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The 50 most-read bands based in Glasgow, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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87 bands are ranked in Glasgow. The biggest move was Life Without Buildings, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Simple Mindsnew wave, post-punk | 38,469 | 0 |
02 | Primal Screamalternative rock, alternative dance | 20,430 | +1 |
03 | Mogwaipost-rock, instrumental | 18,610 | +4 |
04 | Belle and Sebastianindie pop, twee pop | 17,075 | -2 |
05 | Travisbritpop, indie rock | 15,500 | +1 |
06 | CHVRCHESsynth-pop, indie pop | 14,546 | -1 |
07 | Deacon Bluesoft rock, dream pop | 11,567 | -3 |
08 | Texasalternative rock, rock | 11,221 | 0 |
09 | The Fratellisindie rock, rock | 10,828 | 0 |
10 | Marmaladepop rock, folk pop | 8,997 | 0 |
11 | The Blue Niledream pop, art pop | 8,564 | +1 |
12 | Del Amitrialternative rock | 7,354 | -1 |
13 | Middle of the Roadbubblegum pop, pop | 7,155 | +1 |
14 | Strawberry Switchbladeindie pop, new wave | 6,983 | +1 |
15 | Altered Imagesnew wave, jangle pop | 6,867 | +1 |
16 | Bleed From Withinmelodic metalcore, deathcore | 6,664 | +1 |
17 | The Sensational Alex Harvey Bandglam rock, rock | 6,581 | -4 |
18 | Stone the Crowsblues rock, hard rock | 4,748 | +2 |
19 | The Vaselinesalternative rock | 4,566 | -1 |
20 | Life Without Buildingsalternative rock, indie rock | 4,027 | +6 |
21 | Camera Obscuraindie pop, rock | 3,907 | -2 |
22 | GUNhard rock, alternative rock | 3,847 | -1 |
23 | Lloyd Cole and the Commotionsnew wave | 3,246 | -1 |
24 | Nightcrawlerselectronic, euro house | 2,853 | -1 |
25 | The Pastelsindie pop, c86 | 2,494 | -1 |
26 | Twin Atlanticalternative rock, pop | 2,328 | +4 |
27 | biselectropop, indie pop | 2,223 | -2 |
28 | FFSalternative pop, indie rock | 2,042 | +1 |
29 | The Wakeindie pop, dream pop | 1,693 | -2 |
30 | Beggars Operaprogressive rock, symphonic prog | 1,551 | +2 |
31 | Slikpop | 1,542 | 0 |
32 | Love and Moneypop rock | 1,420 | +2 |
33 | The Yummy Furindie rock | 1,279 | 0 |
34 | Hipswaysophisti-pop | 1,044 | +2 |
35 | One Dovetechno | 950 | +6 |
36 | String Driven Thingrock, folk rock | 892 | +2 |
37 | The Supernaturalsindie rock | 868 | +2 |
38 | Clann An Drummaceltic | 828 | +5 |
39 | The Reindeer Sectionindie rock | 813 | -11 |
40 | Battlefield Bandfolk, celtic | 725 | +2 |
41 | Aereogrammealternative rock | 702 | -1 |
42 | Slamelectronic | 680 | +4 |
43 | Honeybloodlo-fi, indie pop | 640 | -6 |
44 | Lung Legindie rock, riot grrrl | 618 | +1 |
45 | The Orchidsindie pop | 585 | +3 |
46 | Bluepop rock, power pop | 583 | -2 |
47 | Urusei Yatsuraalternative rock, indie rock | 580 | 0 |
48 | Sons and Daughtersindie rock | 484 | +4 |
49 | Looperelectronic | 478 | +2 |
50 | Cerebral Borebrutal death metal, death metal | 446 | +3 |
62 | Union of Knivesalternative rock | 311 | +25 |
53 | The Beatstalkersbeat music | 421 | +17 |
57 | Silicone Soulelectronic | 348 | +7 |
66 | Tigerstylebhangra | 252 | +5 |
77 | The Unwinding Hoursalternative rock | 195 | +5 |
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.