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The 50 most-read bands based in San Diego, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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112 bands are ranked in San Diego. The biggest move was Underminded, up 15 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Stone Temple Pilotsgrunge, alternative rock | 73,075 | 0 |
02 | P.O.D.nu metal, christian metal | 30,421 | 0 |
03 | Pierce the Veilpost-hardcore, easycore | 28,203 | 0 |
04 | Box Car Racerpost-hardcore, punk | 19,298 | +10 |
05 | Angels & Airwavesalternative rock, pop rock | 19,203 | +4 |
06 | TV Girlelectronic, hip hop | 17,504 | +2 |
07 | As I Lay Dyingmetalcore, melodic metalcore | 17,075 | -2 |
08 | Iron Butterflypsychedelic rock, acid rock | 16,902 | -2 |
09 | Switchfootalternative rock, rock | 16,786 | -5 |
10 | Slightly Stoopidreggae, funk | 11,890 | +1 |
11 | Jabbawockeezhip hop | 11,823 | -1 |
12 | Cattle Decapitationdeathgrind, death metal | 8,417 | +1 |
13 | almost mondayalternative punk | 8,042 | +3 |
14 | Gary Puckett & the Union Gappop rock | 7,978 | -2 |
15 | Steam Powered Giraffesteampunk, cabaret | 5,260 | -8 |
16 | Drive Like Jehupost-hardcore, math rock | 4,967 | +1 |
17 | Wavvesindie rock, lo-fi | 4,916 | -2 |
18 | CHONmath rock, instrumental | 4,706 | +1 |
19 | The Locustelectronic, grindcore | 4,533 | +3 |
20 | Big Mountaindub, dancehall | 3,893 | +1 |
21 | Pinbackindie rock, electronic rock | 3,828 | -3 |
22 | Rocket From the Cryptpunk rock, garage rock | 3,777 | -2 |
23 | The Cascadespop | 3,141 | 0 |
24 | Hot Snakespost-hardcore | 1,979 | +1 |
25 | Wovenwarmelodic metalcore, metal | 1,820 | +2 |
26 | Austrian Death Machinethrash metal, comedy | 1,757 | +2 |
27 | The Beat Farmerscowpunk, country rock | 1,755 | +2 |
28 | Earthlessstoner rock, psychedelic rock | 1,715 | +3 |
29 | The Black Heart Processionalternative rock | 1,630 | -5 |
30 | The Greyboy Allstarsacid jazz | 1,467 | +14 |
31 | Tribal Seedsreggae, reggae rock | 1,224 | -1 |
32 | Antioch Arrowscreamo, art punk | 1,222 | 0 |
33 | The Bombpopspop punk, punk rock | 1,122 | 0 |
34 | Goblin Cockjazz fusion | 1,106 | +5 |
35 | lowerDEFINITIONpost-hardcore, experimental rock | 1,063 | -1 |
36 | Disgorgebrutal death metal, death metal | 1,044 | +1 |
37 | PRAYERSelectronic rock | 988 | -2 |
38 | Delta Spiritamericana, indie rock | 916 | -2 |
39 | In Fear and Faithmelodic metalcore, experimental | 883 | -1 |
40 | Louis XIVgarage rock revival, indie rock | 867 | +2 |
41 | Pitchforkemocore, indie rock | 849 | +2 |
42 | Swing Kidspost-hardcore, screamo | 837 | +5 |
43 | The Rugburnsalternative rock, acoustic rock | 835 | +10 |
44 | Undermindedhardcore punk | 799 | +15 |
45 | Buck‐O‐Nineska punk | 727 | +1 |
46 | Cephalotripsyslam death metal, brutal death metal | 722 | +4 |
47 | The God Machinealternative rock | 668 | -6 |
48 | Bad Radioalternative rock | 662 | +4 |
49 | Psychotic Waltzprogressive metal, heavy metal | 660 | 0 |
50 | The Paladinsblues rock, rockabilly | 653 | +9 |
85 | Sleeping Peopleinstrumental rock | 152 | +12 |
72 | The Beautiful Mistakeemo, post-hardcore | 272 | +11 |
73 | Benedictumheavy metal | 260 | +9 |
66 | The Dragonspunk | 347 | +8 |
96 | W.A.S.T.E.industrial | 127 | +8 |
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.