April saw a little bit of improvement for the bands on this list, but it was still a rough month all around. Of the 350 bands on this list, about 2/3 lost listeners, with the worst hit being:
Ozzy Osboune with -773,269
System of A Down with -588,455
Disturbed with -533,531
Of the bands that saw a bump, the biggest were:
I Prevail with +680,244
Pink Floyd with +258,130
Thin Lizzy with +181,203
Let's hope that May goes better!
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As always, this is not an exact science, the rankings should not be taken as fact, as these are just ranking relative to the other artists we chose for this study. Meaning, there could be artists that may not have been listed who have more listens. We try to keep the list as accurate as possible, so if you know an artist missing, please mention it in the comments and we'll add it for next month.
Here are the readings for the last 30 days. You can see our previous standings here.
How do these numbers look to you? What surprises you the most?
- Queen: 31,974,984 -383,011
- AC/DC: 17,119,808 -277,150
- Linkin Park: 17,083,569 -511,744
- Guns N’ Roses: 16,843,540 -273,658
- Bon Jovi: 15,512,251 -179,537
- Metallica: 14,216,860 -315,192
- Led Zeppelin: 13,665,579 +173,188
- Nirvana: 13,626,647 +75,420
- Aerosmith: 13,597,587 -78,436
- Pink Floyd: 12,987,388 +258,130
- Foo Fighters: 10,780,223 +42,624
- Pearl Jam: 10,215,222 +73,354
- Van Halen: 8,518,781 +410
- System of A Down: 8,065,874 -588,455
- Scorpions: 7,698,354 -68,599
- Kiss: 7,596,183 -128,739
- Disturbed: 7,467,125 -533,531
- Black Sabbath: 7,250,645 -134,169
- Papa Roach: 6,825,325 -293,263
- Ozzy Osbourne: 6,809,376 -773,269
- Slipknot: 6,305,814 -426,887
- Rage Against The Machine: 6,242,474 -150,985
- Evanesence: 6,128,365 +108,163
- Deep Purple: 6,003,815 +2,863
- Limp Bizkit: 5,885,086 -120,327
- Rammstein: 5,602,389 -179,546
- Three Days Grace: 5,532,309 -222,032
- Iron Maiden: 5,318,272 -28,361
- Avenged Sevenfold: 5,233,755 -283,590
- Whitesnake: 5,197,604 +138,418
- Five Finger Death Punch: 5,169,416 -428,017
- Motley Crue: 5,130,837 -89,324
- Def Leppard: 4,959,224 +3,843
- Queens of the Stoneage: 4,756,969 +933
- Audioslave: 4,689,354 -75,865
- Korn: 4,689,092 -201,645
- Skillet: 4,661,027 -224,841
- Rise Against: 4,627,816 -131,958
- Shinedown: 4,529,017 -42,157
- Soundgarden: 4,437,216 +35,661
- Breaking Benjamin: 4,363,853 -117,002
- Bring Me the Horizon: 4,304,043 -194,615
- Alice in Chains: 4,263,610 +72,123
- Marilyn Manson: 4,170,890 -157,252
- Seether: 4,093,564 -74,500
- A Day to Remember: 3,971,195 +125,860
- Thin Lizzy: 3,886,691 +181,203
- Blue Oyster Cult: 3,776,852 -66,567
- Stone Sour: 3,615,438 -78,264
- Motorhead: 3,554,468 +12,237
- Volbeat: 3,528,455 -60,352
- Rush: 3,454,887 +66,341
- I Prevail: 3,404,826 +680,244
- Theory of a Deadman: 3,219,906 -108,875
- Godsmack: 3,203,798 -79,124
- Poison: 3,195,193 +84,902
- Pantera: 3,194,603 -105,422
- Twisted Sister: 3,183,009 -14,566
- Judas Priest: 2,961,867 +18,743
- Falling In Reverse: 2,863,124 -26,944
- Puddle Of Mudd: 2,824,068 +18,952
- Quiet Riot: 2,816,249 -52,289
- Faith No More: 2,809,552 +130,682
- Megadeth: 2,803,404 -45,777
- Bullet For My Valentine: 2,785,816 -119,632
- Bad Wolves: 2,664,048 -147,722
- Skid Row: 2,571,080 +54,501
- Asking Alexandria: 2,512,256 -131,598
- Tool: 2,503,249 -90,935
- Greta Van Fleet: 2,129,998 -89,301
- Trivium: 2,034,826 +134,305
- Deftones: 2,033,205 -52,939
- Killswitch Engage: 2,026,669 +13,556
- Nightwish: 1,990,972 +144,844
- Drowning Pool: 1,982,036 -128,953
- Rob Zombie: 1,981,804 -66,998
- Dio: 1,911,829 +4,985
- Sabaton: 1,819,903 -73,093
- Starset: 1,810,704 -32,613
- Our Last Night: 1,806,148 -7,777
- Slayer: 1,787,421 -73,449
- Halestorm: 1,743,993 -55,052
- Warrant: 1,700,078 +54,096
- Alter Bridge: 1,677,686 -46,110
- Ghost: 1,629,131 -71,255
- Lamb of God: 1,601,002 -5,141
- The Cult: 1,499,947 +104,533
- In This Moment: 1,498,639 -64,469
- Atreyu: 1,485,581 -40,277
- Silverstein: 1,450,719 -132,395
- Parkway Drive: 1,415,829 +1,866
- In Flames: 1,411,954 -122,769
- Mudvayne: 1,362,688 -57,045
- Pop Evil: 1,349,251 -34,217
- Slash: 1,317,816 -4,430
- Dragonforce: 1,308,047 -52,252
- Within Temptation: 1,295,051 +1,642
- All That Remains: 1,272,225 -45,946
- Motionless in White: 1,249,207 -13,269
- Machine Head: 1,248,043 -82,102
- Of Mice & Men: 1,224,386 -42,255
- Danzig: 1,217,427 +117,589
- Dream Theater: 1,157,816 -19,069
- Dope: 1,140,080 -38,161
- Primus: 1,091,111 +63,096
- The Pretty Reckless: 1,090,865 -27,725
- Anthrax: 1,089,747 -43,852
- Amaranthe: 1,042,352 -42,215
- Amon Amarth: 1,037,300 -59,838
- RATT: 1,031,765 +54,694
- As I Lay Dying: 1,024,128 +23,972
- Static-X: 1,023,178 -91,314
- The Amity Affliction: 1,008,788 -81,106
- Gojira: 978,923 -38,278
- Adelitas Way: 978,865 -25,403
- Nothing More: 978,323 -39,969
- Misfits: 968,835 +1,615
- White Zombie: 959,286 -7,747
- Helloween: 957,969 -17,261
- Coheed and Cambria: 911,983 -13,308
- Airbourne: 905,399 -16,178
- Sepultura: 899,076 -81,938
- Mastodon: 881,050 -34,890
- Underoath: 878,261 -9,235
- Accept: 875,805 -13,999
- Ice Nine Kills: 869,520 -33,240
- A.S.P: 856,925 +9,819
- Sevendust: 852,237 -26,012
- Black Stone Cherry: 833,517 +6,483
- Tesla: 801,405 +6,292
- August Burns Red: 788,513 +78,211
- Queensryche: 779,578 +27,954
- HELLYEAH: 778,392 -24,266
- Alestorm: 773,360 +110,161
- Bury Tomorrow: 770,399 +34,566
- Uriah Heep: 766,633 +75,783
- Wage War: 756,509 -27,494
- Hammerfall: 731,939 +605
- Testament: 730,695 +17,423
- Architects: 727,943 -10,890
- Living Colour: 682,003 -3,843
- Manowar: 677,892 -10,949
- Fit For a King: 673,307 +4,892
- Opeth: 663,987 -6,025
- Children of Bodom: 656,702 -28,983
- Soil: 646,126 -11,381
- Riot: 645,809 -25,667
- Arch Enemy: 629,374 -46,124
- Hatebreed: 619,623 -74,069
- Suicidal Tendencies: 604,040 -4,578
- Fozzy: 601,915 -44,008
- Fear Factory: 593,778 -14,780
- Clutch: 571,974 -19,943
- Type O Negative: 569,415 +32,975
- Lacuna Coil: 564,851 -40,843
- Bad Omens: 545,056 -96,578
- Saxon: 538,323 +9,441
- Insane Clown Posse: 524,564 +13,951
- Eluveitie: 521,657 -15,980
- Porcupine Tree: 501,827 -965
- Babymetal: 500,534 -9,716
- Cold: 499,710 +21,181
- Death: 486,137 +15,905
- Korpiklaani: 484,562 +1,159
- Skindred: 479,852 -14,247
- Meshuggah: 475,423 -14,543
- Suicide Silence: 473,865 -38,759
- The Devil Wears Prada: 470,566 -14,121
- Whitechapel: 461,403 +34,108
- Steel Panther: 458,617 -17,991
- Sonata Arctica: 456,434 -19,950
- Blind Guardian: 456,198 +5,312
- Epica: 449,729 -15,615
- Polyphia: 449,414 -10,127
- Kreator: 431,104 +58,784
- Northlane: 409,922 -23,944
- Heaven Shall Burn: 402,266 -104,853
- Dethklok: 397,217 -29,249
- Soulfly: 393,491 -22,025
- After The Burial: 390,363 -16,964
- Exodus: 390,152 -4,816
- Attila: 389,322 +2,167
- The Plot In You: 379,014 -16,148
- Demon Hunter: 378,460 -13,068
- The Ghost Inside: 377,482 +124,107
- Thy Art is Murder: 375,877 -21,496
- Avantasia: 371,663 -6,840
- Soilwork: 369,237 -50,605
- Code Orange: 365,622 -146,415
- Refused: 363,199 -23,067
- Periphery: 360,638 -3,984
- Jinjer: 358,355 -38,538
- Turisas: 356,644 -13,237
- The Black Dahlia Murder: 336,206 +9,807
- Cradle of Filth: 334,082 -11,254
- Dirty Honey: 329,835 -7,958
- Avatar: 327,967 -17,553
- Cannibal Corpse: 324,800 -18,900
- Chon: 324,494 -14,949
- Monster Magnet: 320,324 +11,123
- Amorphus: 314,922 -4,170
- Behemoth: 311,140 -17,087
- Crobot: 309,067 -2,971
- Corrosion of Conformity: 307,031 +6,839
- Turmion Kätilöt: 305,766 +29,087
- Light the Torch: 303,943 -6,623
- Poets of the Fall: 288,324 -3,361
- Kamelot: 288,151 -13,199
- Krokus: 284,946 +10,786
- Chelsea Grin: 284,478 -8,962
- Dimmu Borgir: 278,927 -3,916
- Delain: 277,250 -8,364
- Emmure: 275,817 -38,048
- Diamond Head: 275,751 +22,446
- KMFDM: 265,949 -1,069
- Anathema: 265,271 -89
- Animals As Leaders: 264,082 -13,620
- Overkill: 260,748 -9,428
- New Years Day: 255,016 -6,371
- Fit For An Autopsy: 246,033 +80,818
- Spineshank: 245,504 -11,432
- Secrets: 244,341 +5,379
- Equilibrium: 238,809 -2,131
- Veil of Maya: 235,641 -14,627
- Volumes: 234,033 -15,434
- Born of Osiris: 233,794 -9,618
- Sonic Syndicate: 229,159 -4,815
- Mercyful Fate: 228,382 -260
- Venom: 222,013 -28,840
- Devin Townsend: 217,927 -2,511
- Ensiferum: 217,908 -7,497
- Knocked Loose: 216,692 -14,083
- Plini: 213,276 +13,869
- King Diamond: 212,533 -2,747
- Baroness: 212,150 +2,558
- Pain: 210,579 -2,141
- Myrkur: 207,558 -26,780
- Sleep: 203,436 +21,642
- Dark Tranquility: 201,923 -7,916
- Red Fang: 195,450 -482
- Every Time I Die: 193,088 -5,911
- 3Teeth: 190,798 -5,047
- TesseracT: 187,749 +3,779
- The Birthday Massacre: 186,461 -7,222
- Kvelertak: 186,460 -53,729
- Elvenking: 183,797 +45,361
- Riverside: 183,108 +11,137
- The Acacia Strain: 179,943 -40,675
- Between the Buried and Me: 177,602 -6,797
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: 176,826 -2,451
- Stick To Your Guns: 176,649 -5,848
- Protest The Hero: 172,447 +55,687
- Otep: 172,212 -5,732
- Insomnium: 170,523 -12,003
- Death Angel: 168,409 -5,389
- Strapping Young Lad: 167,884 -1,467
- The Contortionist: 165,906 -135
- Rhapsody of Fire: 157,945 -9,591
- Mayhem: 156,569 -888
- Burzum: 155,871 -20,153
- The Browning: 154,007 -5,496
- Caliban: 149,078 -10,225
- At the Gates: 148,878 -3,055
- Counterparts: 148,158 -12,113
- Chimaira: 144,453 -5,031
- Karnivool: 142,679 +13,145
- Havok: 142,325 -3,576
- Alien Weaponry: 142,135 -4,132
- Kobra & the Lotus 141,137 -3,514
- Rotting Christ: 140,433 -10,643
- Deicide: 135,525 -2,400
- Cattle Decapitation: 135,182 -2,990
- Gamma Ray: 133,437 -5,986
- Satyricon: 132,738 -577
- Biohazard: 130,461 -1,485
- Carnifex: 125,476 -9,986
- Dying Fetus: 124,376 -83
- Finntroll: 123,843 -3,744
- Shadows Fall: 123,722 +894
- Converge: 121,469 -15,507
- Municipal Waste: 121,005 +3,145
- The Unguided: 120,264 +428
- Celtic Frost: 120,242 +1,957
- Darkthrone: 113,348 +551
- Unearth: 113,222 -5,261
- If These Trees Could Talk: 109,957 +2,666
- Allegaeon: 109,399 +55,782
- Deafheaven: 107,453 -6,210
- Devilskin: 104,442 +12,541
- Warbringer: 103,314 +26,495
- High on Fire: 102,676 -12,861
- Gwar: 102,667 +1,035
- Darkest Hour: 98,571 +92
- Bloodbath: 97,588 -6,133
- Heidevolk: 94,615 -343
- Scar Symmetry: 92,757 -2,638
- Nevermore: 91,446 -103
- Nuclear Assault: 90,488 +3,604
- Bolt Thrower: 89,784 +4,238
- Fleshgod Apocalypse: 89,661 -7,834
- Wintersun: 87,396 -15
- Metal Church: 85,915 -95,947
- Emperor: 83,467 +1,013
- Decapitated: 80,925 -2,539
- Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators: 80,719 -2,276
- Carcass: 80,538 -8,920
- Bloodywood: 80,537 +11,426
- Cult of Luna: 79,865 -3,506
- Antimatter: 75,644 +3,382
- Within the Ruins: 75,530 -4,676
- The Agonist: 71,479 -5,073
- The Ocean: 71,474 -1,433
- Cellar Darling: 71,427 -322
- Isis: 70,878 +3,705
- Toxic Holocaust: 68,172 +4,043
- Marduk: 67,539 -1,366
- Armored Saint: 67,092 +1,279
- Dark Funeral: 63,523 -2,594
- Aborted: 62,642 -9,463
- Rivers of Nihil: 62,267 -3,570
- Oh, Sleeper: 61,188 -4,721
- The Faceless: 60,394 -2,662
- Revocation: 59,833 +594
- Crowbar: 58,644 +1,749
- Neurosis: 57,279 +353
- Torche: 54,109 -2,485
- Infected Rain: 50,549 -3,514
- Wednesday 13: 50,377 -3,022
- Vein: 43,825 -9,846
- The Warning: 42,364 -11,708
- Yob: 39,938 +1,621
- Iron Reagan: 36,709 -1,900
- Nachtblut: 35,933 +109
- Uneven Structure: 26,121 -642
- Green Lung: 24,653 +321
- Beneath the Massacre: 23,274 -14,118
- Employed To Serve: 22,842 -3,034
- Imonolith: 19,833 -11,880
- Rolo Tomassi: 19,570 +67
- Sanctuary: 18,877 -161
- Lovebites: 16,206 +904
- A Dark Halo: 14,639 +7,726
- Divine Chaos: 13,725 -2,090
- Arrival of Autumn: 12,098 +324
- Brutality Will Prevail: 10,137 -1,750
- Baest: 9,263 -3,844
- Evil Scarecrow: 9,088 +1,004
- Lords of the Trident: 8,447 -1,087
- Mortality Rate: 8,322 -224
- Evil Invaders: 4,956 -631
