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The 34 most-read artists based in Gainesville, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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34 artists are ranked in Gainesville. The biggest move was Marcus Strickland, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Tom Pettyrock, heartland rock | 134,428 | 0 |
02 | Don Felderrock | 109,145 | 0 |
03 | Desmond Childdisco, hard rock | 30,806 | +1 |
04 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakersrock, heartland rock | 22,171 | -1 |
05 | Charles Bradleysoul, funk | 9,321 | +2 |
06 | Against Me!punk rock, punk | 8,290 | 0 |
07 | Benmont Tenchrock | 7,433 | -2 |
08 | Mudcrutchamericana, heartland rock | 6,945 | +1 |
09 | Less Than Jakeska punk, punk rock | 6,701 | -1 |
10 | Hot Water Musicpost-hardcore, punk rock | 6,363 | 0 |
11 | Thomas Sandersbedroom pop, pop | 4,956 | +1 |
12 | Jeremy McKinnonmetalcore | 4,537 | -1 |
13 | Axehard rock, heavy metal | 1,171 | +1 |
14 | Gladys Hortonr&b, soul | 1,140 | -1 |
15 | i hate myselfemo, post-hardcore | 1,027 | +1 |
16 | John Vanderslicealternative rock | 888 | -1 |
17 | Andrew Wadealternative rock | 714 | 0 |
18 | For Squirrelsalternative rock | 677 | 0 |
19 | Linda Lyndellsoul | 565 | 0 |
20 | Hundred Waterselectronic, indie pop | 478 | 0 |
21 | Dikembeemo, alternative rock | 418 | +1 |
22 | Warren Oakesfolk punk | 405 | -1 |
23 | Marcus Stricklandjazz | 282 | +3 |
24 | The Draftpunk rock | 266 | +1 |
25 | Beverly Crawfordgospel | 255 | -2 |
26 | The Mercury Programinstrumental, post-rock | 254 | -2 |
27 | Damien Donepost-punk, gothic rock | 161 | 0 |
28 | Rehasherpop punk, skate punk | 136 | 0 |
29 | Papercranesalternative rock | 122 | 0 |
30 | Holopawindie rock | 90 | +1 |
31 | Assholeparadepunk rock | 88 | -1 |
32 | The Know Howpunk rock | 74 | 0 |
33 | Bridgeburne Rhardcore punk | 27 | 0 |
34 | Gui Amadorhardcore punk, punk rock | 13 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.