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The 30 most-read artists based in Leeds, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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30 artists are ranked in Leeds. The biggest move was Chime, up 8 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Chumbawambaanarcho-punk, art punk | 29,000 | 0 |
02 | Scritti Polittiart punk, art pop | 8,814 | 0 |
03 | The Missiongothic rock, gothic | 5,918 | +1 |
04 | The Wedding Presentindie rock, c86 | 5,909 | -1 |
05 | Barry Ryanpop | 4,247 | 0 |
06 | The Mekonsalternative rock | 4,041 | 0 |
07 | Pale Saintsshoegaze, dream pop | 2,684 | 0 |
08 | Chimedubstep, electronic | 2,160 | +8 |
09 | Mike Moranproduction music | 1,555 | +2 |
10 | Red Lorry Yellow Lorrygothic rock, indie rock | 1,519 | -1 |
11 | Dinosaur Pile‐Upalternative rock, grunge | 1,380 | -3 |
12 | Ghost Dancegothic rock | 1,199 | +1 |
13 | Paul Ryanpop | 1,135 | -1 |
14 | Andrew Whitealternative rock | 1,126 | -4 |
15 | Dave Seamanhouse, electronic | 675 | 0 |
16 | Gentleman’s Dub Clubdub, reggae | 628 | +4 |
17 | Girls at Our Best!punk rock | 553 | -3 |
18 | Cineramaindie pop | 427 | +1 |
19 | Abrasive Wheelspunk | 425 | -1 |
20 | Age of Chancealternative dance, alternative rock | 375 | -3 |
21 | Eagullshardcore punk, garage rock | 280 | +2 |
22 | Jodie Ayshapop | 271 | -1 |
23 | Jan Dukes de Greyprogressive folk | 218 | -1 |
24 | Guy Manningprogressive rock | 167 | +1 |
25 | Boyracerpunk | 159 | -1 |
26 | Black Star Linerdub, ambient house | 158 | 0 |
27 | Paul Clarkelectronic | 119 | 0 |
28 | The Rhythm Sisterspop | 104 | +1 |
29 | Music for Pleasurenew wave, post-punk | 96 | -1 |
30 | The Outer Limitsrock | 9 | 0 |
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.