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The 50 most-read bands based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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84 bands are ranked in New York. The biggest move was Mannequin Pussy, up 25 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Strokesindie rock, garage rock revival | 114,403 | +1 |
02 | Beastie Boyship hop, rap rock | 114,259 | +1 |
03 | The Mamas & the Papassunshine pop, folk rock | 94,928 | +1 |
04 | Ramonespunk rock, pop punk | 88,534 | +1 |
05 | Foreignerrock, pop rock | 80,065 | +3 |
06 | Talking Headsnew wave, post-punk | 78,336 | 0 |
07 | Blondienew wave, disco | 62,824 | 0 |
08 | The Velvet Undergroundexperimental rock, art rock | 61,284 | +1 |
09 | Interpolindie rock, post-punk | 61,172 | +6 |
10 | Yeah Yeah Yeahsindie rock, garage rock | 50,337 | +17 |
11 | Village Peopledisco, electronic | 50,201 | -10 |
12 | The Pretty Recklesshard rock, alternative rock | 46,455 | -2 |
13 | Peter, Paul and Maryfolk | 44,989 | +3 |
14 | LCD Soundsystemdance-punk, electronic | 42,607 | +9 |
15 | Deee‐Litehouse, dance | 42,412 | +7 |
16 | Anthraxthrash metal, heavy metal | 40,143 | -4 |
17 | The Crampspsychobilly, garage rock | 39,215 | +13 |
18 | The Chainsmokerselectro house, edm | 39,172 | -1 |
19 | Sonic Youthalternative rock, noise rock | 38,915 | -5 |
20 | Funpop | 36,599 | -9 |
21 | Scissor Sisterspop, glam rock | 36,305 | -8 |
22 | Mannequin Pussyindie rock, punk rock | 34,119 | +25 |
23 | Blues Brothersblues, soul | 27,369 | +3 |
24 | Spin Doctorsalternative rock, blues rock | 26,599 | 0 |
25 | The Lovin’ Spoonfulfolk rock, psychedelic pop | 26,315 | -5 |
26 | White Zombieindustrial metal, heavy metal | 26,009 | +7 |
27 | The Whitest Kids U’ Knowcomedy, sketch comedy | 24,458 | +2 |
28 | House of Painhip hop | 24,401 | +3 |
29 | Blood, Sweat & Tearspop rock, jazz rock | 23,719 | -10 |
30 | New York Dollsglam rock, rock | 23,277 | -5 |
31 | AJRpop, indie pop | 22,433 | -13 |
32 | Mindless Self Indulgencepunk rock, electronic | 22,396 | -11 |
33 | Chicdisco, funk | 21,507 | +1 |
34 | Swansnoise rock, post-punk | 21,217 | -6 |
35 | Vampire Weekendindie rock, indie pop | 20,799 | -3 |
36 | Weather Reportjazz fusion, jazz | 19,124 | -1 |
37 | Living Colourhard rock, funk metal | 18,993 | -1 |
38 | Helmetpost-hardcore, alternative metal | 17,781 | +10 |
39 | Gov’t Muleblues rock, southern rock | 17,439 | +4 |
40 | Ashford & Simpsonfunk, soul | 17,016 | +10 |
41 | Sofi Tukkerelectronic, dance | 16,852 | -4 |
42 | Kid ’n Playhip hop | 16,676 | +10 |
43 | Vanilla Fudgehard rock, aor | 16,167 | +1 |
44 | Televisionpost-punk, art punk | 16,136 | +1 |
45 | The Power Stationrock | 16,034 | -5 |
46 | Fountains of Waynealternative rock, indie pop | 15,847 | -7 |
47 | Mountainhard rock, blues rock | 15,756 | -5 |
48 | The Driftersdoo-wop, pop | 14,617 | -10 |
49 | SWVcontemporary r&b, new jack swing | 14,041 | -3 |
50 | Fcukerselectro house, electronic | 13,182 | -9 |
57 | Dream Streetdance-pop, teen pop | 10,895 | +20 |
67 | Pronggroove metal, thrash metal | 8,630 | +12 |
68 | Blonde Redheadindie rock, alternative rock | 7,810 | +5 |
55 | C+C Music Factoryhip house, dance-pop | 11,117 | +4 |
51 | Le Tigreriot grrrl, punk rock | 12,926 | +3 |
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.