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The 50 most-read San Diegan bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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112 bands are ranked in San Diego. The biggest move was Deadbolt, up 13 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Stone Temple Pilotsgrunge, alternative rock | 64,012 | 0 |
02 | Pierce the Veilpost-hardcore, easycore | 31,841 | 0 |
03 | P.O.D.nu metal, christian metal | 26,811 | +1 |
04 | As I Lay Dyingmetalcore, melodic metalcore | 22,250 | -1 |
05 | Switchfootalternative rock, rock | 20,302 | 0 |
06 | TV Girlelectronic, hip hop | 17,475 | +1 |
07 | Iron Butterflypsychedelic rock, acid rock | 15,910 | -1 |
08 | Angels & Airwavesalternative rock, pop rock | 14,892 | 0 |
09 | Jabbawockeezhip hop | 11,629 | +1 |
10 | Box Car Racerpost-hardcore, punk | 11,273 | -1 |
11 | almost mondayalternative punk | 8,801 | 0 |
12 | Cattle Decapitationdeathgrind, death metal | 7,781 | +1 |
13 | Gary Puckett & the Union Gappop rock | 6,690 | +1 |
14 | Slightly Stoopidreggae, funk | 5,498 | +1 |
15 | Steam Powered Giraffesteampunk, cabaret | 5,246 | +1 |
16 | Rocket From the Cryptpunk rock, garage rock | 4,906 | +3 |
17 | Drive Like Jehupost-hardcore, math rock | 4,671 | 0 |
18 | Pinbackindie rock, electronic rock | 4,255 | +3 |
19 | Big Mountaindub, dancehall | 3,738 | +3 |
20 | The Locustelectronic, grindcore | 3,733 | -2 |
21 | Wavvesindie rock, lo-fi | 3,680 | -9 |
22 | CHONmath rock, instrumental | 3,058 | -2 |
23 | The Cascadespop | 2,349 | 0 |
24 | Hot Snakespost-hardcore | 1,986 | +2 |
25 | Antioch Arrowscreamo, art punk | 1,908 | +2 |
26 | Wovenwarmelodic metalcore, metal | 1,888 | -2 |
27 | Austrian Death Machinethrash metal, comedy | 1,818 | -2 |
28 | Goblin Cockjazz fusion | 1,716 | +11 |
29 | The Bombpopspop punk, punk rock | 1,268 | +1 |
30 | The Beat Farmerscowpunk, country rock | 1,251 | +3 |
31 | Delta Spiritamericana, indie rock | 1,201 | +6 |
32 | The Greyboy Allstarsacid jazz | 1,171 | -1 |
33 | PRAYERSelectronic rock | 1,167 | -5 |
34 | Tribal Seedsreggae, reggae rock | 1,156 | -5 |
35 | Earthlessstoner rock, psychedelic rock | 1,107 | -3 |
36 | Disgorgebrutal death metal, death metal | 1,017 | -1 |
37 | lowerDEFINITIONpost-hardcore, experimental rock | 1,004 | -3 |
38 | The Black Heart Processionalternative rock | 924 | -2 |
39 | Louis XIVgarage rock revival, indie rock | 812 | +1 |
40 | In Fear and Faithmelodic metalcore, experimental | 811 | -2 |
41 | Swing Kidspost-hardcore, screamo | 802 | 0 |
42 | Crocodilesnoise pop, indie pop | 800 | +6 |
43 | Pitchforkemocore, indie rock | 780 | 0 |
44 | Psychotic Waltzprogressive metal, heavy metal | 702 | +5 |
45 | Cephalotripsyslam death metal, brutal death metal | 687 | 0 |
46 | Deadboltpsychobilly, rockabilly | 656 | +13 |
47 | Battalion of Saintshardcore punk | 613 | +10 |
48 | Sprung Monkeypunk rock | 564 | -1 |
49 | Buck‐O‐Nineska punk | 544 | -4 |
50 | The God Machinealternative rock | 538 | +1 |
60 | Weatherboxindie rock | 392 | +18 |
78 | The Night Marchersalternative rock | 197 | +11 |
91 | Checkfieldnew age | 118 | +10 |
69 | Sultansrock and roll | 266 | +7 |
51 | Bad Radioalternative rock | 514 | +5 |
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.