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The 32 most-read artists based in Santa Cruz, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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32 artists are ranked in Santa Cruz. The biggest move was Entheos, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | John McFeerock | 11,788 | 0 |
02 | The Callrock | 4,457 | +1 |
03 | DRAINhardcore punk, crossover thrash | 4,288 | -1 |
04 | Entheostechnical death metal, black metal | 3,948 | +5 |
05 | James Durbinrock | 2,827 | +2 |
06 | The Devil Makes Threefolk, bluegrass | 2,491 | -2 |
07 | Gulchdeathcore, hardcore punk | 2,083 | -2 |
08 | Harpers Bizarresunshine pop, baroque pop | 1,935 | -2 |
09 | Scowlhardcore punk, punk | 1,751 | -1 |
10 | Swingin’ Utterspunk rock, punk | 1,705 | 0 |
11 | Bl'astpunk rock | 1,563 | +2 |
12 | Good Riddancemelodic hardcore, punk rock | 1,256 | -1 |
13 | The Expendablesreggae rock | 883 | -1 |
14 | Decrepit Birthdeath metal, technical death metal | 834 | 0 |
15 | Chris Clarksoul | 769 | +2 |
16 | The Ducksrock and roll | 752 | 0 |
17 | Kutmasta Kurthip hop | 707 | +1 |
18 | Sasha Dobsonjazz | 576 | -3 |
19 | Estradasphereexperimental, avant-garde | 570 | 0 |
20 | Yaphet Kottoscreamo | 518 | +1 |
21 | Russ Rankinpunk rock | 497 | -1 |
22 | Jeff Ballardjazz, post-bop | 486 | +4 |
23 | Miguel Migselectronic, house | 439 | -1 |
24 | The Fucking Champsinstrumental rock, progressive metal | 426 | -1 |
25 | Comets on Firegarage rock, psychedelic rock | 420 | 0 |
26 | Slow Gherkinska, ska punk | 212 | -2 |
27 | Fleshwroughtdeath metal, djent | 196 | 0 |
28 | Lu Wattersdixieland, jazz | 145 | -1 |
29 | Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestrajazz | 99 | 0 |
30 | Mystic Chords of Memoryalternative rock | 54 | 0 |
30 | Division Dayalternative rock | 54 | +1 |
32 | The Vox Jaguarsalternative rock | 19 | 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.