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The 50 most-read bands based in Liverpool, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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98 bands are ranked in Liverpool. The biggest move was The Real People, up 21 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Beatlesrock, pop | 315,350 | 0 |
02 | Her’sdream pop, indie pop | 31,603 | 0 |
03 | Echo & the Bunnymenpost-punk, alternative rock | 27,002 | +1 |
04 | Frankie Goes to Hollywoodpop, dance-pop | 26,749 | +5 |
05 | A Flock of Seagullsnew wave, new romantic | 25,157 | +1 |
06 | Dead or Alivehi-nrg, pop | 23,065 | +5 |
07 | The Quarrymenrock and roll, skiffle | 19,085 | +5 |
08 | The KLFelectronic, acid house | 18,892 | +2 |
09 | Atomic Kittenpop, europop | 18,556 | -2 |
10 | Loathemetalcore, alternative metal | 18,166 | -7 |
11 | Carcassgrindcore, death metal | 16,041 | +2 |
12 | The La’sbritpop, indie rock | 14,255 | +3 |
13 | The Teardrop Explodesneo-psychedelia, new wave | 14,224 | +9 |
14 | Gerry and the Pacemakersbeat music, merseybeat | 11,542 | 0 |
15 | Ladytronelectroclash, electropop | 10,458 | -10 |
16 | The Lightning Seedsbritpop, rock | 8,450 | -8 |
17 | The Wombatsindie pop | 7,835 | 0 |
18 | Anathemaprogressive rock, alternative rock | 7,425 | 0 |
19 | The Lotus Eatersnew wave, synth-pop | 7,033 | -3 |
20 | Big in Japanalternative rock, punk | 6,522 | +1 |
21 | The Real Thingdisco, brit funk | 5,499 | -2 |
22 | The Zutonsindie rock, alternative rock | 4,955 | -2 |
23 | Girl Groupindie pop | 4,254 | +5 |
24 | Spacealternative rock, alternative dance | 3,694 | +1 |
25 | The Farmrock | 3,625 | -1 |
26 | The Christiansr&b, contemporary r&b | 3,283 | +1 |
27 | The Swinging Blue Jeansbeat music, merseybeat | 3,200 | -4 |
28 | Apollo 440big beat, electronic | 2,947 | +1 |
29 | The Merseybeatsmerseybeat | 2,192 | +3 |
30 | The Real Peoplebritpop | 2,006 | +21 |
31 | Conandoom metal, metal | 1,856 | -1 |
32 | Crawlersalternative rock, indie rock | 1,791 | +8 |
33 | Circa Wavesindie rock, pop | 1,714 | +2 |
34 | The Wild Swansjangle pop, new wave | 1,627 | +4 |
35 | The Mysterinesalternative rock, post-grunge | 1,579 | -1 |
36 | The Fourmostbeat music, merseybeat | 1,536 | +7 |
37 | The Night Caféalternative rock | 1,357 | -4 |
38 | Deaf Schoolart rock, new wave | 1,341 | -12 |
39 | The Big Threemerseybeat | 1,316 | +6 |
40 | Antimatteralternative rock, progressive rock | 1,309 | +4 |
41 | The Liverbirdsbritish rhythm & blues, merseybeat | 1,299 | -5 |
42 | Dragged Into Sunlightdeath metal, death-doom metal | 1,251 | 0 |
43 | Marseillenwobhm, glam rock | 1,163 | -6 |
44 | WSTRpop punk | 1,095 | +3 |
45 | The Pale Fountainsindie pop, jangle pop | 1,091 | +1 |
46 | Michael Head & The Red Elastic Bandnew wave | 1,034 | +6 |
47 | Shackalternative rock, britpop | 1,019 | -8 |
48 | Jeminipop | 951 | +1 |
49 | Exploring Birdsongprogressive rock | 945 | -18 |
50 | Red Flagsynth-pop | 900 | -2 |
78 | SSScrossover thrash, thrash metal | 208 | +12 |
66 | Pink Militarypunk rock | 350 | +7 |
75 | The Roomnew wave | 227 | +7 |
61 | Busterpop, pop rock | 386 | +6 |
71 | Johnny Boyindie pop | 296 | +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.