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The 47 most-read English bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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47 bands are ranked in England. The biggest move was The Cross, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | New Hope Clubindie rock, pop | 20,951 | +1 |
02 | The Wanteddance-pop, electropop | 20,071 | -1 |
03 | The Smileart rock, post-punk | 12,313 | 0 |
04 | The Vampspop | 7,092 | +1 |
05 | The Firmrock | 6,630 | -1 |
06 | The Crossdance-rock, hard rock | 4,320 | +4 |
07 | Samsonnwobhm, heavy metal | 3,922 | -1 |
08 | The Firemanrock | 3,679 | -1 |
09 | Opus IIIdream trance, electronic | 2,154 | 0 |
10 | No‐Manart rock, art pop | 1,632 | +1 |
11 | Ryderpop | 1,597 | +2 |
12 | Tailgunnerheavy metal, nwobhm | 1,494 | -4 |
13 | The K’sindie rock | 1,385 | +1 |
14 | Lawsonpop rock | 1,350 | +1 |
15 | Soulsaversgospel, indie rock | 1,346 | +1 |
16 | Worlds Apartdance-pop, europop | 1,169 | +1 |
17 | Spizzoilpunk, new wave | 929 | +2 |
18 | Frost*neo-progressive rock, progressive rock | 926 | 0 |
19 | Landscapesynth-pop, brit funk | 852 | +1 |
20 | Brewers Droopblues rock | 820 | +1 |
21 | Nine Horsesalternative rock, ambient pop | 591 | +4 |
22 | Grand Prixhard rock | 522 | +1 |
23 | Monsoonprogressive rock | 509 | -1 |
24 | Jack the Ladfolk rock | 496 | 0 |
25 | A1 x J1pop rap, contemporary r&b | 473 | +1 |
26 | Voyagerprogressive rock | 429 | +4 |
27 | Paladinprogressive rock | 370 | -15 |
28 | Gorerotteddeathgrind, death metal | 353 | 0 |
29 | Wallysoft rock, progressive rock | 323 | -2 |
30 | Iceindustrial hip hop | 272 | +1 |
31 | Me Me Mebritpop | 265 | -2 |
32 | Radical Dance Factiondub, post-punk | 223 | 0 |
33 | The Quicknew wave | 211 | +2 |
34 | Summer Campindie pop, contemporary r&b | 208 | -1 |
35 | How We Livenew wave | 203 | -1 |
36 | Belle & the Devotionspop | 189 | 0 |
37 | Homerock | 147 | +1 |
38 | Vex’ddubstep, uk garage | 142 | -1 |
39 | Savage Progresspop | 108 | 0 |
40 | The Bottletop Bandindie rock | 105 | +2 |
41 | Tinyfishcrossover prog, progressive rock | 89 | 0 |
42 | Futuristic Polar Bearsedm, electro house | 79 | -2 |
43 | Mainstreamalternative rock | 73 | +1 |
44 | The Rainbandindie rock | 60 | -1 |
45 | The Quantic Soul Orchestrajazz | 49 | 0 |
46 | Vienna Dittoelectronica, rockabilly | 35 | +1 |
47 | Secret Greenprogressive rock | 29 | -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.