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The 23 most-read bands based in Wellington, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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23 bands are ranked in Wellington. The biggest move was Glass Vaults, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Flight of the Conchordscomedy | 20,676 | 0 |
02 | The Black Seedsdub, reggae | 1,119 | 0 |
03 | The Phoenix Foundationprogressive rock | 730 | 0 |
04 | Drax Projectjazz, pop | 649 | 0 |
05 | The Ladspop rock | 271 | 0 |
06 | Beastwarssludge metal, metal | 264 | +1 |
07 | Trinity Rootsdub, reggae | 224 | -1 |
08 | Dartzpunk rock, garage rock | 203 | +1 |
09 | Quincy Conservejazz rock | 154 | +3 |
10 | Rapture Ruckuschristian hip hop | 132 | -2 |
11 | Rhombusdub, funk | 128 | -1 |
12 | Two Lane Blacktophard rock | 116 | +1 |
13 | Simple Imagerock | 109 | -2 |
14 | The Avengersrock | 72 | 0 |
15 | Breatherock | 69 | 0 |
16 | Riot 111punk, anarcho-punk | 32 | +2 |
16 | Bakers Eddypunk rock | 32 | 0 |
16 | Glass Vaultsshoegaze | 32 | +5 |
19 | The Librettosbeat music | 29 | -2 |
20 | Stromamodern classical | 25 | -2 |
21 | Black City Lightspop | 20 | +1 |
22 | The Tin Syndromealternative rock | 14 | -2 |
23 | Shoes This Highpunk | 11 | 0 |
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.