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The 50 most-read Californian artists, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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184 artists are ranked in California. The biggest move was Elena Pinderhughes, up 38 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Rainbowhard rock, heavy metal | 39,336 | 0 |
02 | Mitch Luckerdeathcore | 26,749 | +2 |
03 | Tim Commerfordalternative metal, hard rock | 19,834 | 0 |
04 | Lucy Bedroquecloud rap, digicore | 15,159 | -2 |
05 | Dead & Companyrock, folk rock | 9,065 | 0 |
06 | Vanadarkcore, pop rock | 6,237 | 0 |
07 | Jonathan Melvoinalternative rock | 5,646 | +2 |
08 | Kenny Rogers & The First Editionrock | 5,396 | -1 |
09 | Brian Hanercomedy | 4,516 | +4 |
10 | Black Country Communionblues rock, hard rock | 4,146 | -2 |
11 | Claire Rosinkranzpop | 3,640 | +4 |
12 | The Fab Fourrock and roll | 3,597 | -2 |
13 | SeeYouSpaceCowboymetalcore, mathcore | 3,405 | -1 |
14 | Chase Iconbubblegum dance, dance-pop | 3,274 | -3 |
15 | Gaelic Stormfolk, celtic | 2,908 | +1 |
16 | Rosemary Butlerblues, pop | 2,779 | +1 |
17 | Vaginal Davispunk rock, queercore | 2,653 | -3 |
18 | Rings of Saturndeathcore, technical death metal | 2,571 | 0 |
19 | Joe Puertarock | 2,550 | 0 |
20 | Elena Pinderhughesjazz | 2,505 | +38 |
21 | The Rock Bottom Remaindersrock and roll | 2,431 | 0 |
22 | Jim Whitealternative country, americana | 2,356 | -2 |
23 | Margo Cilkeralternative country, country folk | 2,084 | +27 |
24 | The Jaded Hearts Clubclassic rock, indie rock | 1,933 | -2 |
25 | Shannon and the Clamspunk rock | 1,855 | +3 |
26 | Zebedy Coltjazz | 1,765 | +1 |
27 | Brian Rayrock | 1,687 | -4 |
28 | Dead Crossthrash metal, experimental | 1,679 | +1 |
29 | salem ilesepop | 1,676 | -4 |
30 | Richard Swiftindie pop | 1,642 | -4 |
31 | Irationreggae, rock | 1,582 | +3 |
32 | Sleeping Giantmetalcore | 1,405 | +19 |
33 | Tuck & Pattijazz, soul | 1,235 | 0 |
34 | Tim Myerspop rock | 1,227 | -10 |
35 | Get Deadpunk rock | 1,214 | +20 |
36 | Animal Logicprogressive rock | 1,185 | +15 |
37 | Scott Pagerock | 1,165 | +4 |
38 | U.S. Bombshardcore punk | 1,152 | +11 |
39 | Celebrationpop rock, rock | 1,139 | +27 |
40 | Leah Katealternative pop, pop | 1,135 | -4 |
41 | Deeds of Fleshdeath metal, brutal death metal | 1,096 | +1 |
42 | Stolen Babiesavant-garde metal, avant-garde | 1,068 | -7 |
43 | Ryan Starralternative rock | 1,050 | +2 |
44 | The 77sblues rock, rock | 1,024 | +9 |
45 | Brian Reitzellcinematic classical | 967 | +2 |
46 | Elizabeth Nicole Abramscontemporary r&b | 929 | -7 |
47 | Skip Ewingcountry | 926 | -17 |
48 | Seatrainfolk rock, jazz | 918 | -11 |
49 | Tiffany Alvordpop | 905 | -11 |
50 | Addison Gracebedroom pop, indie pop | 902 | -2 |
54 | Adrian Oxaalalternative rock | 872 | +27 |
66 | Jeremy Peltcontemporary jazz, jazz | 619 | +24 |
75 | David Torbertrock | 551 | +22 |
114 | Litmus Greenpunk | 215 | +22 |
135 | Dean Benedettijazz | 131 | +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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.