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The 23 most-read bands based in Santa Cruz, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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23 bands are ranked in Santa Cruz. The biggest move was Entheos, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Callrock | 4,457 | +1 |
02 | DRAINhardcore punk, crossover thrash | 4,288 | -1 |
03 | Entheostechnical death metal, black metal | 3,948 | +4 |
04 | The Devil Makes Threefolk, bluegrass | 2,491 | -1 |
05 | Gulchdeathcore, hardcore punk | 2,083 | -1 |
06 | Harpers Bizarresunshine pop, baroque pop | 1,935 | -1 |
07 | Scowlhardcore punk, punk | 1,751 | -1 |
08 | Swingin’ Utterspunk rock, punk | 1,705 | 0 |
09 | Bl'astpunk rock | 1,563 | +2 |
10 | Good Riddancemelodic hardcore, punk rock | 1,256 | -1 |
11 | The Expendablesreggae rock | 883 | -1 |
12 | Decrepit Birthdeath metal, technical death metal | 834 | 0 |
13 | The Ducksrock and roll | 752 | 0 |
14 | Estradasphereexperimental, avant-garde | 570 | 0 |
15 | Yaphet Kottoscreamo | 518 | 0 |
16 | The Fucking Champsinstrumental rock, progressive metal | 426 | 0 |
17 | Comets on Firegarage rock, psychedelic rock | 420 | +1 |
18 | Slow Gherkinska, ska punk | 212 | -1 |
19 | Fleshwroughtdeath metal, djent | 196 | 0 |
20 | Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestrajazz | 99 | 0 |
21 | Mystic Chords of Memoryalternative rock | 54 | 0 |
21 | Division Dayalternative rock | 54 | +1 |
23 | 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.