2 |
22 | The Swell Seasonindie folk | 2,253 | -4 |
23 | The Scratchceltic punk, metal | 2,202 | -2 |
24 | The Thrillsrock | 1,969 | +1 |
25 | The Murder Capitalpost-punk, post-punk revival | 1,841 | +5 |
26 | Aslanrock, pop rock | 1,656 | -2 |
27 | Whipping Boyindie rock, alternative rock | 1,442 | +4 |
28 | Kílafolk | 1,441 | +6 |
29 | JJ72alternative rock, indie rock | 1,378 | -2 |
30 | Ye Vagabondsfolk | 1,346 | +3 |
31 | SPRINTSalternative rock, garage punk | 1,256 | -3 |
32 | Republic of Looserock | 1,171 | -3 |
33 | Tír na nÓgchamber folk, contemporary folk | 1,142 | +4 |
34 | Cruachanfolk metal, celtic metal | 974 | +1 |
35 | Anamfolk | 883 | -9 |
36 | An Emotional Fishalternative rock | 881 | +3 |
37 | Soda Blondealternative pop, pop | 703 | -5 |
38 | The Wallsrock | 699 | +5 |
39 | Blinkalternative rock | 690 | -1 |
40 | Dr. Strangely Strangecontemporary folk, progressive folk | 647 | +4 |
41 | The Radiators From Spacepost-punk, new wave | 593 | 0 |
42 | Little Green Carsfolk rock, indie rock | 592 | -6 |
43 | Pillow Queensindie rock, pop | 591 | +3 |
44 | A Houserock | 581 | +1 |
45 | The Devlinsindie rock | 551 | -3 |
46 | The Woods Bandcontemporary folk, folk rock | 431 | +2 |
47 | Saint Sistereasy listening, folk | 382 | +4 |
48 | Abaddon Incarnateblack metal, death metal | 359 | +9 |
49 | Cactus World Newsrock | 357 | -2 |
50 | Hermitage Greenfolk rock | 356 | 0 |
62 | The Fleadh Cowboysfolk rock | 144 | +11 |
77 | 3epkanopost-rock | 60 | +4 |
57 | The Lost Brothersblues, country | 196 | +3 |
53 | Paranoid Visionspunk | 245 | +2 |
56 | Mael Mórdhafolk metal, doom metal | 199 | +2 |
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.