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The 50 most-read Washingtonian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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70 bands are ranked in Washington, D.C.. The biggest move was Jukebox the Ghost, up 15 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Fugazipost-hardcore, alternative rock | 33,770 | 0 |
02 | Bad Brainshardcore punk, punk | 19,187 | 0 |
03 | Minor Threathardcore punk, drinking song | 16,352 | 0 |
04 | Peripheryprogressive metal, djent | 12,399 | +1 |
05 | Thievery Corporationtrip hop, downtempo | 9,959 | -1 |
06 | Vertical Horizonalternative rock, pop rock | 9,145 | 0 |
07 | Darkest Hourmelodic metalcore, melodic death metal | 8,212 | +4 |
08 | Animals as Leadersprogressive metal, djent | 8,130 | 0 |
09 | Peaches & Herbdisco | 6,837 | +1 |
10 | Rites of Springemo, emocore | 6,406 | -1 |
11 | Angelglam rock, progressive rock | 4,846 | +3 |
12 | Jawboxpost-hardcore | 3,598 | +3 |
13 | Dag Nastyemocore, melodic hardcore | 3,538 | 0 |
14 | Voidpigfuck | 3,362 | -7 |
15 | Embraceemo, emocore | 3,048 | +2 |
16 | Nothingfaceheavy metal, alternative metal | 2,848 | 0 |
17 | The Dismemberment Planindie rock, math rock | 2,638 | +3 |
18 | The Blackbyrdscontemporary jazz, jazz-funk | 2,506 | +1 |
19 | Chemlabelectro-industrial, industrial rock | 2,354 | +3 |
20 | Shudder to Thinkalternative rock, indie rock | 2,290 | -8 |
21 | Royal Truxindie rock, experimental rock | 2,205 | -3 |
22 | Origami Angelemo, easycore | 2,105 | -1 |
23 | Girls Against Boysalternative rock, post-hardcore | 1,934 | +1 |
24 | Deep Dishdance, electronic | 1,913 | -1 |
25 | Giuffriaaor, glam rock | 1,655 | +1 |
26 | The Cloversdoo-wop, r&b | 1,639 | +2 |
27 | The Messtheticsart punk, experimental | 1,632 | +3 |
28 | State of Alerthardcore punk, pigfuck | 1,621 | -3 |
29 | Jukebox the Ghostindie pop, indie rock | 1,334 | +15 |
30 | Godheadalternative metal, industrial metal | 1,302 | -1 |
31 | Q and Not Uexperimental, dance-punk | 1,256 | +5 |
32 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacistsindie rock, art punk | 1,231 | +6 |
33 | The Nation of Ulyssespost-hardcore, art punk | 1,219 | -1 |
34 | E.U.funk, go-go | 1,214 | -7 |
35 | The Faithhardcore punk, punk rock | 1,133 | -2 |
36 | Dead Meadowheavy psych, neo-psychedelia | 1,131 | -5 |
37 | Corikypunk rock | 1,115 | -3 |
38 | The Nighthawksblues | 1,111 | +2 |
39 | Government Issuehardcore punk, punk rock | 1,085 | +2 |
40 | Lilysindie rock, shoegaze | 1,064 | -3 |
41 | The Country Gentlemenbluegrass, progressive bluegrass | 1,054 | -6 |
42 | Magrudergrindgrindcore, powerviolence | 1,022 | -4 |
43 | Trouble Funkfunk, go-go | 944 | 0 |
44 | SHAEDindie pop, pop | 922 | -2 |
45 | Gray Matterpost-hardcore, punk | 828 | +1 |
46 | Beefeaterhardcore punk | 800 | +1 |
47 | BETTYalternative rock | 795 | -2 |
48 | The Pietastersska, ska punk | 717 | +1 |
49 | Hooveremo, post-hardcore | 669 | +3 |
50 | Faraquetmath rock, post-hardcore | 618 | 0 |
64 | The Unificssoul | 369 | +6 |
58 | The Dynamic Superiorsr&b | 424 | +5 |
59 | Good Clean Funhardcore punk, melodic hardcore | 420 | +5 |
57 | Batteryhardcore punk | 427 | +3 |
63 | Swizhardcore punk, punk rock | 371 | +3 |
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.