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The 23 most-read bands based in Santa Cruz, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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23 bands are ranked in Santa Cruz. The biggest move was The Devil Makes Three, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Callrock | 5,171 | 0 |
02 | DRAINhardcore punk, crossover thrash | 4,893 | 0 |
03 | The Devil Makes Threefolk, bluegrass | 2,852 | +2 |
04 | Harpers Bizarresunshine pop, baroque pop | 2,404 | 0 |
05 | Gulchdeathcore, hardcore punk | 2,197 | +1 |
06 | Entheostechnical death metal, black metal | 2,165 | -3 |
07 | Good Riddancemelodic hardcore, punk rock | 2,120 | +1 |
08 | Scowlhardcore punk, punk | 1,879 | -1 |
09 | Swingin’ Utterspunk rock, punk | 1,767 | 0 |
10 | The Expendablesreggae rock | 1,369 | 0 |
11 | Bl'astpunk rock | 1,142 | +2 |
12 | The Ducksrock and roll | 910 | 0 |
13 | Decrepit Birthdeath metal, technical death metal | 848 | -2 |
14 | The Fucking Champsinstrumental rock, progressive metal | 555 | 0 |
15 | Yaphet Kottoscreamo | 544 | 0 |
16 | Comets on Firegarage rock, psychedelic rock | 505 | +1 |
17 | Estradasphereexperimental, avant-garde | 472 | -1 |
18 | Fleshwroughtdeath metal, djent | 170 | +1 |
19 | Slow Gherkinska, ska punk | 168 | -1 |
20 | Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestrajazz | 100 | 0 |
21 | Division Dayalternative rock | 75 | +1 |
22 | Mystic Chords of Memoryalternative rock | 44 | -1 |
23 | The Vox Jaguarsalternative rock | 15 | 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.