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The 50 most-read bands based in Leeds, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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65 bands are ranked in Leeds. The biggest move was Iration Steppas, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Sisters of Mercygothic rock, post-punk | 24,635 | 0 |
02 | Soft Cellsynth-pop, minimal synth | 21,796 | +1 |
03 | Gang of Fourpost-punk, new wave | 16,364 | +3 |
04 | Kaiser Chiefsindie rock, britpop | 14,964 | -2 |
05 | alt‐Jindie rock, indie pop | 13,371 | 0 |
06 | Yard Actindie rock, post-punk | 9,558 | -2 |
07 | Static Dressemo, metalcore | 7,436 | 0 |
08 | Nightmares on Waxdowntempo, trip hop | 6,528 | +1 |
09 | English Teacherindie rock, post-punk | 3,396 | -1 |
10 | LFOelectronic, bleep techno | 2,274 | 0 |
11 | Christiepop rock, sunshine pop | 1,957 | 0 |
12 | Casketsmetalcore, alternative rock | 1,579 | +1 |
13 | The Pigeon Detectivesrock | 1,575 | -1 |
14 | Sigmadrum and bass, electronic | 1,512 | 0 |
15 | Delta 5punk | 1,437 | +1 |
16 | The March Violetsgothic rock | 1,342 | -1 |
17 | CUDindie rock, rock | 1,131 | +5 |
18 | Cryptic Shifttechnical death metal, technical thrash metal | 1,013 | -1 |
19 | The Tangentprogressive rock, crossover prog | 841 | +4 |
20 | The New Mastersoundsjazz-funk, reggae | 817 | +1 |
21 | FC Kahunabig beat, downtempo | 798 | -3 |
22 | Higher Powerhardcore punk | 787 | -3 |
23 | The Cassandra Complexebm, electronic | 781 | -3 |
24 | Pulled Apart by Horsesalternative rock, indie rock | 669 | +1 |
25 | Hoodpost-rock, lo-fi | 533 | +1 |
26 | ¡Forward, Russia!alternative rock, indie rock | 495 | +2 |
27 | I Like Trainsalternative rock | 493 | 0 |
28 | This Winter Machineprogressive rock | 477 | +1 |
29 | Statelessalternative rock, indie pop | 465 | +5 |
30 | Hookwormsspace rock | 438 | 0 |
31 | The Three Johnspost-punk, alternative rock | 406 | 0 |
32 | The Ukrainianspost-punk, folk | 395 | +6 |
33 | We Are DOMIelectropop | 393 | -2 |
34 | The Dunwellsindie rock | 382 | +3 |
35 | Gentlemans Pistolsrock | 367 | -11 |
36 | The Hollow Menalternative rock, rock | 330 | +4 |
37 | Vesselselectronic rock, electronic | 316 | -4 |
38 | Submotion Orchestrajazz | 307 | -2 |
39 | Iration Steppasdub | 297 | +7 |
40 | Artiorock | 295 | -1 |
41 | Send More Paramedicscrossover thrash | 294 | -6 |
42 | Cognizancetechnical death metal, death metal | 265 | 0 |
43 | The Bridewell Taxisindie rock | 196 | -2 |
44 | The Batfish Boysgothic rock | 195 | +1 |
45 | Dustdevilsnoise rock | 173 | +2 |
46 | Black Mothdoom metal, rock | 171 | -2 |
47 | Menace Beachindie rock, noise pop | 159 | -4 |
48 | The Snapdragonsindie rock | 140 | +4 |
49 | The Glitteratihard rock | 131 | -1 |
50 | Grammaticsindie rock | 129 | 0 |
61 | Castrovalvaindie rock | 36 | +4 |
58 | Bilge Pumppost-punk, rock | 39 | +3 |
51 | Duelsindie pop | 104 | +2 |
55 | That Fucking Tankmath rock | 59 | +2 |
52 | Vibracathedral Orchestradrone, experimental | 97 | +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.