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Artists from Victoria

The 34 most-read artists based in Victoria, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

34 artists are ranked in Victoria. The biggest move was The Paper Cranes, up 5 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	David Walter Fosteraor, pop	119,212	0
02	Nelly Furtadopop, folk	72,549	0
03	Spiritboxmetalcore, progressive metal	21,594	0
04	Calum Worthypop	11,463	0
05	NoMeansNohardcore punk, post-hardcore	4,371	0
06	Ian Tysoncontemporary folk, singer-songwriter	4,264	0
07	3 Inches of Bloodpower metal	2,675	0
08	The Canadian Tenorsjazz	2,593	0
09	Dayglo Abortionspunk, hardcore punk	1,552	0
10	Hanson Brotherspunk, punk rock	1,020	0
11	Jed Simonthrash metal	1,015	0
12	Jon and Royfolk rock, reggae	778	+1
13	Sunset Rubdownindie rock	683	-1
14	Frog Eyesalternative rock	494	0
15	Servantchristian rock	402	0
16	Daddy's Handsnoise rock	317	0
17	Leeroy Staggeralternative country, rock	286	+3
18	Swan Lakeindie rock, rock	272	-1
19	Jets Overheadindie rock	267	+2
20	Kandlerock	224	-1
21	Current Swellindie folk, blues	221	-3
22	Neil Swainsonhard bop, jazz	220	+2
23	Stintpop	203	0
24	John Beckwithcontemporary classical	163	-2
25	Immaculate Machineindie pop	141	0
26	Hugh Fraserjazz	104	+3
27	The Paper Cranesindie pop	76	+5
28	Craig Elserock	75	-1
29	Shaun Hubertsalternative rock	67	+1
30	Shapes and Sizesindie rock	62	+1
31	The Buttless Chapsindie rock	56	-5
32	The Laundronautsindie rock	37	-4
33	Sequesterfolk metal, alternative rock	25	0
34	Armchair Cynicsrock	18	0

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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.