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The 50 most-read bands based in Edinburgh, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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55 bands are ranked in Edinburgh. The biggest move was The Spook School, up 13 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Waterboysfolk rock, celtic rock | 29,494 | +2 |
02 | Boards of Canadaidm, electronic | 29,411 | -1 |
03 | Bay City Rollerspop, bubblegum pop | 26,552 | -1 |
04 | The Exploitedhardcore punk, punk | 7,197 | +1 |
05 | The Incredible String Bandfolk, psychedelic folk | 6,691 | -1 |
06 | The Rezillospunk, new wave | 6,168 | +2 |
07 | Pilotclassic rock, pop rock | 5,652 | -1 |
08 | Young Fathership hop, pop | 3,672 | +1 |
09 | Idlewildalternative rock, indie rock | 3,647 | -2 |
10 | We Were Promised Jetpacksindie rock, post-punk revival | 2,084 | 0 |
11 | Oi Polloianarcho-punk, punk | 1,711 | +2 |
12 | Holocaustheavy metal, metal | 1,691 | 0 |
13 | Angelfishrock | 1,339 | -2 |
14 | swim schoolrock, alternative rock | 1,302 | +5 |
15 | Josef Kpost-punk, indie pop | 1,187 | -1 |
16 | Cindytalkexperimental rock, industrial rock | 973 | -1 |
17 | Country Teasersart punk, punk rock | 790 | 0 |
18 | Shop Assistantsc86, indie pop | 669 | +2 |
19 | Scarsart punk, new wave | 656 | -1 |
20 | The Armoury Shownew wave | 654 | +2 |
21 | Dog Faced Hermansart punk, anarcho-punk | 583 | -5 |
22 | Fire Enginesindie rock, post-punk | 525 | -1 |
23 | The Spook Schoolindie pop, pop punk | 440 | +13 |
24 | Hidden Orchestrajazz, nu jazz | 401 | -1 |
25 | Finitribetrance | 342 | -1 |
26 | Salsa Celticafolk, latin | 300 | 0 |
27 | Cloudsprogressive pop, progressive rock | 290 | -2 |
28 | The Flowerspunk | 286 | +2 |
29 | Vistasindie rock | 278 | -1 |
30 | Writing on the Wallhard rock, progressive rock | 254 | -3 |
31 | Winpop | 232 | 0 |
32 | Aberfeldyindie pop, indie rock | 220 | +3 |
33 | Malinkyfolk | 195 | -4 |
34 | Dvneprogressive metal, post-metal | 193 | +10 |
35 | ballboychamber pop, indie pop | 185 | -1 |
36 | The House Bandfolk | 143 | +4 |
37 | The Filthy Tonguesalternative rock, alternative pop | 135 | -4 |
38 | The Freezepunk | 133 | +1 |
38 | Broken Recordsindie folk | 133 | -6 |
40 | North Atlantic Oscillationcrossover prog | 132 | +1 |
41 | The Valvespunk | 127 | -4 |
42 | The Wendysindie pop | 124 | -4 |
43 | Bread, Love and Dreamsbritish folk rock, contemporary folk | 116 | +2 |
44 | Dunedin Consortbaroque | 113 | -2 |
45 | Dream Disciplesgothic rock | 111 | +1 |
46 | Boots for Dancingpunk rock | 108 | -3 |
47 | Jesse Garon and the Desperadoesindie pop | 106 | +2 |
48 | The Happy Familypost-punk | 102 | 0 |
49 | The Magnificentselectro, rock | 88 | -2 |
50 | The Birthday Suitindie rock | 58 | 0 |
51 | Futuristic Retro Championselectropop | 50 | +1 |
52 | Keserelectronica | 43 | +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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.