Place
The 17 most-read bands based in Essex, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
Bands
Readers August
New entries
17 bands are ranked in Essex. The biggest move was Nitzer Ebb, up 1 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Gorillazelectronic, alternative rock | 127,068 | 0 |
02 | Nitzer Ebbebm, industrial | 7,282 | +1 |
03 | The Dooleyspop | 3,023 | -1 |
04 | Disco Infernoindie rock, experimental rock | 1,272 | 0 |
05 | The Recordsnew wave | 1,038 | 0 |
06 | Sunscreemelectronic, acid house | 753 | 0 |
07 | Cats in Spacepower pop, rock | 716 | +1 |
08 | Ultramarineelectronic | 407 | +1 |
09 | The Bohicasgarage punk, post-punk | 346 | -2 |
10 | Headswimart rock, alternative rock | 237 | 0 |
11 | Empirionebm, electronica | 197 | 0 |
12 | The Symbolspop | 136 | 0 |
13 | Poloroidtrip hop | 128 | 0 |
14 | Fei Comodopunk rock | 85 | +1 |
15 | Darwynrock | 76 | -1 |
16 | Angelglam rock | 71 | 0 |
17 | BlackCarbritpop | 9 | 0 |
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.