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The 50 most-read artists based in Edinburgh, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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107 artists are ranked in Edinburgh. The biggest move was swim school, up 17 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Waterboysfolk rock, celtic rock | 35,476 | +4 |
02 | Stuart Sutclifferock | 30,085 | -1 |
03 | Bay City Rollerspop, bubblegum pop | 27,102 | -1 |
04 | Shirley Mansonalternative rock, rock | 24,337 | 0 |
05 | Boards of Canadaidm, electronic | 23,348 | +1 |
06 | KT Tunstallfolk, alternative rock | 20,464 | -3 |
07 | Mike Scottrock | 11,133 | +1 |
08 | Edwyn Collinspop rock, pop | 9,388 | +1 |
09 | The Exploitedhardcore punk, punk | 7,829 | +1 |
10 | Stuart Woodrock | 6,333 | +2 |
11 | Davey Johnstonehard rock | 5,825 | 0 |
12 | The Incredible String Bandfolk, psychedelic folk | 5,574 | +2 |
13 | Pilotclassic rock, pop rock | 5,542 | 0 |
14 | Barry Can’t Swimelectronic, jazz | 5,017 | +1 |
15 | The Rezillospunk, new wave | 4,971 | +1 |
16 | David Patonrock, soft rock | 4,818 | +3 |
17 | Mike Barsonska | 4,720 | +1 |
18 | William McGonagallpoetry | 4,350 | -1 |
19 | Nina Nesbittpop, rock | 4,083 | -12 |
20 | Young Fathership hop, pop | 3,734 | +1 |
21 | Idlewildalternative rock, indie rock | 3,513 | -1 |
22 | Chris Connellyindustrial | 3,094 | +1 |
23 | Finley Quayeelectronic | 2,954 | -1 |
24 | swim schoolrock, alternative rock | 2,569 | +17 |
25 | Anekapop | 2,529 | -1 |
26 | Jamie Muirjazz | 2,375 | 0 |
27 | Licorice McKechniefolk | 2,183 | -2 |
28 | We Were Promised Jetpacksindie rock, post-punk revival | 1,944 | 0 |
29 | Robin Williamsonfolk | 1,806 | -2 |
30 | Holocaustheavy metal, metal | 1,435 | +1 |
31 | Dot Allisontrip hop | 1,370 | -1 |
32 | Josef Kpost-punk, indie pop | 1,138 | +2 |
33 | Oi Polloianarcho-punk, punk | 1,116 | -1 |
34 | Angelfishrock | 1,021 | +2 |
35 | King Biscuit Timeindie pop | 999 | -2 |
36 | Thea Musgraveclassical, contemporary classical | 970 | -7 |
37 | The Pictish Trailfolk, electronic | 945 | +16 |
38 | Phil Cunninghamfolk, celtic | 931 | -3 |
39 | Donald Runniclesclassical | 912 | +5 |
40 | Cindytalkexperimental rock, industrial rock | 852 | -2 |
41 | Dog Faced Hermansart punk, anarcho-punk | 655 | +2 |
42 | Country Teasersart punk, punk rock | 641 | -2 |
43 | Paul Haigindie rock | 624 | -1 |
44 | Shop Assistantsc86, indie pop | 613 | +1 |
45 | Scarsart punk, new wave | 610 | +1 |
46 | The Armoury Shownew wave | 600 | -7 |
47 | Johnny Cunninghamfolk | 531 | +4 |
48 | Peter Gregsonclassical, avant-garde | 525 | -11 |
49 | Dvneprogressive metal, post-metal | 483 | +1 |
50 | Tommy Smithcontemporary jazz, jazz | 439 | -1 |
65 | Boots for Dancingpunk rock | 209 | +16 |
85 | The Magnificentselectro, rock | 105 | +12 |
66 | Aberfeldyindie pop, indie rock | 200 | +8 |
75 | North Atlantic Oscillationcrossover prog | 149 | +8 |
99 | Keserelectronica | 60 | +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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.