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The 36 most-read Orange Countian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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36 bands are ranked in Orange County. The biggest move was Ignite, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Stryperchristian metal, heavy metal | 17,123 | 0 |
02 | The Aquabats!ska punk, new wave | 14,630 | +1 |
03 | Berlinnew wave, dance-pop | 11,465 | -1 |
04 | The Gardenart punk, experimental rock | 7,679 | +1 |
05 | Movementspost-hardcore, emo | 6,772 | -1 |
06 | Dystopiacrust punk, sludge metal | 4,227 | 0 |
07 | Jack’s Mannequinpiano rock, pop rock | 3,733 | 0 |
08 | Ignitemelodic hardcore, hardcore punk | 3,726 | +5 |
09 | Eighteen Visionsmetalcore, metal | 3,692 | -1 |
10 | Stick to Your Gunshardcore punk, melodic hardcore | 3,042 | -1 |
11 | Project 86hard rock, christian hardcore | 1,712 | 0 |
12 | Dance With the Deaddarksynth, electronic | 1,659 | -2 |
13 | Death by Stereopunk, hardcore punk | 1,157 | -1 |
14 | The O.C. Supertonesska punk | 995 | +1 |
15 | The Chantayssurf rock | 924 | -1 |
16 | Mind Funkgrunge, stoner rock | 904 | 0 |
17 | Beat Junkieship hop, turntablism | 740 | +1 |
18 | Stavesacrealternative rock, christian rock | 581 | -1 |
19 | The Ziggenssurf | 484 | 0 |
20 | The Colouristalternative rock | 465 | 0 |
21 | Burn Haloalternative metal | 442 | +2 |
22 | Undercoverpunk rock | 441 | -1 |
23 | Mêléepunk rock | 433 | -1 |
24 | Trespassers Williamdream pop, indie rock | 388 | +1 |
25 | Bleed the Skymetal, metalcore | 334 | +2 |
26 | Scars of Tomorrowpunk rock | 256 | -2 |
27 | The Stitchespunk rock | 217 | -1 |
28 | Handsome Devilpunk rock | 159 | 0 |
29 | Mindrotdeath metal, doom metal | 156 | +2 |
30 | Morgiondoom metal, death metal | 149 | +2 |
31 | The Feniansceltic | 122 | -1 |
32 | OC Timesbarbershop | 120 | +1 |
33 | The Last Dancegothic rock | 114 | -4 |
34 | Intro5pectpunk rock | 94 | -1 |
35 | Norin & Radedm | 53 | 0 |
36 | U.S. Crushpunk rock | 25 | 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.