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The 34 most-read artists based in Raleigh, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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34 artists are ranked in Raleigh. The biggest move was Reed Mullin, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Corrosion of Conformitycrossover thrash, alternative metal | 27,231 | +1 |
02 | Cordaehip hop, conscious hip hop | 23,956 | -1 |
03 | Between the Buried and Meprogressive metal, metalcore | 9,430 | 0 |
04 | Reed Mullinheavy metal | 8,440 | +6 |
05 | Whiskeytownalternative country, country | 5,544 | -1 |
06 | Alesanapop screamo, post-hardcore | 4,661 | -1 |
07 | Doug Aldrichhard rock | 4,654 | -1 |
08 | Priscilla Blockcountry | 3,849 | 0 |
09 | The Connellsalternative rock, jangle pop | 3,701 | 0 |
10 | American Aquariumalternative country, rock | 3,170 | -3 |
11 | Cry of Lovehard rock | 1,164 | 0 |
12 | Jim Millsbluegrass, folk | 794 | +2 |
13 | Chatham County Linebluegrass, alternative country | 508 | 0 |
14 | Rufus Harleyjazz | 451 | -2 |
15 | Jimmy Robbinspop rock | 277 | +1 |
16 | The Larksdoo-wop | 272 | +1 |
17 | The Rosebudsindie rock | 251 | -2 |
18 | Autre Ne Veutalternative r&b | 228 | 0 |
19 | Bowerbirdsfolk rock, indie folk | 210 | +1 |
20 | DAGfunk | 199 | -1 |
21 | Tres Chicasalternative country | 167 | +4 |
22 | Canary Complexart rock, j-rock | 165 | 0 |
23 | Troop 41hip hop | 162 | +3 |
24 | Annualsindie rock | 153 | 0 |
25 | The Love Languageindie rock | 144 | -2 |
26 | Kate Rhudyfolk | 130 | -5 |
27 | Yaggfu Frontalternative hip hop | 112 | +1 |
28 | Jeb Bishopavant-garde jazz, free improvisation | 101 | -1 |
29 | Bloodsoakedbrutal death metal, death metal | 88 | 0 |
30 | Numa 'Pee Wee' Moorejazz | 69 | +1 |
31 | Birds of Avalonpsychedelic rock | 64 | -1 |
32 | Double Negativepunk rock | 63 | 0 |
33 | The Cherry Valencegarage rock | 55 | +1 |
34 | Airiel Downindie rock | 36 | -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.