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The 50 most-read bands based in Oakland, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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80 bands are ranked in Oakland. The biggest move was Fuck, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | En Voguenew jack swing, soul | 28,091 | 0 |
02 | The Pointer Sisterscontemporary r&b, soul | 25,180 | 0 |
03 | Machine Headthrash metal, groove metal | 20,673 | +1 |
04 | Digital Undergroundhip hop, alternative hip hop | 16,448 | +2 |
05 | Neurosissludge metal, atmospheric sludge metal | 15,399 | -2 |
06 | Tower of Powerfunk, soul | 12,798 | -1 |
07 | Tony! Toni! Toné!funk, contemporary r&b | 11,708 | 0 |
08 | High on Firesludge metal, stoner metal | 9,966 | +1 |
09 | Y&Tglam metal, hard rock | 7,901 | +1 |
10 | Souls of Mischiefhip hop, west coast hip hop | 6,646 | -2 |
11 | Autopsydeath metal, death-doom metal | 4,651 | +2 |
12 | Hieroglyphicship hop | 4,574 | 0 |
13 | All Shall Perishdeathcore, metal | 4,541 | +2 |
14 | The Coupconscious hip hop, political hip hop | 4,505 | -3 |
15 | Lunizhip hop, gangsta rap | 3,686 | +1 |
16 | Francis and the Lightspop | 3,427 | -2 |
17 | Graham Central Stationfunk, funk rock | 2,695 | 0 |
18 | The California Honeydropsblues | 1,986 | 0 |
19 | Blaqk Audioelectronic | 1,507 | +1 |
20 | Rogue Waveindie folk, folk | 1,458 | -1 |
21 | Zion Ialternative hip hop, hip hop | 1,445 | +2 |
22 | Lȧȧz Rockitheavy metal, power metal | 1,340 | 0 |
23 | Indian Summeremo, emocore | 1,129 | +1 |
24 | Ghouldeath metal, thrash metal | 1,074 | +2 |
25 | Beats Antiqueelectronic, steampunk | 1,014 | -4 |
26 | The Conscious Daughtership hop | 1,009 | +4 |
27 | The Matchesalternative rock, pop punk | 901 | -2 |
28 | Flipsydehip hop, rapcore | 874 | -1 |
29 | Main Attrakionzalternative hip hop, cloud rap | 850 | -1 |
30 | Oaktown’s 3.5.7hip hop | 748 | +2 |
31 | 3x Krazyhip hop | 734 | +2 |
32 | Lionheartbeatdown hardcore, hardcore punk | 676 | -1 |
33 | Defiancethrash metal, progressive metal | 656 | -4 |
34 | The Regimehip hop, west coast hip hop | 527 | +1 |
35 | 415west coast hip hop | 433 | +1 |
36 | Systematicalternative metal, hard rock | 419 | +3 |
37 | Wallpaper.electronic, dance | 388 | 0 |
37 | Persephone’s Beespop | 388 | +1 |
39 | American Steelpunk | 374 | +3 |
40 | Gravy Train!!!!electro, dance | 367 | -6 |
41 | Fuckindie rock | 354 | +6 |
42 | Themselveship hop | 351 | +6 |
43 | Steady Mobb’ngangsta rap | 329 | +1 |
44 | Hatriotthrash metal | 328 | -1 |
45 | Erase Erratapost-punk | 326 | 0 |
46 | Idiot Fleshexperimental, avant-garde | 313 | -6 |
47 | The Phenomenautspsychobilly | 307 | -6 |
48 | Subtlehip hop | 247 | +4 |
49 | Savioursdoom metal, heavy metal | 245 | 0 |
50 | The Teamhip hop | 201 | +1 |
55 | Embersblack metal | 170 | +14 |
60 | Fleshiespunk | 135 | +6 |
51 | Skitzometal, thrash metal | 199 | +5 |
68 | Cosa Bravajazz | 89 | +5 |
54 | The WhoRidaswest coast hip hop | 175 | +4 |
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.