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The 50 most-read New Yorker bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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83 bands are ranked in New York. The biggest move was The Walkmen, up 47 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Strokesindie rock, garage rock revival | 104,453 | +2 |
02 | Talking Headsnew wave, post-punk | 87,596 | +3 |
03 | Beastie Boyship hop, rap rock | 84,180 | -2 |
04 | The Mamas & the Papassunshine pop, folk rock | 76,014 | -2 |
05 | Blondienew wave, disco | 68,131 | +3 |
06 | Ramonespunk rock, pop punk | 67,451 | -2 |
07 | Foreignerrock, pop rock | 55,882 | +4 |
08 | The Velvet Undergroundexperimental rock, art rock | 55,202 | +2 |
09 | Interpolindie rock, post-punk | 50,226 | 0 |
10 | Anthraxthrash metal, heavy metal | 47,240 | -4 |
11 | Village Peopledisco, electronic | 41,076 | +1 |
12 | The Whitest Kids U’ Knowcomedy, sketch comedy | 39,570 | -5 |
13 | Funpop | 39,252 | +4 |
14 | The Crampspsychobilly, garage rock | 38,364 | +8 |
15 | Sonic Youthalternative rock, noise rock | 38,025 | 0 |
16 | The Pretty Recklesshard rock, alternative rock | 34,748 | -3 |
17 | The Chainsmokerselectro house, edm | 32,756 | +2 |
18 | Yeah Yeah Yeahsindie rock, garage rock | 32,307 | +3 |
19 | Swansnoise rock, post-punk | 31,276 | +7 |
20 | LCD Soundsystemdance-punk, electronic | 31,105 | -6 |
21 | Peter, Paul and Maryfolk | 31,018 | -3 |
22 | White Zombieindustrial metal, heavy metal | 30,215 | +3 |
23 | Sofi Tukkerelectronic, dance | 28,316 | +5 |
24 | House of Painhip hop | 27,141 | -8 |
25 | Blues Brothersblues, soul | 25,877 | -5 |
26 | New York Dollsglam rock, rock | 23,380 | -3 |
27 | Scissor Sisterspop, glam rock | 23,083 | -3 |
28 | Fountains of Waynealternative rock, indie pop | 20,527 | +13 |
29 | Deee‐Litehouse, dance | 20,421 | -2 |
30 | The Walkmenindie rock, post-punk revival | 17,992 | +47 |
31 | Vampire Weekendindie rock, indie pop | 17,497 | +2 |
32 | Mindless Self Indulgencepunk rock, electronic | 16,748 | -1 |
33 | Weather Reportjazz fusion, jazz | 16,721 | -3 |
34 | Chicdisco, funk | 16,410 | +3 |
35 | Living Colourhard rock, funk metal | 15,838 | +1 |
36 | Televisionpost-punk, art punk | 15,765 | +3 |
37 | Blood, Sweat & Tearspop rock, jazz rock | 15,416 | -2 |
38 | The Lovin’ Spoonfulfolk rock, psychedelic pop | 14,882 | 0 |
39 | The Power Stationrock | 14,629 | +6 |
40 | Spin Doctorsalternative rock, blues rock | 13,572 | -6 |
41 | The Driftersdoo-wop, pop | 12,834 | +3 |
42 | Vanilla Fudgehard rock, aor | 12,698 | +7 |
43 | Mountainhard rock, blues rock | 12,636 | +7 |
44 | Helmetpost-hardcore, alternative metal | 12,483 | -1 |
45 | Cameofunk, soul | 12,469 | +10 |
46 | Suicideelectronic, minimal synth | 12,349 | +7 |
47 | Ashford & Simpsonfunk, soul | 12,291 | -1 |
48 | AJRpop, indie pop | 12,286 | -19 |
49 | Kid ’n Playhip hop | 11,566 | -7 |
50 | SWVcontemporary r&b, new jack swing | 11,445 | +2 |
63 | Postmodern Jukeboxswing, jazz | 8,760 | +15 |
61 | Ninja Sex Partycomedy, pop rock | 8,799 | +14 |
67 | Spacehogalternative rock, britpop | 7,957 | +7 |
62 | Cobra Starshipelectronic, neon pop punk | 8,778 | +6 |
77 | Plasmaticspunk rock | 6,255 | +5 |
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.