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The 25 most-read pop artists based in New Zealand, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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25 artists are tagged pop in New Zealand. The biggest move was Leah Haywood, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | OMCpop, pop rock | 18,129 | 0 |
02 | Jonathan Breeelectronic, pop | 2,717 | 0 |
03 | Jawsh 685pop | 1,068 | 0 |
04 | When the Cat’s Awaypop | 949 | 0 |
05 | Anika Moapop | 592 | 0 |
06 | Garth Porterpop | 551 | 0 |
07 | Leah Haywoodpop | 433 | +4 |
08 | Parachute Bandpop, rock | 365 | -1 |
09 | Trueblisspop | 348 | +1 |
10 | The Crocodilesnew wave, pop | 326 | +2 |
11 | Goodshirtrock, pop | 292 | -2 |
12 | Bruce Lynchpop | 238 | +1 |
13 | The Front Lawnpop | 231 | -5 |
14 | Ben Lummispop | 190 | +2 |
15 | Vince Harderpop | 171 | +4 |
16 | Coconut Roughpop | 161 | -2 |
17 | Ginny Blackmorepop | 158 | -2 |
18 | The Knobzpop | 118 | +2 |
19 | DLTpop | 103 | -2 |
20 | Deane Waretinipop | 91 | -2 |
21 | Ma V Ellepop | 78 | 0 |
22 | Aariapop | 52 | +1 |
23 | Olaf Keilpop | 48 | -1 |
24 | Kingstonpop | 33 | 0 |
25 | The Earlybirdspop, rock | 21 | 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.