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The 31 most-read bands based in Kansas City, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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31 bands are ranked in Kansas City. The biggest move was The Life and Times, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Puddle of Muddalternative rock | 16,227 | 0 |
02 | The Get Up Kidsemo, alternative rock | 5,989 | 0 |
03 | The Count Basie Orchestrabig band, jazz | 2,854 | +2 |
04 | Reggie and the Full Effectemo pop, pop punk | 2,255 | -1 |
05 | Shooting Starhard rock, rock | 1,965 | -1 |
06 | Shinerpost-hardcore, alternative rock | 1,937 | +2 |
07 | Bloodstonefunk, r&b | 1,821 | 0 |
08 | Coalescemathcore, metalcore | 1,517 | -2 |
09 | The Rainmakersrock | 770 | +1 |
10 | Angelcorpseblack metal, death metal | 767 | -1 |
11 | The Life and Timesalternative rock, post-hardcore | 682 | +5 |
12 | Lo‐Key?contemporary r&b, new jack swing | 641 | 0 |
13 | Boys Lifeemo, indie rock | 402 | +1 |
14 | The Casket Lotteryindie rock, emo | 390 | -3 |
15 | The Eldersamericana, folk rock | 316 | 0 |
16 | The Frontrock | 254 | +3 |
17 | Coon–Sanders’ Original Nighthawk Orchestradance, jazz | 205 | 0 |
18 | JPT Scare Bandblues rock, acid rock | 178 | +3 |
19 | The Republic Tigersalternative rock | 161 | +3 |
20 | Madisen Ward and the Mama Bearfolk, soul | 157 | -7 |
21 | Tirez Tireznew wave | 153 | -1 |
22 | The Architectspunk | 146 | -4 |
23 | The Gadjitsrock, rock and roll | 144 | +1 |
24 | Troglodytedeath metal | 98 | -1 |
25 | Hammerheddprogressive rock, thrash metal | 95 | 0 |
26 | Beautiful Bodiesalternative rock | 94 | 0 |
27 | Shy Boysindie pop | 93 | -1 |
28 | Blue Riddim Bandreggae | 90 | 0 |
29 | Rocket Fuel Is the Keynoise rock | 29 | +2 |
30 | Suneatersspace rock | 23 | -1 |
31 | Antennas Upelectropop | 16 | -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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.