Genre in a city
The 13 most-read new wave artists based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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13 artists are tagged new wave in New York. The biggest move was Circus Mort, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Talking Headsnew wave, post-punk | 87,596 | 0 |
02 | Blondienew wave, disco | 68,131 | 0 |
03 | Patty Smythnew wave, rock | 39,013 | 0 |
04 | Sterling Campbellalternative rock, new wave | 3,055 | 0 |
05 | The dB’sindie pop, jangle pop | 1,813 | 0 |
06 | The Shirtsnew wave, punk | 976 | 0 |
07 | Circus Mortno wave, post-punk | 626 | +2 |
08 | Ēbn-Ōznnew wave | 601 | -1 |
09 | Prescott Nilesnew wave | 598 | -1 |
10 | Polyrocknew wave | 320 | 0 |
11 | Novo Combonew wave | 240 | +1 |
12 | Comateensnew wave | 182 | -1 |
13 | Nervus Rexnew wave, power pop | 152 | 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.