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Punk artists from London

The 50 most-read punk artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

70 artists are tagged punk in London. The biggest move was The Gymslips, up 30 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Sex Pistolspunk rock, punk	79,134	0
02	Bow Wow Wownew wave, punk	16,966	0
03	Bob Vylangrime, punk	10,504	0
04	UK Subspunk, punk rock	7,674	0
05	High Vispunk	5,238	0
06	Cock Sparrerpunk, punk rock	4,721	0
07	Tenpole Tudorpunk	4,546	0
08	The Only Onesnew wave, power pop	4,035	+2
09	Jimmy Purseynew wave, punk	3,599	0
10	Cockney Rejectsoi, punk	3,375	-2
11	Chelseapunk, punk rock	3,017	+5
12	The Vibratorspunk, punk rock	2,890	+3
13	Soo Catwomanpunk	2,874	-2
14	999punk, new wave	2,726	+3
15	Theatre of Hatepost-punk, gothic rock	2,483	+5
16	Combat 84oi, punk	2,339	-3
17	The 4‐Skinsoi, punk	2,289	-5
18	The Men They Couldn’t Hangfolk, folk punk	2,235	0
19	Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakespunk	1,830	-5
20	Booze & Glorypunk	1,755	+1
21	Wayne County & The Electric Chairspunk	1,678	-2
22	The Boyspunk, punk rock	1,539	+1
23	Department Spunk	1,456	+1
24	The Lurkerspunk	1,270	-2
25	Alternative TVpost-punk, punk	998	0
26	Eaterpunk, punk rock	970	+1
27	Nipple Erectorspunk	892	+2
28	Senseless Thingshard rock, indie rock	833	0
29	The Gymslipspunk	734	+30
30	Honey Banepunk	707	0
31	Blyth Powerfolk punk, punk	590	+2
32	Rubella Balletpunk, anarcho-punk	578	+5
33	The Bloodpunk	558	-2
34	Patrik Fitzgeraldpoetry, punk	530	-2
35	Leyton Buzzardspunk	521	+6
36	Hollywood Bratspunk, rock	517	0
37	Big Joaniepunk, grunge	501	-11
38	Wasted Youthpost-punk, punk	399	0
39	King Prawnpunk, ska	385	+5
40	!Action Pact!punk	368	+2
41	The Apostlesanarcho-punk, punk	360	-2
42	Youth in Asiaanarcho-punk, punk	338	+4
43	The Wandererspunk, punk rock	326	+2
44	The Restartspunk	324	+5
45	Hard Skinoi, punk	301	+2
45	Guns ’n’ Wankerspunk	301	-5
47	The Dollpunk	278	-13
48	London Cowboyspunk, rock	272	+5
49	The Tutspunk, rock	271	-6
50	Hagar the Wombanarcho-punk, punk	266	-15

Rising outside the top 50this month

59	O Levelpunk	138	+5
63	Androids of Muanarcho-punk, punk	125	+3
65	Doeindie rock, pop	119	+2
56	Second Layerpost-punk, punk	197	+1
62	Inner Terrestrialspunk	130	+1

Adjacent scenes

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.