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The 27 most-read bands based in Madison, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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27 bands are ranked in Madison. The biggest move was Locksley, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Garbagealternative rock, alternative dance | 27,844 | 0 |
02 | Slow Pulpbedroom pop, indie rock | 8,366 | 0 |
03 | Timbuk 3pop, post-punk | 2,815 | 0 |
04 | Killdozernoise rock, post-hardcore | 1,517 | +1 |
05 | Bongzillastoner metal, doom metal | 1,452 | +1 |
06 | Rainer Mariaemo | 1,318 | -2 |
07 | Masked Intruderpop punk, punk | 674 | 0 |
08 | Those Poor Bastardscountry, gothic country | 628 | 0 |
09 | Locksleyalternative rock | 388 | +5 |
10 | Spoonerpower pop | 357 | 0 |
11 | The Fendermenrockabilly | 342 | -2 |
12 | I Voted for Kodosska, ska punk | 341 | +1 |
13 | Jex Thothdoom metal, stoner rock | 301 | -2 |
14 | Paris, Texasrock | 299 | -2 |
15 | Circus Lupuspunk rock | 249 | 0 |
16 | Lords of the Tridentheavy metal, power metal | 211 | 0 |
17 | Solid Goldelectronic | 124 | +1 |
18 | The Gothsicleschiptune, comedy | 122 | -1 |
19 | God-des & Shehip hop | 79 | 0 |
20 | Cougarrock | 65 | 0 |
21 | Sleeping in the Aviaryindie rock | 54 | +1 |
22 | Natty Nationreggae, rock | 51 | -1 |
23 | Null Deviceelectronic | 46 | +1 |
24 | Naked Aggressionpunk rock | 40 | -1 |
25 | Vanishing Kidsclassic rock, doom metal | 16 | +2 |
26 | Southerlyindie rock | 12 | 0 |
26 | Corridoréatmospheric black metal, post-metal | 12 | -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.