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The 50 most-read bands based in United States, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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79 bands are ranked in United States. The biggest move was Color Me Badd, up 40 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | KATSEYEdance-pop, pop | 716,483 | 0 |
02 | ZZ Topblues rock, rock | 427,646 | +15 |
03 | Slipknotnu metal, alternative metal | 379,790 | +6 |
04 | Linkin Parknu metal, rock | 182,087 | +2 |
05 | Lynyrd Skynyrdsouthern rock, hard rock | 166,385 | -2 |
06 | Metallicathrash metal, heavy metal | 154,684 | -2 |
07 | Guns N’ Roseshard rock, glam metal | 151,779 | +4 |
08 | Queens of the Stone Agestoner rock, hard rock | 150,723 | +5 |
09 | The Jacksonssoul, funk | 150,666 | -4 |
10 | blink‐182pop punk, punk rock | 150,606 | +8 |
11 | Backstreet Boyspop, teen pop | 148,153 | +1 |
12 | My Chemical Romancepop punk, alternative rock | 143,348 | -10 |
13 | Weezeralternative rock, power pop | 138,589 | +7 |
14 | The Beach Boyssurf rock, pop | 138,563 | -6 |
15 | Eaglesrock, country rock | 138,118 | -5 |
16 | Foo Fightersrock, alternative rock | 135,642 | -1 |
17 | Pearl Jamgrunge, alternative rock | 135,471 | -1 |
18 | Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock | 132,887 | -11 |
19 | Green Daypunk rock, pop punk | 131,303 | -5 |
20 | Hollywood Vampiresblues rock, rock | 109,786 | +2 |
21 | Czarfacehip hop | 65,403 | +28 |
22 | The Highwaymenoutlaw country, country | 64,802 | +5 |
23 | Sesame Streetchildren's music | 64,275 | -4 |
24 | Marx Brotherscomedy | 54,515 | +6 |
25 | The Debut: Dream Academyk-pop, pop | 54,398 | +6 |
26 | Lyle Lovett and His Large Bandfolk | 49,458 | -5 |
27 | The Rat Packswing, vocal jazz | 47,571 | -2 |
28 | Beavis and Butt‐Headcomedy | 46,463 | -4 |
29 | boygeniusindie rock, indie folk | 46,193 | +7 |
30 | Smoshcomedy | 42,829 | -4 |
31 | Starshiprock, arena rock | 39,176 | -3 |
32 | The Chipmunksrock, country | 36,840 | -9 |
33 | Color Me Baddcontemporary r&b, new jack swing | 32,542 | +40 |
34 | CollegeHumor’s Dropoutcomedy | 29,378 | -2 |
35 | Rhett & Linkcomedy | 29,375 | -6 |
36 | The Wrecking Crewrock and roll | 25,507 | -3 |
37 | Womack & Womackfunk, r&b | 24,635 | -3 |
38 | The Try Guyscomedy | 22,464 | -3 |
39 | The Lennon Sisterstraditional pop | 21,496 | -1 |
40 | Caesar & Cleopop, pop rock | 19,489 | +2 |
41 | Chapo Trap Housecomedy | 19,355 | +4 |
42 | CollegeHumorcomedy | 19,079 | -3 |
43 | Damn Yankeeshard rock, rock | 18,879 | -3 |
44 | 7L & Esoterichip hop | 18,567 | +35 |
45 | Daughtryalternative rock, hard rock | 16,658 | -4 |
46 | The Smothers Brotherscomedy, contemporary folk | 16,342 | +4 |
47 | The Statler Brotherscountry, southern gospel | 15,608 | +4 |
48 | Garfunkel and Oatescomedy, folk | 15,498 | 0 |
49 | Spın̈al Tapcomedy | 15,433 | -5 |
50 | The Electric Mayhemrock | 14,584 | -13 |
59 | After 7contemporary r&b, new jack swing | 11,237 | +19 |
63 | Exposépop | 10,847 | +13 |
53 | Outlawssouthern rock, country rock | 13,240 | +11 |
58 | Kidz Boppop, children's music | 11,270 | +9 |
54 | Run the Jewelship hop, hardcore hip hop | 13,102 | +5 |
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.