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The 31 most-read Ottawan bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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31 bands are ranked in Ottawa. The biggest move was The Esquires, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Annihilatorthrash metal, heavy metal | 7,020 | 0 |
02 | Five Man Electrical Bandhard rock, pop | 3,076 | 0 |
03 | Exciterspeed metal, thrash metal | 2,470 | +1 |
04 | The Halluci Nationelectronic | 2,291 | -1 |
05 | Holleradoindie rock, power pop | 775 | 0 |
06 | Organized Rhymehip hop | 643 | 0 |
07 | The Souljazz Orchestrajazz-funk | 363 | +1 |
08 | The Kindredprogressive metal | 324 | -1 |
09 | The Cooper Brotherscountry rock | 309 | 0 |
10 | Ambushcountry | 240 | +1 |
11 | The Acornindie folk, folk | 208 | +2 |
12 | Artificial Joy Clubalternative rock | 186 | 0 |
13 | Furnacefacealternative rock | 177 | -3 |
14 | The Esquirespop | 159 | +3 |
15 | Southpacificpost-rock, shoegaze | 151 | -1 |
16 | MonkeyJunkblues, blues rock | 140 | -1 |
17 | Wooden Starsindie rock | 123 | +2 |
17 | Buried Insidesludge metal | 123 | -1 |
19 | Silla + Risefolk | 99 | +1 |
20 | Keplerindie rock | 88 | +2 |
21 | Punchbuggyalternative rock | 74 | -3 |
22 | The White Wiresgarage rock | 71 | +2 |
23 | The Balconiespop | 69 | -2 |
24 | Amos the Transparentindie rock | 62 | +1 |
25 | The Fully Downpunk | 49 | -2 |
26 | New Swearsgarage punk, power pop | 37 | 0 |
27 | Jokers of the Scenedance | 35 | 0 |
28 | Flight Distanceunderground hip hop | 29 | -1 |
29 | Singing Foolship hop | 27 | +1 |
30 | S K Y T O N Ejangle pop | 21 | -1 |
31 | Chelsea Bridgejazz | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.