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The 26 most-read bands based in San Jose, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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26 bands are ranked in San Jose. The biggest move was Diatribe, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Doobie Brothersrock, pop rock | 80,142 | 0 |
02 | Smash Mouthska punk, alternative rock | 42,479 | 0 |
03 | Sleepdoom metal, stoner metal | 20,202 | 0 |
04 | Xiu Xiuexperimental, experimental rock | 15,198 | 0 |
05 | No Use for a Namepigfuck | 7,820 | +1 |
06 | Dusterslowcore, indie rock | 6,511 | -1 |
07 | SUNAMIbeatdown hardcore, hardcore punk | 3,584 | 0 |
08 | Exhumeddeath metal, goregrind | 2,566 | 0 |
09 | Korea Girlindie pop, indie rock | 1,989 | 0 |
10 | The Chocolate Watchbandpsychedelic rock, garage rock | 1,875 | +1 |
11 | Diatribeindustrial rock | 1,833 | +3 |
12 | Count Fivegarage rock, garage psych | 1,784 | -2 |
13 | People!rock | 1,203 | -1 |
14 | Skankin’ Pickleska, ska punk | 1,064 | -1 |
15 | Asbestosdeathpunk rock | 1,039 | +1 |
16 | The Syndicate of Soundgarage rock | 964 | +1 |
17 | Heavy Heavy Low Lowmathcore, experimental | 958 | -2 |
18 | The Factionskate punk | 512 | +1 |
19 | The Bruce Lee Bandska punk | 445 | -1 |
20 | Drunk Injunspunk rock | 282 | 0 |
21 | Tsunamihard rock, heavy metal | 159 | +1 |
22 | Stained Glasspsychedelic pop, psychedelic rock | 139 | -1 |
23 | I Am Empirechristian rock | 124 | 0 |
24 | Operator Generatorstoner rock | 101 | +1 |
24 | Teddy and His Patchesgarage rock, psychedelic rock | 101 | 0 |
26 | Stickup Kidpunk rock | 76 | 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.