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French Bands

The 50 most-read French bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

146 bands are ranked in France. The biggest move was SLIFT, up 13 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Daft Punkelectronic, house	95,939	0
02	Justiceelectro house, electro	60,053	+6
03	M83dream pop, electronic	25,501	-1
04	KMFDMindustrial rock, electro-industrial	25,015	+1
05	Gojiraprogressive metal, death metal	25,009	-1
06	Gipsy Kingsflamenco, rumba catalana	22,941	0
07	NOVELISTSmetalcore, progressive metalcore	14,189	0
08	Phoenixindie pop, pop rock	11,659	+1
09	Airelectronic, downtempo	10,945	+1
10	Alcestblackgaze, shoegaze	10,508	+1
11	SKÁLDpagan folk	10,132	+11
12	Aphrodite’s Childprogressive rock, psychedelic pop	8,073	+2
13	Les Twinship hop	7,191	0
14	Peste Noireblack metal, avant-garde metal	6,362	+6
15	Eihwarelectro, neofolk	5,970	+8
16	Deep Forestambient, electronic	5,746	+11
17	Videoclubelectropop	5,615	0
18	Magmazeuhl, progressive rock	5,231	-3
19	Nouvelle Vaguebossa nova, lounge	4,968	+5
20	Modjofrench house, house	4,966	-2
21	Polo & Panelectropop, electronic	4,870	-9
22	SLIFTspace rock, psychedelic rock	4,702	+13
23	L’Impératricenu disco, pop	4,301	-2
24	Les Rita Mitsoukopop rock, rock	4,169	-21
25	Caravan Palaceelectro swing, electro house	4,071	0
26	Ottawandisco, pop	3,856	-10
27	Lilly Wood and The Prickalternative rock, folk	3,587	-8
28	Eranew age, ambient	3,420	+2
29	PNLcloud rap	3,318	+4
30	Deathspell Omegablack metal, dissonant black metal	3,306	+1
31	Natural Snow Buildingsdrone, ambient	3,159	+6
32	The Blazeelectronic, french house	3,072	+2
33	Cassiuselectronic, french house	3,069	+5
34	Le Groupe des Sixclassical, modern classical	2,943	-2
35	Kaomadance, lambada	2,813	-7
36	Noir Désirrock, alternative rock	2,765	+5
37	CocoRosiefreak folk, avant-garde pop	2,757	+3
38	LANDMVRKSmetalcore, post-hardcore	2,748	-12
39	La Femmepsychedelic, coldwave	2,602	-10
40	Mano Negraalternative rock, folk punk	2,469	-4
41	Indochinenew wave, pop rock	2,442	+2
42	Sheila & B. Devotiondisco, space disco	2,366	0
43	Santa Esmeraldaeuro-disco, disco	2,337	+4
44	Spacespace disco, electronic	2,334	+4
45	Ibeyicontemporary r&b, soul	2,264	-2
46	Melody’s Echo Chamberdream pop, indie pop	2,142	-1
47	Sinsaenumdeath metal, metal	2,099	-1
48	Yelleelectropop, pop	1,839	-9
49	One‐Thip hop	1,323	0
50	Rocketsspace rock, rock	1,191	+1

Rising outside the top 50this month

60	Collection d’Arnell~Andréacoldwave, dark wave	628	+82
96	Casseurs Flowterscomedy hip hop, hip hop	337	+48
101	Les Double Sixjazz	297	+28
100	Ensemble Pygmalionclassical	311	+23
70	Lunatichip hop	515	+21

Adjacent scenes

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.