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Artists from Toronto

The 50 most-read artists based in Toronto, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

200 artists are ranked in Toronto. The biggest move was Jim Cuddy, up 33 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Rushprogressive rock, rock	138,343	0
02	Geddy Leerock	66,543	+2
03	The Bandfolk rock, country rock	65,716	0
04	Barenaked Ladiesalternative rock, acoustic rock	56,304	+1
05	The Beachesindie rock, garage rock	45,189	-3
06	Daniel Caesarcontemporary r&b, r&b	41,501	+2
07	Jeff Healeyblues rock, blues	38,952	0
08	Robbie Robertsonrock, roots rock	38,881	-2
09	Steppenwolfhard rock, rock	27,728	+1
10	Crystal Castleselectroclash, bitpop	25,027	+3
11	Harland Williamscomedy	24,493	-2
12	Howard Shoreclassical, cinematic classical	23,272	0
13	Peacheselectroclash, dance-punk	22,753	+2
14	Metricindie rock, electronic	21,892	0
15	Alannah Mylesrock, blues rock	21,283	+8
16	Broken Social Sceneindie rock, art rock	20,031	0
17	Alice Glasselectronic, electro-industrial	16,014	+5
18	John Rutseyhard rock	15,860	+3
19	Glenn Gouldclassical, baroque	15,770	+6
20	Tiffany Daybedroom pop, hyperpop	15,224	+9
21	Phil Xrock	14,365	-1
22	LENindie rock, pop	14,309	-11
23	femtanylbreakcore, digital hardcore	13,589	-5
24	Blue Rodeocountry rock, folk	13,523	+19
25	HENRYk-pop	12,783	-6
26	Connor Pricehip hop, pop	11,727	+1
27	Ethan Kathelectronic	11,231	-1
28	Taylor Mitchellcountry, folk	11,069	+2
29	Jessie Reyezcontemporary r&b, r&b	10,449	-12
30	Alvvaysdream pop, indie pop	10,084	+4
31	Our Lady Peacealternative rock, pop rock	9,587	-3
32	Cowboy Junkiesfolk, alternative country	9,565	-1
33	NAVhip hop, pop rap	9,330	+7
34	Deborah Coxcontemporary r&b, house	9,232	-10
35	Bob Ezrinrock	9,117	+1
36	Sophie Powersalternative pop, glitch pop	8,922	+2
37	Cassie Steelerock	8,778	+5
38	LØLØindie rock, alternative rock	8,637	+8
39	Majid Jordanalternative r&b, contemporary r&b	8,308	+23
40	Cancer Batshardcore punk, southern rock	7,877	+31
41	Zal Yanovskycontemporary folk, folk rock	7,724	+6
42	Bob and Doug McKenziecomedy	7,509	-7
43	Good Kidindie rock, indie pop	7,134	+6
44	Pat Traversblues, blues rock	7,116	+1
45	Zeds Deaddubstep, drum and bass	6,985	-13
46	Jim Cuddyrock	6,922	+33
47	PUPpunk rock, punk	6,593	+18
48	BADBADNOTGOODhip hop, instrumental hip hop	6,546	-15
49	MAGIC!pop, pop rock	6,519	+5
50	Paul Myersindie rock	6,479	0

Rising outside the top 50this month

68	Jordan Francispop	4,376	+107
107	The Stellascountry	2,645	+87
87	Luna Lidream pop, bedroom pop	3,216	+67
123	The Weather Stationindie folk, folk	2,259	+60
94	Austraelectronic, experimental	2,966	+58

Adjacent scenes

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.