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The 50 most-read British bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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138 bands are ranked in United Kingdom. The biggest move was Venom, up 42 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Beatlesrock, pop | 305,270 | 0 |
02 | Led Zeppelinhard rock, rock | 202,387 | +2 |
03 | Fleetwood Macrock, soft rock | 200,804 | 0 |
04 | Oasisbritpop, alternative rock | 180,752 | -2 |
05 | Pink Floydprogressive rock, psychedelic rock | 174,582 | +1 |
06 | The Rolling Stonesrock, blues rock | 151,289 | +2 |
07 | Gorillazelectronic, alternative rock | 144,115 | +3 |
08 | Spice Girlsdance-pop, pop | 134,753 | -3 |
09 | Queenrock, glam rock | 132,005 | -2 |
10 | Venomblack metal, speed metal | 121,782 | +42 |
11 | Iron Maidenheavy metal, nwobhm | 117,383 | -2 |
12 | Radioheadalternative rock, art rock | 116,430 | -1 |
13 | Black Sabbathheavy metal, hard rock | 114,047 | 0 |
14 | I Blame Coconew wave | 107,725 | +30 |
15 | Sex Pistolspunk rock, punk | 107,599 | +1 |
16 | The Kinksrock, mod | 106,239 | +29 |
17 | Genesisprogressive rock, symphonic prog | 103,386 | -3 |
18 | Deep Purplehard rock, rock | 97,523 | +1 |
19 | One Directionpop, dance-pop | 95,028 | +3 |
20 | Depeche Modeelectronic, synth-pop | 94,502 | -5 |
21 | Little Mixpop, dance-pop | 94,467 | +28 |
22 | Duran Durannew wave, pop | 92,648 | +4 |
23 | The Curepost-punk, gothic rock | 92,258 | -3 |
24 | The Prodigybig beat, electronic | 90,807 | -7 |
25 | Judas Priestheavy metal, nwobhm | 87,528 | +10 |
26 | The Whorock, hard rock | 84,866 | -5 |
27 | Sugababespop, dance-pop | 84,028 | +20 |
28 | Jamiroquaiacid jazz, funk | 81,579 | -16 |
29 | King Crimsonprogressive rock, art rock | 79,971 | +2 |
30 | Dire Straitsrock, soft rock | 79,952 | -7 |
31 | Yesprogressive rock, symphonic prog | 79,818 | -7 |
32 | Def Leppardhard rock, glam metal | 79,572 | +2 |
33 | Monty Pythoncomedy | 79,017 | -6 |
34 | The Smithsjangle pop, indie pop | 75,580 | -9 |
35 | Mumford & Sonsfolk pop, indie folk | 73,225 | +1 |
36 | Tears for Fearsnew wave, art pop | 69,424 | -18 |
37 | The xxindie pop, alternative dance | 67,171 | -9 |
38 | Suedebritpop, alternative rock | 66,956 | +12 |
39 | Pet Shop Boyssynth-pop, pop | 64,739 | +4 |
40 | The Policenew wave, rock | 63,926 | -8 |
41 | Coldplayalternative rock, pop | 63,610 | -8 |
42 | Musealternative rock, rock | 62,270 | -12 |
43 | Bluralternative rock, britpop | 62,181 | -4 |
44 | New Ordernew wave, post-punk | 61,353 | -15 |
45 | Arctic Monkeysindie rock, alternative rock | 58,382 | -7 |
46 | Electric Light Orchestraprogressive rock, art rock | 57,475 | -9 |
47 | Supertrampprogressive rock, rock | 56,493 | -5 |
48 | Hear’Sayeuropop | 56,464 | +28 |
49 | The Yardbirdsblues rock, psychedelic rock | 55,960 | -9 |
50 | Blossomsalternative pop, alternative rock | 54,030 | +15 |
58 | The Temperance Movementblues rock, hard rock | 11,268 | +77 |
76 | The Alexander Brotherscountry | 8,500 | +61 |
80 | Sad Caférock | 7,363 | +51 |
95 | Robots in Disguiseelectroclash, electropunk | 5,365 | +35 |
66 | A1pop | 9,602 | +33 |
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.