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The 24 most-read artists based in Guildford, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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24 artists are ranked in Guildford. The biggest move was Dorje, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Stranglersnew wave, post-punk | 39,948 | 0 |
02 | P. G. Wodehousecomedy | 33,431 | 0 |
03 | Camelprogressive rock, art rock | 13,357 | 0 |
04 | Vikkstarelectronic | 10,752 | 0 |
05 | South Arcadealternative rock, pop punk | 8,975 | 0 |
06 | The Vaporsnew wave, punk | 5,310 | 0 |
07 | Lime Gardendance-punk, indie pop | 3,994 | 0 |
08 | Sub Focusdrum and bass, electro house | 3,980 | +1 |
09 | Andrew Latimerrock | 3,252 | -1 |
10 | Mike Daweschillout, acoustic rock | 2,866 | 0 |
11 | Crisispunk, punk rock | 1,492 | 0 |
12 | James Johnstonalternative rock, folk rock | 842 | 0 |
13 | Chloë Hanslipclassical | 355 | +1 |
14 | Iain Ballamyjazz | 289 | -1 |
15 | Dorjealternative metal, progressive metal | 252 | +2 |
16 | Roy Goodmanclassical | 224 | -1 |
17 | Shadowkeepheavy metal | 183 | -1 |
18 | Cause 4 Concerndrum and bass | 149 | +1 |
19 | Switchesindie rock | 114 | -1 |
20 | Polarhardcore punk | 108 | 0 |
21 | Harperblues rock | 100 | +1 |
22 | Kate Westbrookavant-garde jazz, jazz | 94 | -1 |
23 | Anita Wardellvocal jazz | 58 | 0 |
24 | Films of Colouralternative 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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.