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The 50 most-read bands based in Leeds, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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65 bands are ranked in Leeds. The biggest move was Hood, up 12 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Sisters of Mercygothic rock, post-punk | 28,563 | 0 |
02 | Soft Cellsynth-pop, minimal synth | 15,117 | 0 |
03 | Gang of Fourpost-punk, new wave | 14,102 | 0 |
04 | Kaiser Chiefsindie rock, britpop | 13,807 | 0 |
05 | alt‐Jindie rock, indie pop | 11,508 | 0 |
06 | Yard Actindie rock, post-punk | 7,248 | 0 |
07 | Static Dressemo, metalcore | 6,303 | 0 |
08 | Nightmares on Waxdowntempo, trip hop | 4,486 | 0 |
09 | English Teacherindie rock, post-punk | 3,155 | 0 |
10 | LFOelectronic, bleep techno | 1,917 | 0 |
11 | Christiepop rock, sunshine pop | 1,748 | +1 |
12 | The March Violetsgothic rock | 1,722 | +3 |
13 | Delta 5punk | 1,650 | +1 |
14 | Hoodpost-rock, lo-fi | 1,640 | +12 |
15 | The Pigeon Detectivesrock | 1,433 | -2 |
16 | Casketsmetalcore, alternative rock | 1,385 | -5 |
17 | The Tangentprogressive rock, crossover prog | 1,319 | +5 |
18 | Sigmadrum and bass, electronic | 1,197 | -2 |
18 | CUDindie rock, rock | 1,197 | -1 |
20 | Higher Powerhardcore punk | 904 | +1 |
21 | Pulled Apart by Horsesalternative rock, indie rock | 883 | +3 |
22 | The Cassandra Complexebm, electronic | 841 | -2 |
23 | FC Kahunabig beat, downtempo | 821 | -5 |
24 | ¡Forward, Russia!alternative rock, indie rock | 768 | +1 |
25 | Cryptic Shifttechnical death metal, technical thrash metal | 764 | -6 |
26 | The New Mastersoundsjazz-funk, reggae | 627 | -3 |
27 | Hookwormsspace rock | 606 | +1 |
28 | We Are DOMIelectropop | 472 | +3 |
29 | The Three Johnspost-punk, alternative rock | 434 | -2 |
30 | I Like Trainsalternative rock | 401 | -1 |
31 | This Winter Machineprogressive rock | 370 | +1 |
32 | The Dunwellsindie rock | 364 | +1 |
33 | Gentlemans Pistolsrock | 358 | +1 |
34 | Send More Paramedicscrossover thrash | 336 | +5 |
35 | Statelessalternative rock, indie pop | 333 | -5 |
36 | Vesselselectronic rock, electronic | 319 | -1 |
37 | Submotion Orchestrajazz | 312 | -1 |
38 | Iration Steppasdub | 295 | 0 |
39 | The Ukrainianspost-punk, folk | 274 | +1 |
40 | Artiorock | 233 | -3 |
41 | The Batfish Boysgothic rock | 221 | 0 |
42 | The Bridewell Taxisindie rock | 194 | +2 |
43 | Black Mothdoom metal, rock | 185 | -1 |
44 | Cognizancetechnical death metal, death metal | 172 | -1 |
45 | The Hollow Menalternative rock, rock | 138 | 0 |
46 | The Glitteratihard rock | 120 | +1 |
47 | Duelsindie pop | 101 | +8 |
48 | Grammaticsindie rock | 96 | +1 |
49 | Vib Gyoralternative rock | 92 | +2 |
50 | The Snapdragonsindie rock | 91 | -4 |
59 | Fig 4.0punk rock | 51 | +3 |
51 | Vibracathedral Orchestradrone, experimental | 90 | +1 |
57 | Middlemanalternative rock, rap rock | 63 | +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.