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The 34 most-read bands based in Newcastle upon Tyne, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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34 bands are ranked in Newcastle upon Tyne. The biggest move was Lexicon Avenue, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Venomblack metal, speed metal | 17,656 | 0 |
02 | Lighthouse Familypop, pop soul | 8,934 | +1 |
03 | Geordieglam rock, hard rock | 7,395 | -1 |
04 | Lindisfarnefolk, british folk rock | 6,565 | 0 |
05 | Maxïmo Parkindie rock, new wave | 4,024 | +1 |
06 | The Wildheartshard rock, power pop | 3,461 | -1 |
07 | Ravenheavy metal, nwobhm | 3,299 | 0 |
08 | Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigsdoom metal, heavy metal | 3,009 | +1 |
09 | Rachel Unthank & the Wintersetfolk | 2,920 | -1 |
10 | Venom Inc.heavy metal | 1,673 | 0 |
11 | Skycladfolk metal, celtic metal | 1,572 | +1 |
12 | Dubstardream pop, alternative dance | 1,487 | -1 |
13 | Satanheavy metal, nwobhm | 1,229 | 0 |
14 | Last Exitjazz | 990 | +1 |
15 | :zoviet*france:post-industrial, dark ambient | 964 | -1 |
16 | Lanterns on the Lakeindie rock, dream pop | 686 | 0 |
17 | Hellbastardcrust punk, metal | 604 | 0 |
18 | Punishment of Luxurynew wave, post-punk | 483 | 0 |
19 | Cronospower metal, thrash metal | 437 | 0 |
20 | Fistheavy metal, nwobhm | 416 | 0 |
21 | Skip Biffertypsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 382 | 0 |
22 | Hurrah!c86, indie pop | 227 | 0 |
23 | Sirenscontemporary r&b | 181 | 0 |
24 | Hollow Groundheavy metal | 161 | 0 |
25 | Freeform Fiveelectronica | 146 | 0 |
26 | Lexicon Avenueprogressive house | 135 | +2 |
27 | The Orange Lightsrock | 131 | -1 |
28 | Nic Armstrong & The Thievesrock | 74 | -1 |
29 | Atom Godheavy metal, speed metal | 53 | +1 |
30 | The Jellyspunk rock | 49 | +2 |
31 | Let's Buy Happinessalternative rock | 42 | 0 |
32 | Spraydogindie rock | 41 | +1 |
33 | Forgodsakealternative rock, grunge | 35 | -4 |
34 | The JTAalternative rock, dance | 7 | 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.