Place
The 50 most-read bands based in Seattle, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
Bands
Readers August
New entries
112 bands are ranked in Seattle. The biggest move was Maktub, up 66 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Foo Fightersrock, alternative rock | 135,642 | +1 |
02 | Pearl Jamgrunge, alternative rock | 135,471 | +1 |
03 | Alice in Chainsgrunge, alternative rock | 116,744 | -2 |
04 | Soundgardengrunge, alternative rock | 75,068 | +1 |
05 | Heartrock, hard rock | 70,482 | -1 |
06 | Temple of the Dogalternative rock, grunge | 40,726 | 0 |
07 | Demon Hunterchristian metal, metalcore | 29,654 | +14 |
08 | Mad Seasongrunge, blues rock | 28,531 | -1 |
09 | The Presidents of the United States of Americapop punk, alternative rock | 24,208 | +2 |
10 | Sunny Day Real Estateemo, alternative rock | 21,305 | -1 |
11 | Mother Love Bonegrunge, alternative rock | 20,878 | +1 |
12 | Candleboxalternative rock, rock | 17,382 | -2 |
13 | Nevermoremetal, progressive metal | 14,209 | +4 |
14 | Fleet Foxesindie folk, folk | 13,090 | +1 |
15 | Sunn O)))drone, drone metal | 12,571 | -2 |
16 | Band of Horsesindie rock, indie folk | 11,238 | -2 |
17 | Mudhoneyalternative rock, grunge | 10,939 | -1 |
18 | The Head and the Heartfolk rock | 10,727 | -10 |
19 | The Brothers Fourfolk | 9,561 | +1 |
20 | Harvey Dangeralternative rock, indie rock | 9,368 | -2 |
21 | Green Riveralternative rock, grunge | 8,268 | -2 |
22 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewiship hop, pop rap | 7,559 | 0 |
23 | ODESZAelectronic, chillwave | 6,044 | 0 |
24 | Tadgrunge, alternative metal | 4,319 | 0 |
25 | Minus the Bearindie rock, alternative rock | 3,939 | +4 |
26 | 3rd Secretgrunge, blues | 3,667 | +2 |
27 | Carissa’s Wierdslowcore, indie rock | 3,664 | -2 |
28 | Shabazz Palacesalternative hip hop, experimental hip hop | 3,611 | +12 |
29 | Malfunkshungrunge | 3,590 | -3 |
30 | Sanctuaryprogressive metal, thrash metal | 3,422 | +2 |
31 | La Luzrock, surf | 3,282 | +13 |
32 | Kronos Quartetclassical, contemporary classical | 3,212 | -2 |
33 | The Dipneo soul, r&b | 3,135 | +8 |
34 | 7 Year Bitchgrunge, punk rock | 2,946 | -7 |
35 | Aidenalternative rock, post-hardcore | 2,935 | -4 |
36 | Mentorsheavy metal, hard rock | 2,910 | -2 |
37 | Skin Yardgrunge | 2,248 | 0 |
38 | Pedro the Lionindie rock | 1,929 | 0 |
39 | Bell Witchdoom metal, funeral doom metal | 1,884 | +5 |
40 | Bradgrunge | 1,853 | +2 |
41 | The Walkaboutsalternative rock | 1,846 | +5 |
42 | Maktubrock | 1,764 | +66 |
43 | Big Businesssludge metal, stoner metal | 1,749 | +11 |
44 | Blue Scholarship hop | 1,719 | -8 |
45 | Love Batteryalternative rock, grunge | 1,661 | +6 |
46 | The Minus 5pop rock | 1,630 | +11 |
46 | Chaos Chaosalternative rock, electronic | 1,630 | +7 |
48 | Helvetiaslowcore, experimental | 1,515 | -5 |
49 | Queensrÿcheprogressive metal, heavy metal | 1,493 | -2 |
50 | The Murder City Devilsgarage punk, garage rock | 1,490 | +2 |
64 | Unified Theoryalternative rock | 1,027 | +22 |
95 | Optimus Rhymehip hop, funk rock | 569 | +17 |
83 | This Providenceindie rock | 719 | +11 |
87 | Gatsbys American Dreamemo pop, indie rock | 655 | +10 |
54 | The Long Wintersindie rock | 1,249 | +9 |
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.