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The 50 most-read artists based in California, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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184 artists are ranked in California. The biggest move was Maia Sharp, up 45 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Rainbowhard rock, heavy metal | 49,023 | 0 |
02 | Tim Commerfordalternative metal, hard rock | 20,110 | 0 |
03 | Lucy Bedroquecloud rap, digicore | 14,289 | +1 |
04 | Dead & Companyrock, folk rock | 12,443 | +1 |
05 | Mitch Luckerdeathcore | 11,082 | -2 |
06 | Kenny Rogers & The First Editionrock | 7,815 | 0 |
07 | Claire Rosinkranzpop | 5,777 | +5 |
08 | Black Country Communionblues rock, hard rock | 5,712 | -1 |
09 | Brian Hanercomedy | 5,599 | +1 |
10 | The Fab Fourrock and roll | 5,314 | +1 |
11 | Jonathan Melvoinalternative rock | 4,757 | -2 |
12 | Gaelic Stormfolk, celtic | 4,582 | +9 |
13 | Vanadarkcore, pop rock | 3,818 | -5 |
14 | SeeYouSpaceCowboymetalcore, mathcore | 3,592 | +1 |
15 | Chase Iconbubblegum dance, dance-pop | 3,168 | +2 |
16 | The Jaded Hearts Clubclassic rock, indie rock | 3,054 | -2 |
17 | Rings of Saturndeathcore, technical death metal | 3,017 | +1 |
18 | Rosemary Butlerblues, pop | 2,978 | +1 |
19 | Joe Puertarock | 2,893 | -6 |
20 | Irationreggae, rock | 2,890 | +1 |
21 | Jim Whitealternative country, americana | 2,866 | -5 |
22 | The Rock Bottom Remaindersrock and roll | 2,432 | +6 |
23 | Vaginal Davispunk rock, queercore | 2,355 | -3 |
24 | salem ilesepop | 2,058 | -1 |
25 | Dead Crossthrash metal, experimental | 2,031 | +2 |
26 | Scott Pagerock | 2,023 | 0 |
27 | Shannon and the Clamspunk rock | 2,008 | -2 |
28 | Maia Sharpcountry, folk | 2,006 | +45 |
29 | Zebedy Coltjazz | 1,908 | 0 |
30 | White Mannajam band, psychedelic rock | 1,906 | +22 |
31 | Richard Swiftindie pop | 1,841 | -1 |
32 | Pattern‐Seeking Animalsprogressive rock | 1,821 | +25 |
33 | Brian Rayrock | 1,760 | -9 |
34 | Stolen Babiesavant-garde metal, avant-garde | 1,677 | -2 |
35 | Tuck & Pattijazz, soul | 1,462 | -1 |
36 | Skip Ewingcountry | 1,410 | +13 |
37 | Adrian Oxaalalternative rock | 1,376 | +19 |
38 | Tim Myerspop rock | 1,365 | -5 |
39 | Leah Katealternative pop, pop | 1,241 | -4 |
40 | Ryan Starralternative rock | 1,197 | +2 |
41 | Deeds of Fleshdeath metal, brutal death metal | 1,185 | +7 |
42 | Animal Logicprogressive rock | 1,149 | -6 |
43 | Elizabeth Nicole Abramscontemporary r&b | 1,118 | -5 |
44 | Tiffany Alvordpop | 1,109 | +2 |
45 | Seatrainfolk rock, jazz | 1,095 | -4 |
46 | Addison Gracebedroom pop, indie pop | 1,093 | +1 |
47 | Brian Reitzellcinematic classical | 1,091 | +3 |
48 | Home Grownpop punk, punk | 1,073 | -11 |
49 | U.S. Bombshardcore punk | 1,034 | -10 |
49 | Ana Roxanneambient, ambient pop | 1,034 | -18 |
139 | Brian Irelandrock | 137 | +40 |
78 | Audio Pushhip hop | 537 | +22 |
89 | Reconstructionjazz rock | 446 | +22 |
99 | Furyhardcore punk | 395 | +20 |
60 | Margo Cilkeralternative country, country folk | 808 | +18 |
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.