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The 50 most-read artists based in Leeds, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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98 artists are ranked in Leeds. The biggest move was Benny Green, up 15 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Sisters of Mercygothic rock, post-punk | 24,635 | +1 |
02 | Soft Cellsynth-pop, minimal synth | 21,796 | +2 |
03 | Corinne Bailey Raesoul, neo soul | 20,239 | -2 |
04 | Gang of Fourpost-punk, new wave | 16,364 | +4 |
05 | Kaiser Chiefsindie rock, britpop | 14,964 | -2 |
06 | alt‐Jindie rock, indie pop | 13,371 | 0 |
07 | Sally Timmsalternative country, folk | 13,362 | +2 |
08 | Vic Reevescomedy | 12,740 | -1 |
09 | Yard Actindie rock, post-punk | 9,558 | -4 |
10 | Barry Cryercomedy | 8,010 | 0 |
11 | Static Dressemo, metalcore | 7,436 | 0 |
12 | Peter Christophersonelectronic, industrial | 6,792 | +1 |
13 | Nightmares on Waxdowntempo, trip hop | 6,528 | +2 |
14 | Sean Conlonpop | 5,070 | 0 |
15 | Stevie Wrightrock | 4,495 | +1 |
16 | English Teacherindie rock, post-punk | 3,396 | -4 |
17 | Derek Leckenbyrock | 2,792 | +2 |
18 | Gary Husbandjazz, jazz fusion | 2,306 | 0 |
19 | LFOelectronic, bleep techno | 2,274 | -2 |
20 | Christiepop rock, sunshine pop | 1,957 | 0 |
21 | Alan Hawkshawelectronic, easy listening | 1,929 | +3 |
22 | TJ Davispop | 1,682 | +1 |
23 | Casketsmetalcore, alternative rock | 1,579 | +2 |
24 | The Pigeon Detectivesrock | 1,575 | -3 |
25 | Thom Greenindie rock | 1,568 | -3 |
26 | Sigmadrum and bass, electronic | 1,512 | 0 |
27 | Delta 5punk | 1,437 | +1 |
28 | Michael Chapmanfolk, jazz | 1,361 | +4 |
29 | The March Violetsgothic rock | 1,342 | -2 |
30 | Chris Whittenrock | 1,327 | +1 |
31 | CUDindie rock, rock | 1,131 | +10 |
32 | Duncan Mackayart rock, progressive electronic | 1,125 | +2 |
33 | Benny Greenjazz | 1,111 | +15 |
34 | Fox Stevensondrum and bass, electronic | 1,030 | -1 |
35 | Jason Perryrock | 1,024 | -6 |
36 | Cryptic Shifttechnical death metal, technical thrash metal | 1,013 | 0 |
37 | Nell Smithindie pop | 945 | -2 |
38 | Emma‐Jean Thackrayfree jazz, electronic | 857 | -8 |
39 | The Tangentprogressive rock, crossover prog | 841 | +3 |
40 | Bob Andrewsrock | 829 | +6 |
41 | The New Mastersoundsjazz-funk, reggae | 817 | -1 |
42 | FC Kahunabig beat, downtempo | 798 | -5 |
43 | Higher Powerhardcore punk | 787 | -5 |
44 | The Cassandra Complexebm, electronic | 781 | -5 |
45 | Andrew Edgepop | 712 | -2 |
46 | Pulled Apart by Horsesalternative rock, indie rock | 669 | +1 |
47 | Hoodpost-rock, lo-fi | 533 | +2 |
48 | Overseerbig beat, electronic | 522 | -3 |
49 | Ivy Bensonjazz | 504 | +5 |
50 | ¡Forward, Russia!alternative rock, indie rock | 495 | +1 |
65 | Iration Steppasdub | 297 | +8 |
53 | Statelessalternative rock, indie pop | 465 | +7 |
57 | The Ukrainianspost-punk, folk | 395 | +7 |
86 | Dickie Hawdonjazz | 55 | +6 |
91 | Castrovalvaindie rock | 36 | +6 |
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.