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The 50 most-read progressive rock artists based in United States, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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84 artists are tagged progressive rock in United States. 1 entered the top 50 this month. The biggest move was The Wizards of Winter, up 21 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Claypool Lennon Deliriumpsychedelic rock, experimental | 12,355 | 0 |
02 | Trans‐Siberian Orchestrasymphonic metal, progressive rock | 8,628 | 0 |
03 | Utopiaprogressive rock, experimental | 6,579 | +2 |
04 | Captain Beyondhard rock, heavy psych | 5,118 | 0 |
05 | Jon Davisonprogressive rock | 4,904 | -2 |
06 | Dixie Dregsjazz rock, progressive rock | 3,811 | +1 |
07 | The Sound of Animals Fightingexperimental, post-hardcore | 3,246 | -1 |
08 | ANTEMASQUEalternative rock, rock | 2,608 | +5 |
09 | Crack the Skyfunk, new wave | 2,604 | 0 |
10 | Giraffe Tongue Orchestraexperimental, alternative rock | 2,406 | -2 |
11 | BEATnew wave, progressive rock | 2,178 | NEW |
12 | Ty Taborhard rock, progressive rock | 2,129 | -2 |
13 | Mike Keneallyart rock, progressive rock | 2,065 | -2 |
14 | OSIprogressive rock, experimental | 1,739 | 0 |
15 | Whom Gods Destroyprogressive metal, heavy metal | 1,470 | +4 |
16 | Carl Verheyenjazz fusion, progressive rock | 1,252 | 0 |
17 | Toy Matineeprogressive rock | 1,226 | 0 |
18 | Bozzio Levin Stevensprogressive rock, instrumental rock | 1,114 | +8 |
19 | Lou Pardiniprogressive rock | 1,089 | -4 |
20 | Stomu Yamashta’s Goprogressive rock | 979 | +2 |
21 | Brendan Baylissprogressive rock | 955 | -9 |
22 | Strawberry Girlsmath rock, progressive rock | 888 | -2 |
23 | Tim Wardprogressive rock | 883 | 0 |
24 | Gordian Knotinstrumental, progressive | 751 | 0 |
25 | Rob Derhakprogressive rock | 616 | +2 |
26 | Proto-Kawprogressive rock, symphonic prog | 615 | +9 |
27 | Joel Cumminsprogressive rock | 578 | -9 |
28 | Circa:progressive rock | 575 | 0 |
29 | Al Schnierprogressive rock | 570 | -4 |
30 | Bruford Levin Upper Extremitiesprogressive rock, experimental | 567 | 0 |
31 | Automatic Manfunk, progressive rock | 564 | -1 |
32 | Andrew Forsmanprogressive rock | 518 | 0 |
33 | Chuck Garveyprogressive rock | 493 | 0 |
34 | The Machineprogressive rock | 484 | -5 |
35 | Explorers Clubprogressive metal, progressive rock | 444 | +7 |
36 | Omar Rodriguez Lopez Groupprogressive rock | 442 | +5 |
37 | The Wizards of Winterchristmas music, metal | 428 | +21 |
38 | Æon Spokeprogressive rock | 424 | -2 |
39 | Future Useralternative rock, progressive rock | 418 | +8 |
40 | The Jelly Jamheavy metal, hard rock | 403 | +4 |
41 | Ashes Dividealternative rock, progressive rock | 397 | -1 |
42 | Platypusprogressive metal, progressive | 385 | +3 |
43 | God Street Winejam band, progressive rock | 374 | -22 |
44 | Sue Saad and the Nextnew wave, progressive rock | 364 | -5 |
45 | Kit Watkinsprogressive rock | 354 | -2 |
46 | Mike Bakerprogressive rock | 347 | -9 |
47 | Stratospheeriusjazz, jazz fusion | 320 | +4 |
48 | Astraprogressive rock, psychedelic rock | 303 | +6 |
49 | Niacinjazz, instrumental | 301 | 0 |
50 | Birdsongs of the Mesozoicavant-prog, progressive rock | 299 | -2 |
74 | Sleepers Awakeprogressive rock | 39 | +7 |
54 | Whiteprogressive rock | 255 | +3 |
67 | Babliconfree jazz, lo-fi | 101 | +3 |
74 | Hamster Theatreprogressive rock | 39 | +3 |
53 | Glass Moonprogressive rock | 265 | +2 |
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.