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The 50 most-read Irish bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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152 bands are ranked in Ireland. The biggest move was Moving Hearts, up 39 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Fontaines D.C.post-punk, indie rock | 282,795 | +1 |
02 | U2alternative rock, rock | 116,532 | -1 |
03 | The Cranberriesalternative rock, rock | 95,402 | +1 |
04 | Westlifepop, ballad | 71,168 | +1 |
05 | Thin Lizzyhard rock, rock | 51,979 | +2 |
06 | Jedwardpop | 37,043 | -3 |
07 | The Corrsrock, celtic | 29,692 | +2 |
08 | Kingfishrfolk | 27,984 | +5 |
09 | My Bloody Valentineshoegaze, dream pop | 26,531 | +1 |
10 | Madra Salachfolk | 24,407 | +17 |
11 | Boyzonepop, ballad | 21,681 | +1 |
12 | The Scriptsoft rock, pop rock | 17,324 | -4 |
13 | The Mary Wallopersirish folk, folk | 17,272 | +6 |
14 | The Commitmentssoul | 16,641 | -3 |
15 | Florence Roadindie rock, indie pop | 16,141 | -1 |
16 | Clannadceltic, folk | 14,373 | -1 |
17 | Gilla Bandnoise rock, post-punk | 12,518 | 0 |
18 | Beogafolk | 12,430 | -12 |
19 | Amblefolk | 12,286 | -3 |
20 | The Dublinersfolk, irish folk | 11,809 | -2 |
21 | The Boomtown Ratspost-punk, new wave | 10,677 | +1 |
22 | Celtic Thunderceltic | 9,825 | -1 |
23 | B*Witchedeuropop, pop | 9,549 | -3 |
24 | Planxtyfolk, irish folk | 8,707 | +18 |
25 | Inhalerrock, alternative rock | 7,112 | 0 |
26 | Skid Rowblues rock, hard rock | 6,361 | -2 |
27 | Celtic Womanceltic, celtic new age | 6,337 | -1 |
28 | Lankumdark folk, drone | 6,231 | +4 |
29 | Hothouse Flowersrock | 5,664 | -1 |
30 | The Chieftainsfolk, irish folk | 5,663 | -7 |
31 | The Rubberbanditscomedy hip hop | 4,867 | -1 |
32 | Wolfe Tonesceltic, folk | 4,629 | -3 |
33 | The Bothy Bandfolk, irish folk | 3,874 | +2 |
34 | Tasterock | 3,489 | +2 |
35 | Foster & Allenfolk, country | 3,436 | +15 |
36 | The Clancy Brothersfolk, irish folk | 3,294 | +1 |
37 | The Saw Doctorsrock | 3,117 | -6 |
38 | Moving Heartsceltic rock, folk | 3,111 | +39 |
39 | The Framesindie rock, rock | 3,085 | -6 |
40 | The Stunningrock | 2,968 | +12 |
41 | Horslipsfolk, folk rock | 2,884 | +4 |
42 | The Bachelorsfolk, folk rock | 2,858 | -1 |
43 | God Is an Astronautpost-rock, instrumental | 2,857 | -3 |
44 | Virgin Prunesgothic rock, art punk | 2,775 | -5 |
45 | The Miami Showbandpop | 2,583 | -11 |
46 | Bell X1rock | 2,334 | 0 |
47 | Altanfolk, celtic | 2,311 | -3 |
48 | The Swell Seasonindie folk | 2,253 | -10 |
49 | Grand Slamhard rock | 2,202 | -2 |
49 | The Scratchceltic punk, metal | 2,202 | -7 |
90 | Usher’s Islandfolk, irish folk | 492 | +23 |
66 | Jerry Fish & The Mudbug Clubrock | 1,345 | +21 |
130 | Pzazzclassical | 54 | +20 |
67 | Industrypop | 1,294 | +16 |
113 | Fovea Hexexperimental | 144 | +14 |
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.