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Norwegian Bands

The 50 most-read Norwegian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

179 bands are ranked in Norway. The biggest move was Jorn, up 42 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Mayhemblack metal, metal	43,867	+1
02	a‐hanew wave, pop	36,859	-1
03	Burzumblack metal, dungeon synth	22,398	0
04	Dimmu Borgirsymphonic black metal, black metal	16,393	0
05	Darkthroneblack metal, death metal	12,388	0
06	Ylviscomedy	11,223	0
07	Gorgorothblack metal	10,669	0
08	Emperorblack metal, symphonic black metal	9,805	+1
09	Röyksoppelectronic, downtempo	8,435	+1
10	Immortalblack metal, metal	7,976	+1
11	Enslavedblack metal, progressive metal	7,200	+4
12	M2Meuropop, pop	7,049	-4
13	Satyriconblack metal, black 'n' roll	6,803	-1
14	Wardrunadark folk, neofolk	6,601	+2
15	Turbonegergarage punk, glam punk	5,695	-1
16	Ulverblack metal, ambient	5,651	+2
17	Leprousprogressive metal, progressive rock	5,601	-4
18	Slomosastoner rock, desert rock	4,887	+5
19	The Quick Stylepop	4,760	+11
20	Theatre of Tragedygothic metal, doom metal	4,352	+2
21	Witch Club Satanblack metal	4,172	-2
22	Combichristaggrotech, ebm	3,864	-5
23	Mortiisdungeon synth, dark ambient	3,783	+3
24	Kings of Conveniencefolk pop, indie folk	3,301	+5
25	Secret Gardenfolk, celtic new age	3,205	-1
26	The Bausadance, dance-pop	3,031	+1
27	Nico & Vinzafrobeat, hip hop	3,026	+1
28	Jornheavy metal, progressive rock	3,017	+42
29	Fra Lippo Lippipunk rock	2,859	+16
30	Madrugadarock	2,781	+1
31	Madconhip hop, pop rap	2,584	+4
32	Sireniagothic metal, metal	2,572	+8
33	Borknagarblack metal, progressive metal	2,539	+5
34	1349black metal, metal	2,477	+9
35	Carpathian Forestblack metal, metal	2,436	+1
36	Arcturusavant-garde metal, progressive metal	2,310	+11
37	Windirblack metal, melodic black metal	2,207	-3
38	Kvelertakhardcore punk, black metal	2,154	-1
39	boy pabloindie pop, indie rock	2,119	+2
40	Old Man’s Childmelodic black metal	2,117	-8
41	Kaizers Orchestraalternative rock, rock	2,056	+26
42	TNThard rock	2,049	+2
43	Tristaniagothic metal	2,027	+5
44	Abbathblack metal, metal	1,979	-23
45	Green Carnationprogressive metal, doom metal	1,865	-25
46	Old Funeraldeath metal	1,849	-4
47	Taakeblack metal	1,844	-8
48	Thornsblack metal, electronic	1,836	+1
49	Zyklon‐Bblack metal	1,710	+1
50	Wig Wamglam metal, hard rock	1,678	+1

Rising outside the top 50this month

71	The Pussycatspop	998	+32
91	Arabs in Aspicprogressive rock, hard rock	747	+22
105	Vagabondrock	376	+21
123	Folquefolk, folk rock	200	+21
70	Backstreet Girlsboogie rock, hard rock	1,002	+17

Adjacent scenes

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.