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The 50 most-read bands based in Montréal, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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89 bands are ranked in Montréal. The biggest move was Majical Cloudz, up 21 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Simple Planpop punk, alternative rock | 34,332 | +2 |
02 | Godspeed You! Black Emperorpost-rock, instrumental | 29,971 | -1 |
03 | Arcade Fireindie rock, chamber pop | 26,726 | -1 |
04 | Men Without Hatsnew wave, pop | 17,698 | 0 |
05 | Wolf Paradeindie rock | 10,196 | +2 |
06 | Men I Trustdream pop, indie pop | 8,363 | -1 |
07 | Cryptopsytechnical death metal, brutal death metal | 8,351 | -1 |
08 | The Boxnew wave, art pop | 6,350 | +10 |
09 | Chromeofunktronica, electro-disco | 5,559 | -1 |
10 | A Silver Mt. Zionpost-rock, experimental rock | 3,837 | +2 |
11 | Bran Van 3000alternative dance, pop | 3,546 | -2 |
12 | Despised Icondeathcore, death metal | 3,328 | +1 |
13 | The Agonistmelodic death metal, metalcore | 2,830 | -2 |
14 | Desiresynth-pop | 2,544 | -4 |
15 | Limehi-nrg, disco | 2,212 | -1 |
16 | Kataklysmdeath metal, melodic death metal | 1,789 | -1 |
17 | Trans‐Xsynth-pop | 1,728 | 0 |
18 | The Barr Brothersindie folk, folk rock | 1,339 | +14 |
19 | Majical Cloudzelectronic, indie pop | 1,157 | +21 |
20 | Resetpunk, pop punk | 1,149 | +4 |
21 | Black Tiger Sex Machineelectro, electronic | 1,121 | +1 |
22 | Skypop rock | 1,105 | +12 |
23 | Half Moon Runindie folk, indie pop | 1,086 | -4 |
24 | Priestesshard rock, metal | 989 | +3 |
25 | No Joyshoegaze, electronic | 980 | -4 |
26 | Land of Talkindie rock, alternative rock | 953 | -3 |
27 | NOBROgarage punk | 949 | -7 |
28 | The Besnard Lakespost-rock, dream pop | 942 | +17 |
29 | Ion Dissonancemathcore, metal | 917 | -3 |
30 | Beyond Creationtechnical death metal, death metal | 915 | +5 |
31 | Mashmakhanprogressive rock, rock | 883 | -3 |
32 | HOMESHAKEhypnagogic pop, dream pop | 837 | -2 |
33 | The Stillsindie rock, post-punk revival | 803 | -2 |
34 | TOPSindie rock | 790 | -1 |
35 | Oughtnoise rock, post-punk | 780 | +3 |
36 | The Dearsindie rock, rock | 774 | +1 |
37 | Adventure Clubdubstep, drum and bass | 757 | -8 |
38 | The King Khan & BBQ Showdoo-wop, punk | 678 | -2 |
39 | Unexpectavant-garde metal, avant-garde | 675 | +20 |
40 | Elephant Stoneindie rock, neo-psychedelia | 667 | -15 |
41 | The Planet Smashersska, ska punk | 664 | +3 |
42 | Doughboysalternative rock | 636 | 0 |
43 | The Gruesomesalternative rock | 620 | +3 |
44 | BIG|BRAVEnoise rock, drone metal | 618 | +5 |
45 | SUUNSart rock, electronic | 614 | -4 |
46 | La Sécuritéart punk, new wave | 587 | +16 |
47 | Beneath the Massacrebrutal death metal, technical death metal | 574 | +4 |
48 | Pulse Ultraalternative metal, alternative rock | 542 | +10 |
49 | Loco Locasship hop | 530 | +12 |
50 | Handsome Fursindie rock | 517 | -7 |
78 | Tricky Wooindie rock | 227 | +9 |
74 | Obliveontechnical thrash metal, thrash metal | 243 | +8 |
59 | Blue Hawaiielectronic | 423 | +5 |
60 | GrimSkunkalternative rock | 415 | +5 |
53 | TNGHTtrap edm, trap | 502 | +4 |
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.