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The 32 most-read bands based in Queens, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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32 bands are ranked in Queens. The biggest move was Nuclear Assault, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | KISShard rock, glam rock | 102,235 | 0 |
02 | Salt‐N‐Pepahip hop, east coast hip hop | 29,403 | 0 |
03 | G‐Unithip hop, gangsta rap | 16,169 | 0 |
04 | Eric B. & Rakimhip hop, boom bap | 8,724 | 0 |
05 | 3rd Basship hop, east coast hip hop | 7,754 | +1 |
06 | Nuclear Assaultthrash metal, heavy metal | 5,488 | +2 |
07 | Sick of It Allhardcore punk, punk | 5,376 | -2 |
08 | The Jerky Boyscomedy, prank calls | 4,883 | -1 |
09 | Danger Dangerhard rock, alternative rock | 4,172 | +1 |
10 | Baysidealternative rock, emo | 3,256 | -1 |
11 | The Beatnutship hop | 3,219 | +1 |
12 | Black Sheephip hop | 2,839 | -1 |
13 | Armand Hammerhip hop, drumless hip hop | 2,636 | 0 |
14 | Organized Konfusionhip hop, east coast hip hop | 2,417 | 0 |
15 | The Fleshtonesgarage rock, garage rock revival | 2,388 | 0 |
16 | 25 ta Lifehardcore punk | 1,020 | 0 |
17 | Freelance Whalesindie rock | 697 | 0 |
18 | Sworn Enemymetalcore | 651 | 0 |
19 | The American Dollarpost-rock, ambient | 644 | +1 |
20 | Gary’s Gangrock | 639 | +1 |
21 | Sylarmetalcore, nu metal | 582 | -2 |
22 | White Trashfunk rock | 400 | 0 |
23 | The Heartbeatsdoo-wop | 334 | 0 |
24 | The Two Man Gentlemen Bandjazz | 248 | +1 |
25 | Full Blown Chaosmetalcore | 244 | -1 |
26 | New Kingdomhip hop | 190 | +1 |
27 | Endwellpunk rock | 148 | -1 |
28 | The Formsindie rock | 87 | 0 |
29 | Q-Yorkhip hop | 63 | 0 |
30 | The Six and Violenceheavy metal | 55 | 0 |
31 | The Brigandsgarage rock | 44 | 0 |
32 | The Upwellingindie rock | 24 | 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.