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The 50 most-read artists based in Leeds, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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98 artists are ranked in Leeds. The biggest move was Hood, up 24 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Sisters of Mercygothic rock, post-punk | 28,563 | 0 |
02 | Corinne Bailey Raesoul, neo soul | 21,156 | +1 |
03 | Soft Cellsynth-pop, minimal synth | 15,117 | -1 |
04 | Vic Reevescomedy | 14,825 | +2 |
05 | Gang of Fourpost-punk, new wave | 14,102 | -1 |
06 | Kaiser Chiefsindie rock, britpop | 13,807 | -1 |
07 | alt‐Jindie rock, indie pop | 11,508 | 0 |
08 | Sally Timmsalternative country, folk | 9,199 | 0 |
09 | Barry Cryercomedy | 7,438 | 0 |
10 | Yard Actindie rock, post-punk | 7,248 | +1 |
11 | Static Dressemo, metalcore | 6,303 | +1 |
12 | Peter Christophersonelectronic, industrial | 6,226 | -2 |
13 | Nightmares on Waxdowntempo, trip hop | 4,486 | 0 |
14 | Sean Conlonpop | 3,935 | +1 |
15 | Stevie Wrightrock | 3,364 | -1 |
16 | English Teacherindie rock, post-punk | 3,155 | +2 |
17 | Gary Husbandjazz, jazz fusion | 2,226 | -1 |
18 | Derek Leckenbyrock | 2,061 | -1 |
19 | LFOelectronic, bleep techno | 1,917 | 0 |
20 | Christiepop rock, sunshine pop | 1,748 | +1 |
21 | The March Violetsgothic rock | 1,722 | +5 |
22 | Alan Hawkshawelectronic, easy listening | 1,658 | 0 |
23 | Delta 5punk | 1,650 | +1 |
24 | Hoodpost-rock, lo-fi | 1,640 | +24 |
25 | The Pigeon Detectivesrock | 1,433 | -2 |
26 | Casketsmetalcore, alternative rock | 1,385 | -6 |
27 | The Tangentprogressive rock, crossover prog | 1,319 | +15 |
28 | TJ Davispop | 1,295 | 0 |
29 | Thom Greenindie rock | 1,203 | -4 |
30 | CUDindie rock, rock | 1,197 | +4 |
30 | Michael Chapmanfolk, jazz | 1,197 | -3 |
30 | Sigmadrum and bass, electronic | 1,197 | -1 |
33 | Duncan Mackayart rock, progressive electronic | 1,135 | -2 |
34 | Chris Whittenrock | 1,116 | -4 |
35 | Fox Stevensondrum and bass, electronic | 1,020 | -3 |
36 | Nell Smithindie pop | 1,005 | +2 |
37 | Jason Perryrock | 975 | -2 |
38 | Higher Powerhardcore punk | 904 | +3 |
39 | Pulled Apart by Horsesalternative rock, indie rock | 883 | +6 |
40 | Emma‐Jean Thackrayfree jazz, electronic | 876 | -7 |
41 | The Cassandra Complexebm, electronic | 841 | -1 |
42 | FC Kahunabig beat, downtempo | 821 | -6 |
43 | ¡Forward, Russia!alternative rock, indie rock | 768 | +4 |
44 | Cryptic Shifttechnical death metal, technical thrash metal | 764 | -7 |
45 | Bob Andrewsrock | 686 | -6 |
46 | The New Mastersoundsjazz-funk, reggae | 627 | -3 |
47 | Hookwormsspace rock | 606 | +4 |
48 | Andrew Edgepop | 581 | -4 |
49 | Benny Greenjazz | 573 | -3 |
50 | Overseerbig beat, electronic | 492 | 0 |
74 | Duelsindie pop | 101 | +9 |
59 | Send More Paramedicscrossover thrash | 336 | +6 |
51 | We Are DOMIelectropop | 472 | +4 |
75 | Rico Bellalternative country | 96 | +4 |
84 | Yorkshire Symphony Orchestraclassical | 77 | +3 |
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.