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The 50 most-read Angeleno bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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91 bands are ranked in Los Angeles. The biggest move was K/DA, up 66 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | KATSEYEdance-pop, pop | 439,261 | 0 |
02 | Eaglesrock, country rock | 312,022 | +1 |
03 | Metallicathrash metal, heavy metal | 191,555 | -1 |
04 | Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock | 109,062 | +1 |
05 | Quiet Riothard rock, glam metal | 95,400 | +17 |
06 | Rage Against the Machinealternative metal, rap metal | 94,609 | +2 |
07 | Guns N’ Roseshard rock, glam metal | 94,432 | -3 |
08 | Weezeralternative rock, power pop | 91,470 | -2 |
09 | K/DAk-pop, pop | 80,509 | +66 |
10 | Toolprogressive metal, alternative metal | 80,370 | -3 |
11 | The Monkeespop, sunshine pop | 72,759 | -1 |
12 | Mötley Crüeglam metal, hard rock | 68,307 | -3 |
13 | Black Eyed Peaship hop, pop rap | 66,252 | -2 |
14 | A Perfect Circlealternative rock, progressive rock | 63,280 | +4 |
15 | Megadeththrash metal, heavy metal | 62,086 | -3 |
16 | The Pussycat Dollspop, dance-pop | 59,699 | -3 |
17 | Oingo Boingonew wave, alternative rock | 56,914 | +3 |
18 | Maroon 5pop, pop rock | 54,290 | -1 |
19 | Boy Throbdance-pop, electronic | 53,452 | +58 |
20 | The Banglespop, jangle pop | 51,759 | -4 |
21 | Audioslavealternative rock, hard rock | 49,253 | -2 |
22 | The Grass Rootsfolk rock, folk pop | 46,330 | +1 |
23 | The Byrdsfolk rock, country rock | 43,746 | -2 |
24 | Wilson Phillipspop, soft rock | 40,097 | -9 |
25 | Foster the Peopleindie pop, pop | 36,461 | 0 |
26 | Buffalo Springfieldfolk rock, rock | 36,418 | 0 |
27 | The Righteous Brothersblue-eyed soul, brill building | 33,548 | +1 |
28 | Three Dog Nightrock, pop rock | 33,496 | -4 |
29 | MUNApop, indie pop | 32,683 | +15 |
30 | The Runawayshard rock, glam punk | 32,631 | 0 |
31 | Temper Cityalternative rock | 31,650 | -17 |
32 | Redbonerock, pop | 30,564 | +4 |
33 | Suicidal Tendenciescrossover thrash, thrash metal | 29,958 | 0 |
34 | Thirty Seconds to Marsalternative rock, rock | 29,820 | +3 |
35 | Holealternative rock, grunge | 27,770 | -4 |
36 | Go‐Go’snew wave, pop rock | 27,240 | -2 |
37 | Pococountry rock, soft rock | 27,199 | +28 |
38 | Them Crooked Vulturesalternative rock, hard rock | 26,882 | +12 |
39 | Tenacious Dcomedy rock, rock | 26,795 | -4 |
40 | Silversun Pickupsalternative rock, indie rock | 26,591 | +1 |
41 | Jane’s Addictionalternative rock, alternative metal | 25,436 | -9 |
42 | The Linda Lindasriot grrrl, power pop | 24,921 | -4 |
43 | W.A.S.P.heavy metal, hard rock | 24,766 | -3 |
44 | HAIMindie rock, pop | 23,351 | -1 |
45 | Blind Melonalternative rock, blues rock | 23,261 | +2 |
46 | Bad Religionpunk rock, punk | 22,451 | -4 |
47 | Breadsoft rock, rock | 21,966 | +7 |
48 | L7grunge, punk | 21,839 | +25 |
49 | Little Featsouthern rock, rock | 21,556 | -3 |
50 | Fear Factoryindustrial metal, death metal | 21,316 | -21 |
68 | G.R.L.pop | 16,344 | +21 |
72 | She Wants Revengeindie rock, rock | 15,706 | +18 |
66 | Mr. Bighard rock, glam metal | 16,581 | +14 |
54 | Pusciferpost-industrial, ambient | 19,836 | +12 |
78 | Porno for Pyrosalternative rock | 14,943 | +10 |
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.