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The 34 most-read bands based in Newcastle upon Tyne, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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34 bands are ranked in Newcastle upon Tyne. The biggest move was Cronos, up 15 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Venomblack metal, speed metal | 121,782 | 0 |
02 | Lighthouse Familypop, pop soul | 16,283 | 0 |
03 | Venom Inc.heavy metal | 11,638 | +9 |
04 | Cronospower metal, thrash metal | 9,594 | +15 |
05 | Geordieglam rock, hard rock | 6,773 | -2 |
06 | Lindisfarnefolk, british folk rock | 6,527 | -2 |
07 | The Wildheartshard rock, power pop | 4,003 | -2 |
08 | Ravenheavy metal, nwobhm | 3,690 | -2 |
09 | Maxïmo Parkindie rock, new wave | 3,027 | -2 |
10 | Rachel Unthank & the Wintersetfolk | 2,489 | 0 |
11 | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigsdoom metal, heavy metal | 2,153 | -3 |
12 | Dubstardream pop, alternative dance | 1,916 | -3 |
13 | Skycladfolk metal, celtic metal | 1,543 | -2 |
14 | Satanheavy metal, nwobhm | 1,309 | -1 |
15 | :zoviet*france:post-industrial, dark ambient | 988 | -1 |
16 | Last Exitjazz | 889 | -1 |
17 | Lanterns on the Lakeindie rock, dream pop | 728 | 0 |
18 | Punishment of Luxurynew wave, post-punk | 567 | 0 |
19 | Hellbastardcrust punk, metal | 557 | -3 |
20 | Fistheavy metal, nwobhm | 426 | 0 |
21 | Skip Biffertypsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 314 | 0 |
22 | The Orange Lightsrock | 220 | +4 |
23 | Hurrah!c86, indie pop | 195 | -1 |
24 | Hollow Groundheavy metal | 174 | 0 |
25 | Sirenscontemporary r&b | 173 | -2 |
26 | Freeform Fiveelectronica | 129 | -1 |
27 | Lexicon Avenueprogressive house | 101 | 0 |
28 | Nic Armstrong & The Thievesrock | 87 | 0 |
29 | Forgodsakealternative rock, grunge | 60 | +3 |
30 | Atom Godheavy metal, speed metal | 43 | -1 |
31 | The Jellyspunk rock | 42 | -1 |
32 | Spraydogindie rock | 37 | -1 |
33 | Let's Buy Happinessalternative rock | 35 | 0 |
34 | The JTAalternative rock, dance | 2 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.