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Bands from Vancouver

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

111 bands are ranked in Vancouver. The biggest move was Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, up 13 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Skinny Puppyindustrial, electro-industrial	13,609	0
02	The New Pornographersindie rock, pop	11,415	+3
03	Mother Motherindie rock, rock	8,702	0
04	Strapping Young Ladindustrial metal, progressive metal	7,742	+2
05	Trooperaor, hard rock	7,300	-3
06	Marianas Trenchalternative rock, emo pop	6,966	+3
07	Archspiretechnical death metal, death metal	6,851	0
08	Defaulthard rock, post-grunge	6,598	+2
09	54-40folk rock, alternative rock	5,560	-1
10	Chilliwackaor, pop rock	5,296	+1
11	Front Line Assemblyebm, electro-industrial	5,227	+1
12	Bob Mosesdeep house, electronic	4,683	-8
13	Headpinshard rock	4,076	+7
14	Destroyerchamber pop, indie pop	3,700	-1
15	Swollen Membership hop, alternative hip hop	3,670	0
16	Deleriumambient, electronic	3,501	+1
17	D.O.A.punk	3,430	-3
18	Unleash the Archerspower metal, metal	3,313	+1
19	The Be Good Tanyasfolk	3,064	+6
20	Nü Sensaepunk rock	2,852	+10
21	Oddsalternative rock	2,826	+7
22	Peach Pitindie pop, indie rock	2,727	-1
23	Spirit of the Westceltic rock, folk rock	2,623	-7
24	Sweeney Toddhard rock	2,575	+3
25	Doug and the Slugspop, pop rock	2,560	-7
26	soulDecisionpop	2,468	+7
27	Calpurniaalternative rock, indie rock	2,266	-4
28	Rare Americansalternative rock, indie rock	2,259	+12
29	The Poppy Familypop	2,250	+2
30	Payola$new wave	2,110	-1
31	The Real McKenziesceltic punk	2,044	-7
32	Japandroidsindie rock, garage rock	1,947	+3
33	Black Mountainindie rock, rock	1,876	-7
34	The Dreadnoughtsfolk punk, celtic punk	1,857	+2
35	Art of Dyingalternative metal, post-grunge	1,844	-3
36	Moistalternative rock, post-grunge	1,783	-2
37	Econoline Crushalternative rock, hard rock	1,731	-15
38	Skylarkpop rock	1,685	0
39	Limblifteralternative rock	1,274	+7
40	The Tear Gardenelectronic, experimental electronic	1,249	+1
41	The Evaporatorsgarage rock, punk rock	1,108	-2
42	Snotty Nose Rez Kidship hop, trap	1,105	-5
43	Dear Rougealternative rock	1,062	0
44	JPNSGRLSgarage rock	915	-2
45	Anciientsprogressive metal, metal	893	+8
46	Crack Cloudart punk, post-punk	852	0
47	cubindie pop, cuddlecore	836	+5
48	Barney Bentall and the Legendary Heartsrock	813	+13
49	The Organpost-punk	804	-4
50	Rascalzhip hop	792	-2

Rising outside the top 50this month

75	The High Bar Gangbluegrass, country	347	+36
84	Ladyhawkindie rock	231	+13
86	Doubting Thomasindustrial	223	+12
96	Fast Forwardaor, hard rock	164	+11
51	ACTORSdark wave, coldwave	766	+8

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.