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The 36 most-read bands based in Orange County, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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36 bands are ranked in Orange County. The biggest move was Scars of Tomorrow, up 20 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Aquabats!ska punk, new wave | 23,429 | +2 |
02 | Berlinnew wave, dance-pop | 15,013 | 0 |
03 | Stryperchristian metal, heavy metal | 13,069 | -2 |
04 | The Gardenart punk, experimental rock | 10,522 | 0 |
05 | Jack’s Mannequinpiano rock, pop rock | 6,830 | 0 |
06 | Scars of Tomorrowpunk rock | 4,350 | +20 |
07 | Movementspost-hardcore, emo | 3,992 | +1 |
08 | Eighteen Visionsmetalcore, metal | 3,890 | -2 |
09 | Dystopiacrust punk, sludge metal | 3,627 | -2 |
10 | Stick to Your Gunshardcore punk, melodic hardcore | 3,319 | -1 |
11 | Dance With the Deaddarksynth, electronic | 1,809 | +1 |
12 | Ignitemelodic hardcore, hardcore punk | 1,722 | -1 |
13 | Project 86hard rock, christian hardcore | 1,700 | 0 |
14 | Death by Stereopunk, hardcore punk | 1,360 | -4 |
15 | The O.C. Supertonesska punk | 1,169 | +1 |
16 | The Chantayssurf rock | 1,093 | -1 |
17 | Mind Funkgrunge, stoner rock | 993 | -3 |
18 | Beat Junkieship hop, turntablism | 745 | 0 |
19 | The Ziggenssurf | 674 | -2 |
20 | Stavesacrealternative rock, christian rock | 567 | +1 |
21 | Intro5pectpunk rock | 555 | +13 |
22 | The Colouristalternative rock | 548 | -2 |
23 | Undercoverpunk rock | 522 | -4 |
24 | Burn Haloalternative metal | 487 | -2 |
25 | Trespassers Williamdream pop, indie rock | 441 | -2 |
26 | Mêléepunk rock | 422 | -2 |
27 | Bleed the Skymetal, metalcore | 355 | -2 |
28 | The Feniansceltic | 283 | +4 |
29 | The Stitchespunk rock | 261 | -2 |
30 | Handsome Devilpunk rock | 197 | -2 |
31 | The Last Dancegothic rock | 186 | -1 |
32 | Mindrotdeath metal, doom metal | 156 | -3 |
33 | Morgiondoom metal, death metal | 133 | 0 |
34 | OC Timesbarbershop | 107 | -3 |
35 | Norin & Radedm | 84 | 0 |
36 | U.S. Crushpunk rock | 51 | 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.