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The 23 most-read Wellingtonian bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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23 bands are ranked in Wellington. The biggest move was Quincy Conserve, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Flight of the Conchordscomedy | 18,364 | 0 |
02 | The Black Seedsdub, reggae | 1,252 | 0 |
03 | Drax Projectjazz, pop | 802 | 0 |
04 | The Phoenix Foundationprogressive rock | 596 | 0 |
05 | Beastwarssludge metal, metal | 399 | 0 |
06 | Dartzpunk rock, garage rock | 313 | +1 |
07 | Trinity Rootsdub, reggae | 257 | +1 |
08 | The Ladspop rock | 209 | -2 |
09 | Rhombusdub, funk | 173 | 0 |
10 | Quincy Conservejazz rock | 115 | +3 |
11 | Rapture Ruckuschristian hip hop | 108 | -1 |
12 | Simple Imagerock | 103 | 0 |
13 | Two Lane Blacktophard rock | 74 | -2 |
14 | Breatherock | 72 | 0 |
15 | The Avengersrock | 48 | 0 |
16 | Glass Vaultsshoegaze | 41 | +2 |
17 | Bakers Eddypunk rock | 39 | -2 |
18 | Riot 111punk, anarcho-punk | 38 | -1 |
19 | The Librettosbeat music | 26 | +1 |
20 | Black City Lightspop | 24 | +1 |
21 | Shoes This Highpunk | 18 | +1 |
21 | Stromamodern classical | 18 | -2 |
23 | The Tin Syndromealternative rock | 8 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.