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The 27 most-read bands based in Madison, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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27 bands are ranked in Madison. 2 entered the top 50 this month. The biggest move was Paris, Texas, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Garbagealternative rock, alternative dance | 35,853 | 0 |
02 | Slow Pulpbedroom pop, indie rock | 4,644 | 0 |
03 | Timbuk 3pop, post-punk | 2,766 | 0 |
04 | Rainer Mariaemo | 1,840 | 0 |
05 | Killdozernoise rock, post-hardcore | 1,733 | 0 |
06 | Bongzillastoner metal, doom metal | 1,511 | 0 |
07 | Masked Intruderpop punk, punk | 733 | 0 |
08 | Those Poor Bastardscountry, gothic country | 577 | 0 |
09 | The Fendermenrockabilly | 521 | +1 |
10 | Spoonerpower pop | 418 | -1 |
11 | Jex Thothdoom metal, stoner rock | 337 | +3 |
12 | I Voted for Kodosska, ska punk | 294 | 0 |
12 | Paris, Texasrock | 294 | +4 |
14 | Locksleyalternative rock | 260 | +1 |
15 | Lords of the Tridentheavy metal, power metal | 258 | -4 |
16 | The Gothsicleschiptune, comedy | 254 | -3 |
17 | Circus Lupuspunk rock | 251 | 0 |
18 | Solid Goldelectronic | 130 | 0 |
19 | God-des & Shehip hop | 93 | +1 |
20 | Null Deviceelectronic | 67 | +2 |
20 | Cougarrock | 67 | -1 |
22 | Natty Nationreggae, rock | 66 | -1 |
23 | Sleeping in the Aviaryindie rock | 62 | 0 |
24 | Naked Aggressionpunk rock | 47 | 0 |
25 | Corridoréatmospheric black metal, post-metal | 42 | NEW |
26 | Vanishing Kidsclassic rock, doom metal | 41 | NEW |
27 | Southerlyindie rock | 12 | -2 |
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.