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The 35 most-read bands based in Houston, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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35 bands are ranked in Houston. The biggest move was The Moving Sidewalks, up 23 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | ZZ Topblues rock, rock | 427,646 | +1 |
02 | Destiny’s Childpop, contemporary r&b | 81,127 | -1 |
03 | Khruangbinpsychedelic rock, surf | 28,113 | 0 |
04 | Geto Boyshardcore hip hop, hip hop | 16,779 | 0 |
05 | Blue Octoberalternative rock, acoustic rock | 8,758 | +2 |
06 | D.R.I.crossover thrash, hardcore punk | 6,401 | 0 |
07 | Waterparksalternative rock, pop punk | 6,229 | -2 |
08 | The Crusadersjazz, contemporary jazz | 5,101 | 0 |
09 | Swishahousehip hop | 4,896 | +1 |
10 | Screwed Up Clickchopped and screwed, hip hop | 4,307 | -1 |
11 | H‐Towncontemporary r&b, hip hop soul | 3,975 | 0 |
12 | The Moving Sidewalksgarage rock, psychedelic rock | 2,859 | +23 |
13 | Fenix TXpop punk, punk rock | 2,779 | 0 |
14 | Mineralemo, indie rock | 2,605 | -2 |
15 | Days N’ Dazefolk punk, punk | 2,404 | -1 |
16 | Archie Bell & the Drellsfunk, disco | 2,170 | -1 |
17 | The Red Krayolaexperimental rock, psychedelic rock | 1,921 | -1 |
18 | La Mafialatin | 1,652 | -1 |
19 | Galactic Cowboysprogressive metal | 1,365 | -1 |
20 | Fever Treepsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 1,070 | 0 |
21 | Helstarpower metal, speed metal | 999 | 0 |
22 | Oceans of Slumberprogressive metal, doom metal | 844 | 0 |
23 | Botany Boyzhip hop | 770 | 0 |
24 | Insect Warfaregrindcore | 720 | -5 |
25 | Verbal Abusecrossover thrash, hardcore punk | 679 | -1 |
26 | 5th Ward Boyzgangsta rap, g-funk | 620 | -1 |
27 | The Lemon Fogpsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 546 | 0 |
28 | Boss Hogg Outlawzhip hop, southern hip hop | 478 | -2 |
29 | Josefusheavy psych, psychedelic rock | 415 | -1 |
30 | The Hungerindustrial rock | 407 | +1 |
31 | South Circlehip hop | 348 | -2 |
32 | The Judy’snew wave | 326 | -2 |
33 | Kashmere Stage Bandjazz-funk | 296 | -1 |
34 | The Free Radicalsjazz | 288 | -1 |
35 | The Sufferssoul, r&b | 248 | -1 |
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.