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The 50 most-read bands based in Minneapolis, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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115 bands are ranked in Minneapolis. The biggest move was The Magnolias, up 13 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Replacementsalternative rock, punk rock | 23,749 | 0 |
02 | The Andrews Sistersjazz | 19,077 | 0 |
03 | Soul Asylumalternative rock, pop rock | 14,709 | 0 |
04 | The Jetscontemporary r&b, dance-pop | 12,834 | 0 |
05 | Lipps, Inc.disco, funk | 12,249 | +6 |
06 | The Timeminneapolis sound, funk | 11,668 | 0 |
07 | The Jayhawksamericana, alternative country | 11,195 | 0 |
08 | The Revolutionfunk, pop | 9,662 | 0 |
09 | Atmospherehip hop, boom bap | 9,070 | +5 |
10 | Sugaralternative rock, rock | 9,025 | +9 |
11 | Semisonicalternative rock, pop rock | 7,842 | -2 |
12 | Babes in Toylandgrunge, alternative rock | 6,483 | -2 |
13 | Marcy Playgroundalternative rock | 6,254 | -1 |
14 | Vanity 6minneapolis sound | 5,898 | +2 |
15 | American Head Chargeindustrial, alternative metal | 5,881 | +5 |
16 | Mint Conditionfunk, contemporary r&b | 5,699 | +2 |
17 | Information Societyelectronic, freestyle | 5,649 | 0 |
18 | The Trashmengarage rock, surf rock | 5,225 | -5 |
19 | Motion City Soundtrackpop punk, punk | 4,876 | -14 |
20 | Cloud Cultindie pop, baroque pop | 4,739 | +7 |
21 | Nextcontemporary r&b | 3,686 | 0 |
22 | The Familyfunk, minneapolis sound | 3,292 | +2 |
23 | Spymobrock | 2,986 | -8 |
24 | Golden Smogrock, alternative country | 2,938 | +1 |
25 | The New Power Generationfunk, contemporary r&b | 2,887 | +1 |
26 | Poliçaalternative rock | 2,158 | +4 |
27 | Hippo Campusdream pop, indie pop | 2,151 | +4 |
28 | The Bad Plusjazz, post-bop | 2,141 | -5 |
29 | Dillinger Fourpunk, skate punk | 1,873 | -1 |
30 | Synestiadeathcore, symphonic black metal | 1,871 | +2 |
31 | The Suburbsnew wave, punk rock | 1,804 | +8 |
32 | Madhousejazz | 1,657 | +2 |
33 | Powermadheavy metal, metal | 1,595 | +5 |
34 | Cowsnoise rock, pigfuck | 1,512 | +2 |
35 | Koffee Browncontemporary r&b | 1,482 | -6 |
36 | The Cactus Blossomscountry, neo-traditional country | 1,444 | -3 |
37 | Off With Their Headspunk rock | 1,399 | +3 |
38 | Disembodiedmetalcore | 1,316 | -3 |
39 | Reflectionsavant-garde metal, metalcore | 1,275 | -17 |
40 | The Okee Dokee Brothersbluegrass | 1,171 | +1 |
41 | Doomtreehip hop | 1,062 | -4 |
42 | Gypsyprogressive rock, psychedelic rock | 999 | +2 |
43 | Trip Shakespearealternative rock | 892 | -1 |
44 | Janitor Joepunk rock | 839 | -1 |
45 | Maliceheavy metal | 815 | 0 |
46 | The Magnoliaspop punk | 779 | +13 |
47 | New Medicinehard rock | 727 | +3 |
48 | Tapes ’n Tapesindie rock | 696 | +8 |
49 | The Wild Pairdance | 683 | -2 |
50 | 94 Eastdance-pop, contemporary r&b | 681 | +4 |
85 | Murzikneofolk | 141 | +23 |
88 | The High Spiritsgarage rock | 122 | +15 |
83 | Scrapomaticsoul | 150 | +14 |
59 | Flyte Tymefunk | 482 | +10 |
52 | Bad Bad Hatsindie rock, indie pop | 627 | +9 |
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.