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The 50 most-read bands based in Montréal, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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94 bands are ranked in Montréal. The biggest move was Population II, up 59 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Simple Planpop punk, alternative rock | 39,178 | +2 |
02 | Arcade Fireindie rock, chamber pop | 28,686 | 0 |
03 | Godspeed You! Black Emperorpost-rock, instrumental | 26,422 | -2 |
04 | Men Without Hatsnew wave, pop | 17,230 | 0 |
05 | Cryptopsytechnical death metal, brutal death metal | 10,699 | +2 |
06 | Men I Trustdream pop, indie pop | 10,063 | -1 |
07 | Chromeofunktronica, electro-disco | 9,780 | +1 |
08 | Wolf Paradeindie rock | 9,095 | -2 |
09 | Bran Van 3000alternative dance, pop | 4,973 | 0 |
10 | Despised Icondeathcore, death metal | 3,446 | +2 |
11 | A Silver Mt. Zionpost-rock, experimental rock | 3,251 | -1 |
12 | The Agonistmelodic death metal, metalcore | 2,875 | +3 |
13 | Limehi-nrg, disco | 2,680 | +1 |
14 | Desiresynth-pop | 2,648 | -1 |
15 | Kataklysmdeath metal, melodic death metal | 2,517 | -4 |
16 | Resetpunk, pop punk | 2,131 | +9 |
17 | Trans‐Xsynth-pop | 2,048 | -1 |
18 | Black Tiger Sex Machineelectro, electronic | 1,949 | +3 |
19 | The Boxnew wave, art pop | 1,823 | +1 |
20 | Half Moon Runindie folk, indie pop | 1,714 | -3 |
21 | No Joyshoegaze, electronic | 1,435 | +1 |
22 | The Barr Brothersindie folk, folk rock | 1,383 | -4 |
23 | TOPSindie rock | 1,313 | 0 |
24 | HOMESHAKEhypnagogic pop, dream pop | 1,100 | +4 |
25 | Priestesshard rock, metal | 1,083 | -1 |
26 | Ion Dissonancemathcore, metal | 1,045 | +3 |
27 | BIG|BRAVEnoise rock, drone metal | 1,042 | -8 |
28 | Adventure Clubdubstep, drum and bass | 993 | +5 |
28 | The Dearsindie rock, rock | 993 | +7 |
30 | Population IIpsychedelic rock, krautrock | 978 | +59 |
31 | The Stillsindie rock, post-punk revival | 966 | +6 |
32 | Beyond Creationtechnical death metal, death metal | 965 | +2 |
33 | Skypop rock | 896 | -6 |
34 | Land of Talkindie rock, alternative rock | 873 | +5 |
35 | Mashmakhanprogressive rock, rock | 861 | -3 |
36 | The King Khan & BBQ Showdoo-wop, punk | 849 | -10 |
37 | Le Vent du Nordfolk, néo-trad | 837 | +14 |
38 | Elephant Stoneindie rock, neo-psychedelia | 819 | +5 |
39 | The Besnard Lakespost-rock, dream pop | 779 | +9 |
40 | Oughtnoise rock, post-punk | 777 | -10 |
41 | The Planet Smashersska, ska punk | 753 | -3 |
42 | Majical Cloudzelectronic, indie pop | 746 | -2 |
43 | Beau Dommagechanson française, folk rock | 719 | +2 |
44 | NOBROgarage punk | 705 | +2 |
45 | Beneath the Massacrebrutal death metal, technical death metal | 674 | -3 |
45 | Handsome Fursindie rock | 674 | -4 |
47 | Story Untoldpop punk | 660 | +8 |
48 | Doughboysalternative rock | 647 | -12 |
49 | La Sécuritéart punk, new wave | 579 | -18 |
50 | SUUNSart rock, electronic | 576 | -1 |
79 | Muzionhip hop | 238 | +15 |
76 | Genticorumcontra, folk | 250 | +9 |
81 | Blackguardfolk metal, death metal | 232 | +9 |
55 | Elsianechillout, downtempo | 503 | +7 |
58 | Niyazelectronica, folk | 480 | +7 |
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.