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The 50 most-read artists based in Edinburgh, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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107 artists are ranked in Edinburgh. The biggest move was Thea Musgrave, up 14 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Stuart Sutclifferock | 62,132 | +3 |
02 | Shirley Mansonalternative rock, rock | 34,432 | 0 |
03 | The Waterboysfolk rock, celtic rock | 29,494 | +3 |
04 | Boards of Canadaidm, electronic | 29,411 | -1 |
05 | KT Tunstallfolk, alternative rock | 27,726 | -4 |
06 | Bay City Rollerspop, bubblegum pop | 26,552 | -1 |
07 | Edwyn Collinspop rock, pop | 11,561 | +1 |
08 | Mike Scottrock | 10,207 | +1 |
09 | The Exploitedhardcore punk, punk | 7,197 | +2 |
10 | The Incredible String Bandfolk, psychedelic folk | 6,691 | 0 |
11 | The Rezillospunk, new wave | 6,168 | +10 |
12 | Nina Nesbittpop, rock | 5,953 | -5 |
13 | Pilotclassic rock, pop rock | 5,652 | 0 |
14 | Stuart Woodrock | 5,632 | -2 |
15 | Barry Can’t Swimelectronic, jazz | 5,495 | 0 |
16 | Davey Johnstonehard rock | 5,125 | +1 |
17 | Mike Barsonska | 4,949 | +2 |
18 | Finley Quayeelectronic | 4,896 | +2 |
19 | David Patonrock, soft rock | 4,451 | -3 |
20 | William McGonagallpoetry | 4,077 | -6 |
21 | Young Fathership hop, pop | 3,672 | +2 |
22 | Idlewildalternative rock, indie rock | 3,647 | -4 |
23 | Chris Connellyindustrial | 3,126 | +1 |
24 | Anekapop | 3,068 | +1 |
25 | Thea Musgraveclassical, contemporary classical | 3,027 | +14 |
26 | Licorice McKechniefolk | 2,458 | -4 |
27 | Jamie Muirjazz | 2,220 | +2 |
28 | We Were Promised Jetpacksindie rock, post-punk revival | 2,084 | -1 |
29 | Robin Williamsonfolk | 1,939 | -1 |
30 | Dot Allisontrip hop | 1,932 | +3 |
31 | Oi Polloianarcho-punk, punk | 1,711 | +1 |
32 | Holocaustheavy metal, metal | 1,691 | -1 |
33 | King Biscuit Timeindie pop | 1,388 | -7 |
34 | Angelfishrock | 1,339 | -4 |
35 | swim schoolrock, alternative rock | 1,302 | +7 |
36 | Josef Kpost-punk, indie pop | 1,187 | -1 |
37 | Cindytalkexperimental rock, industrial rock | 973 | 0 |
38 | Phil Cunninghamfolk, celtic | 918 | -4 |
39 | Peter Gregsonclassical, avant-garde | 907 | -3 |
40 | Country Teasersart punk, punk rock | 790 | 0 |
41 | The Pictish Trailfolk, electronic | 720 | +6 |
42 | Shop Assistantsc86, indie pop | 669 | +2 |
43 | Scarsart punk, new wave | 656 | -2 |
44 | The Armoury Shownew wave | 654 | +4 |
45 | Paul Haigindie rock | 625 | -2 |
46 | Donald Runniclesclassical | 600 | +5 |
47 | Dog Faced Hermansart punk, anarcho-punk | 583 | -9 |
48 | Jean Redpathfolk | 537 | +4 |
49 | Fire Enginesindie rock, post-punk | 525 | -3 |
50 | Johnny Cunninghamfolk | 517 | -5 |
51 | The Spook Schoolindie pop, pop punk | 440 | +23 |
70 | Dvneprogressive metal, post-metal | 193 | +16 |
73 | The House Bandfolk | 143 | +8 |
75 | Alison Kinnairdfolk | 133 | +8 |
66 | Aberfeldyindie pop, indie rock | 220 | +7 |
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.