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The 47 most-read bands based in England, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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47 bands are ranked in England. 1 entered the top 50 this month. The biggest move was Tailgunner, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Wanteddance-pop, electropop | 25,150 | 0 |
02 | New Hope Clubindie rock, pop | 16,339 | 0 |
03 | The Smileart rock, post-punk | 8,937 | 0 |
04 | The Firmrock | 8,311 | +1 |
05 | The Vampspop | 7,675 | -1 |
06 | Tailgunnerheavy metal, nwobhm | 4,951 | +2 |
07 | Samsonnwobhm, heavy metal | 3,731 | 0 |
08 | The Firemanrock | 3,379 | +1 |
09 | The K’sindie rock | 3,272 | -3 |
10 | Opus IIIdream trance, electronic | 2,404 | +2 |
11 | Ryderpop | 1,605 | 0 |
12 | Lawsonpop rock | 1,531 | -2 |
13 | No‐Manart rock, art pop | 1,460 | 0 |
14 | Soulsaversgospel, indie rock | 1,352 | 0 |
15 | The Crossdance-rock, hard rock | 1,350 | +1 |
16 | Worlds Apartdance-pop, europop | 1,205 | -1 |
17 | Spizzoilpunk, new wave | 1,199 | 0 |
18 | Landscapesynth-pop, brit funk | 1,162 | 0 |
19 | Brewers Droopblues rock | 929 | 0 |
20 | Frost*neo-progressive rock, progressive rock | 762 | NEW |
21 | Grand Prixhard rock | 611 | 0 |
22 | Monsoonprogressive rock | 597 | +2 |
23 | A1 x J1pop rap, contemporary r&b | 588 | 0 |
24 | Jack the Ladfolk rock | 543 | -2 |
25 | Nine Horsesalternative rock, ambient pop | 500 | 0 |
26 | Paladinprogressive rock | 488 | 0 |
27 | Me Me Mebritpop | 395 | +1 |
28 | Voyagerprogressive rock | 388 | -8 |
29 | Radical Dance Factiondub, post-punk | 327 | 0 |
30 | Iceindustrial hip hop | 302 | 0 |
31 | Gorerotteddeathgrind, death metal | 300 | -4 |
32 | Wallysoft rock, progressive rock | 282 | -1 |
33 | Summer Campindie pop, contemporary r&b | 231 | +1 |
33 | The Quicknew wave | 231 | -1 |
35 | Belle & the Devotionspop | 218 | -2 |
36 | How We Livenew wave | 189 | -1 |
37 | Homerock | 161 | +1 |
38 | Vex’ddubstep, uk garage | 141 | -2 |
39 | Savage Progresspop | 126 | -2 |
40 | The Bottletop Bandindie rock | 123 | -1 |
41 | Tinyfishcrossover prog, progressive rock | 98 | +1 |
42 | Futuristic Polar Bearsedm, electro house | 95 | -2 |
43 | Mainstreamalternative rock | 62 | 0 |
44 | The Rainbandindie rock | 57 | 0 |
45 | The Quantic Soul Orchestrajazz | 49 | -4 |
46 | Vienna Dittoelectronica, rockabilly | 43 | -1 |
47 | Secret Greenprogressive rock | 32 | -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.