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The 31 most-read bands based in Kansas City, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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31 bands are ranked in Kansas City. The biggest move was The Life and Times, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Puddle of Muddalternative rock | 24,296 | 0 |
02 | The Get Up Kidsemo, alternative rock | 6,735 | 0 |
03 | Reggie and the Full Effectemo pop, pop punk | 3,180 | 0 |
04 | The Count Basie Orchestrabig band, jazz | 2,775 | 0 |
05 | Shooting Starhard rock, rock | 2,398 | +1 |
06 | Bloodstonefunk, r&b | 2,115 | -1 |
07 | Coalescemathcore, metalcore | 1,642 | 0 |
08 | Shinerpost-hardcore, alternative rock | 1,351 | 0 |
09 | The Rainmakersrock | 890 | 0 |
10 | Angelcorpseblack metal, death metal | 816 | 0 |
11 | Lo‐Key?contemporary r&b, new jack swing | 565 | +1 |
12 | The Casket Lotteryindie rock, emo | 461 | +3 |
13 | The Eldersamericana, folk rock | 391 | -2 |
13 | The Life and Timesalternative rock, post-hardcore | 391 | +4 |
15 | Boys Lifeemo, indie rock | 377 | -2 |
16 | The Frontrock | 370 | -2 |
17 | Coon–Sanders’ Original Nighthawk Orchestradance, jazz | 263 | -1 |
18 | Tirez Tireznew wave | 250 | +2 |
19 | The Architectspunk | 248 | -1 |
20 | The Gadjitsrock, rock and roll | 197 | -1 |
21 | Madisen Ward and the Mama Bearfolk, soul | 184 | 0 |
22 | The Republic Tigersalternative rock | 177 | 0 |
23 | JPT Scare Bandblues rock, acid rock | 159 | 0 |
23 | Hammerheddprogressive rock, thrash metal | 159 | +1 |
25 | Troglodytedeath metal | 152 | +1 |
26 | Shy Boysindie pop | 131 | -1 |
27 | Blue Riddim Bandreggae | 104 | +1 |
28 | Beautiful Bodiesalternative rock | 93 | -1 |
29 | Suneatersspace rock | 59 | 0 |
30 | Antennas Upelectropop | 21 | +1 |
31 | Rocket Fuel Is the Keynoise rock | 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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.