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The 40 most-read bands based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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40 bands are ranked in New York. The biggest move was Sainthood Reps, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Blue Man Groupexperimental rock, post-rock | 16,588 | 0 |
02 | Gogol Bordellogypsy punk, punk | 14,360 | +1 |
03 | The Voidzexperimental rock, indie rock | 12,522 | -1 |
04 | Suffocationdeath metal, brutal death metal | 8,238 | 0 |
05 | Gravediggazhorrorcore, east coast hip hop | 7,864 | 0 |
06 | The Dictatorshard rock, punk rock | 4,068 | +1 |
07 | Attilahard rock, acid rock | 3,744 | -1 |
08 | The Product G&Bhip hop | 3,121 | 0 |
09 | El Michels Affairhip hop, funk | 2,685 | 0 |
10 | The Free Designsunshine pop | 1,672 | 0 |
11 | James Chance and the Contortionsno wave, dance-punk | 1,302 | +1 |
12 | The Arrogant Sons of Bitchesska, punk | 1,059 | -1 |
13 | Killing Timehardcore punk | 959 | 0 |
14 | The Salsoul Orchestradisco, pop | 908 | 0 |
15 | Assembly of Dustrock | 775 | +2 |
16 | Skarheadhardcore punk | 596 | 0 |
17 | Yellow Matter Custardrock | 593 | -2 |
18 | The Mammalsfolk | 458 | 0 |
19 | On the Might of Princespost-hardcore, emo | 409 | +1 |
20 | Ambitious Loverspunk rock | 339 | -1 |
21 | The White Mandingosrock | 319 | +1 |
22 | Generation Killcrossover thrash, thrash metal | 318 | -1 |
23 | Black Army Jacketpowerviolence | 212 | 0 |
24 | The Reunion Showpop punk | 206 | +2 |
25 | +/-indie rock | 202 | -1 |
26 | Cilveralternative rock, hard rock | 200 | -2 |
27 | Scarecrowheavy metal | 196 | +1 |
28 | 8 Eyed Spypunk rock | 185 | -1 |
29 | Sainthood Repsalternative rock | 143 | +3 |
30 | 740 Boyzdance, dance-pop | 139 | -1 |
31 | Dahlia Seedemo, post-hardcore | 134 | -1 |
32 | Action Swingersgarage punk | 117 | -1 |
33 | Warshippost-hardcore | 102 | 0 |
34 | Apes & Androidselectropop | 65 | +1 |
35 | BlameShiftrock | 60 | -1 |
36 | Post Scriptvmdark ambient, noise | 39 | 0 |
37 | 1 Mile Northpost-rock | 34 | 0 |
38 | The Tuneful Trolleypsychedelic pop | 28 | 0 |
38 | Third Personfree improvisation | 28 | +1 |
40 | Drillalternative rock, hard rock | 4 | 0 |
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.