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The 50 most-read Torontonian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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94 bands are ranked in Toronto. The biggest move was Evans Blue, up 23 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Rushprogressive rock, rock | 107,418 | 0 |
02 | The Bandfolk rock, country rock | 58,989 | 0 |
03 | Barenaked Ladiesalternative rock, acoustic rock | 32,555 | 0 |
04 | The Beachesindie rock, garage rock | 26,923 | 0 |
05 | Steppenwolfhard rock, rock | 22,531 | 0 |
06 | Crystal Castleselectroclash, bitpop | 20,491 | 0 |
07 | femtanylbreakcore, digital hardcore | 18,191 | +2 |
08 | Metricindie rock, electronic | 16,186 | -1 |
09 | Broken Social Sceneindie rock, art rock | 14,176 | -1 |
10 | Majid Jordanalternative r&b, contemporary r&b | 10,838 | 0 |
11 | LENindie rock, pop | 10,274 | +4 |
12 | Our Lady Peacealternative rock, pop rock | 9,263 | -1 |
13 | Death From Above 1979dance-punk, rock | 9,013 | +6 |
14 | Cowboy Junkiesfolk, alternative country | 8,875 | 0 |
15 | Bob and Doug McKenziecomedy | 8,711 | +3 |
16 | Alvvaysdream pop, indie pop | 8,250 | +1 |
17 | Good Kidindie rock, indie pop | 6,845 | -1 |
18 | Prozzäkdance-pop, pop | 6,579 | +22 |
19 | Klaatuprogressive rock, rock | 5,867 | +2 |
20 | MAGIC!pop, pop rock | 5,771 | 0 |
21 | Anvilheavy metal, metal | 5,762 | +2 |
22 | Blue Rodeocountry rock, folk | 5,656 | -9 |
23 | Max Websterhard rock, aor | 5,636 | -11 |
24 | BADBADNOTGOODhip hop, instrumental hip hop | 5,275 | 0 |
25 | Martha and the Muffinspop rock, rock | 5,080 | +3 |
26 | Rhyer&b, downtempo | 5,025 | +8 |
27 | Danko Joneshard rock, rock | 4,809 | +20 |
28 | Dragonettedance, dance-pop | 4,720 | +3 |
29 | Saint Asoniaalternative metal, alternative rock | 4,713 | +1 |
30 | Evans Bluealternative rock | 4,675 | +23 |
31 | PUPpunk rock, punk | 4,394 | -2 |
32 | Red Rideraor, new wave | 4,261 | -7 |
33 | Zeds Deaddubstep, drum and bass | 3,999 | -11 |
34 | Lighthousejazz rock, pop rock | 3,967 | +1 |
35 | Cancer Batshardcore punk, southern rock | 3,852 | -2 |
36 | Starsindie rock, dream pop | 3,818 | -9 |
37 | Timber Timbrefolk | 3,210 | +6 |
38 | TR/STsynth-pop, dark wave | 3,064 | -12 |
39 | Ian & Sylviafolk | 2,978 | -3 |
40 | Fucked Uphardcore punk, post-hardcore | 2,806 | -3 |
41 | Black Dressesnoise pop, electronic | 2,717 | -2 |
42 | dvsnalternative r&b, contemporary r&b | 2,605 | +2 |
43 | The Diamondspop | 2,590 | -1 |
44 | Platinum Blondenew wave, power pop | 2,576 | +2 |
45 | I Mother Earthalternative rock, grunge | 2,544 | -7 |
46 | Sheriffhard rock, pop | 2,519 | +3 |
47 | Rough Tradenew wave, rock | 2,356 | +4 |
48 | The Pursuit of Happinesspower pop | 2,292 | +15 |
49 | Aliashard rock, pop | 2,156 | +3 |
50 | Big Sugaracoustic rock, blues rock | 2,139 | 0 |
53 | Before Fourpop | 2,022 | +11 |
68 | Frōzen Ghōstrock | 1,417 | +11 |
69 | The Nylonsjazz | 1,405 | +8 |
64 | Edward Bearpop rock | 1,584 | +7 |
85 | Ubiquitous Synergy Seekeralternative dance, drum and bass | 884 | +7 |
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.