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The 31 most-read bands based in Ottawa, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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31 bands are ranked in Ottawa. The biggest move was Wooden Stars, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Annihilatorthrash metal, heavy metal | 6,769 | 0 |
02 | Five Man Electrical Bandhard rock, pop | 3,126 | 0 |
03 | Exciterspeed metal, thrash metal | 2,761 | +1 |
04 | The Halluci Nationelectronic | 2,099 | -1 |
05 | Organized Rhymehip hop | 1,122 | +1 |
06 | Holleradoindie rock, power pop | 1,098 | -1 |
07 | The Kindredprogressive metal | 719 | 0 |
08 | The Souljazz Orchestrajazz-funk | 351 | +3 |
09 | The Cooper Brotherscountry rock | 349 | +1 |
10 | Ambushcountry | 294 | -1 |
11 | Artificial Joy Clubalternative rock | 205 | +2 |
12 | The Esquirespop | 194 | +3 |
13 | Furnacefacealternative rock | 186 | +1 |
14 | Southpacificpost-rock, shoegaze | 176 | +3 |
15 | The Acornindie folk, folk | 174 | -3 |
16 | MonkeyJunkblues, blues rock | 136 | -8 |
17 | Buried Insidesludge metal | 135 | +1 |
18 | Punchbuggyalternative rock | 113 | +1 |
19 | Keplerindie rock | 100 | +3 |
20 | Wooden Starsindie rock | 93 | +5 |
21 | The Fully Downpunk | 84 | +3 |
22 | The Balconiespop | 79 | -2 |
23 | The White Wiresgarage rock | 74 | -7 |
24 | Silla + Risefolk | 72 | -3 |
25 | Amos the Transparentindie rock | 62 | -2 |
26 | New Swearsgarage punk, power pop | 42 | 0 |
26 | Jokers of the Scenedance | 42 | +3 |
28 | Flight Distanceunderground hip hop | 36 | -1 |
29 | Chelsea Bridgejazz | 24 | +2 |
30 | Singing Foolship hop | 21 | -2 |
31 | S K Y T O N Ejangle pop | 17 | -1 |
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.