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The 50 most-read bands based in Edinburgh, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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55 bands are ranked in Edinburgh. The biggest move was Boots for Dancing, up 10 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Waterboysfolk rock, celtic rock | 35,476 | +1 |
02 | Bay City Rollerspop, bubblegum pop | 27,102 | -1 |
03 | Boards of Canadaidm, electronic | 23,348 | 0 |
04 | The Exploitedhardcore punk, punk | 7,829 | 0 |
05 | The Incredible String Bandfolk, psychedelic folk | 5,574 | +1 |
06 | Pilotclassic rock, pop rock | 5,542 | -1 |
07 | The Rezillospunk, new wave | 4,971 | 0 |
08 | Young Fathership hop, pop | 3,734 | +1 |
09 | Idlewildalternative rock, indie rock | 3,513 | -1 |
10 | swim schoolrock, alternative rock | 2,569 | +8 |
11 | We Were Promised Jetpacksindie rock, post-punk revival | 1,944 | -1 |
12 | Holocaustheavy metal, metal | 1,435 | -1 |
13 | Josef Kpost-punk, indie pop | 1,138 | 0 |
14 | Oi Polloianarcho-punk, punk | 1,116 | -2 |
15 | Angelfishrock | 1,021 | -1 |
16 | Cindytalkexperimental rock, industrial rock | 852 | -1 |
17 | Dog Faced Hermansart punk, anarcho-punk | 655 | +2 |
18 | Country Teasersart punk, punk rock | 641 | -1 |
19 | Shop Assistantsc86, indie pop | 613 | +1 |
20 | Scarsart punk, new wave | 610 | +1 |
21 | The Armoury Shownew wave | 600 | -5 |
22 | Dvneprogressive metal, post-metal | 483 | +1 |
23 | Hidden Orchestrajazz, nu jazz | 425 | +1 |
24 | Fire Enginesindie rock, post-punk | 397 | -2 |
25 | The Spook Schoolindie pop, pop punk | 361 | 0 |
26 | Cloudsprogressive pop, progressive rock | 325 | +1 |
27 | Finitribetrance | 294 | -1 |
28 | Salsa Celticafolk, latin | 272 | +1 |
29 | Writing on the Wallhard rock, progressive rock | 249 | +3 |
30 | Boots for Dancingpunk rock | 209 | +10 |
31 | Aberfeldyindie pop, indie rock | 200 | +7 |
32 | Malinkyfolk | 199 | +2 |
32 | Winpop | 199 | +3 |
34 | ballboychamber pop, indie pop | 195 | +2 |
35 | The House Bandfolk | 174 | +4 |
36 | Vistasindie rock | 172 | -8 |
36 | The Flowerspunk | 172 | -6 |
38 | North Atlantic Oscillationcrossover prog | 149 | +3 |
39 | The Wendysindie pop | 144 | -6 |
40 | Broken Recordsindie folk | 138 | -3 |
41 | Dunedin Consortbaroque | 134 | -10 |
42 | Bread, Love and Dreamsbritish folk rock, contemporary folk | 127 | +1 |
43 | The Filthy Tonguesalternative rock, alternative pop | 106 | +3 |
44 | The Magnificentselectro, rock | 105 | +5 |
45 | Dream Disciplesgothic rock | 100 | +2 |
46 | Jesse Garon and the Desperadoesindie pop | 99 | -3 |
47 | The Valvespunk | 94 | -2 |
48 | The Freezepunk | 82 | -6 |
49 | The Happy Familypost-punk | 80 | -1 |
50 | The Birthday Suitindie rock | 66 | +1 |
51 | Keserelectronica | 60 | +3 |
54 | Metropakpost-punk | 15 | +1 |
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.