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The 32 most-read bands based in Queens, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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32 bands are ranked in Queens. The biggest move was White Trash, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | KISShard rock, glam rock | 110,960 | 0 |
02 | Salt‐N‐Pepahip hop, east coast hip hop | 34,213 | +1 |
03 | G‐Unithip hop, gangsta rap | 21,274 | +1 |
04 | Sick of It Allhardcore punk, punk | 12,200 | -2 |
05 | Eric B. & Rakimhip hop, boom bap | 11,024 | 0 |
06 | The Jerky Boyscomedy, prank calls | 8,051 | +1 |
07 | 3rd Basship hop, east coast hip hop | 6,291 | -1 |
08 | Nuclear Assaultthrash metal, heavy metal | 5,347 | +2 |
09 | Danger Dangerhard rock, alternative rock | 4,996 | -1 |
10 | Baysidealternative rock, emo | 4,220 | +1 |
11 | Armand Hammerhip hop, drumless hip hop | 3,996 | -2 |
12 | The Beatnutship hop | 3,429 | 0 |
13 | Black Sheephip hop | 2,910 | 0 |
14 | The Fleshtonesgarage rock, garage rock revival | 2,487 | +1 |
15 | Organized Konfusionhip hop, east coast hip hop | 2,213 | +1 |
16 | 25 ta Lifehardcore punk | 1,719 | +1 |
17 | Sworn Enemymetalcore | 914 | -3 |
18 | White Trashfunk rock | 847 | +4 |
19 | Freelance Whalesindie rock | 645 | 0 |
20 | Sylarmetalcore, nu metal | 603 | -2 |
21 | The American Dollarpost-rock, ambient | 569 | -1 |
22 | Gary’s Gangrock | 520 | -1 |
23 | The Heartbeatsdoo-wop | 433 | 0 |
24 | Full Blown Chaosmetalcore | 262 | 0 |
25 | The Two Man Gentlemen Bandjazz | 213 | 0 |
26 | New Kingdomhip hop | 194 | 0 |
27 | Endwellpunk rock | 166 | -1 |
28 | Q-Yorkhip hop | 152 | +1 |
29 | The Formsindie rock | 117 | -1 |
30 | The Six and Violenceheavy metal | 64 | 0 |
31 | The Brigandsgarage rock | 52 | 0 |
32 | The Upwellingindie rock | 23 | 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.