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Angeleno Artists

The 50 most-read Angeleno artists, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

200 artists are ranked in Los Angeles. The biggest move was K/DA, up 142 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Hailee Steinfelddance-pop, electropop	518,885	+1
02	KATSEYEdance-pop, pop	439,261	-1
03	Eaglesrock, country rock	312,022	+12
04	Danny Elfmanmodern classical	246,168	+1
05	Emily Osmentpop	234,776	+11
06	Kate Hudsonpop	209,504	-3
07	Metallicathrash metal, heavy metal	191,555	-1
08	Billie Eilishelectropop, alternative pop	176,156	-4
09	Adam Levinepop, funk rock	174,796	-1
10	Juliette Lewisrock	141,557	0
11	Gracie Abramspop, folk pop	128,781	-4
12	Jeff Bridgescountry	123,605	+9
13	Miranda Cosgrovepop, teen pop	112,812	+14
14	Mike Lovepop, rock	110,715	+44
15	Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock	109,062	+3
16	Katey Sagalpop	108,805	+6
17	North Westhip hop	107,574	+8
18	Cree Summerrock	96,426	-5
19	Quiet Riothard rock, glam metal	95,400	+46
20	Rage Against the Machinealternative metal, rap metal	94,609	+6
21	Guns N’ Roseshard rock, glam metal	94,432	-4
22	Weezeralternative rock, power pop	91,470	-2
23	Beckalternative rock, folk rock	86,995	-11
24	Ritchie Valenstex-mex	81,554	-5
25	K/DAk-pop, pop	80,509	+142
26	Toolprogressive metal, alternative metal	80,370	-2
27	Rita Wilsonpop	77,231	+5
28	Bluefacegangsta rap, hip hop	73,122	+31
29	The Monkeespop, sunshine pop	72,759	0
30	Mötley Crüeglam metal, hard rock	68,307	-2
31	Hope Sandovaldream pop, folk rock	68,194	+8
32	Katharine McPheepop	67,593	+14
33	Malcolm Toddr&b, alternative r&b	66,635	-10
34	Nat Wolffpop	66,476	+11
35	Black Eyed Peaship hop, pop rap	66,252	-5
36	Belinda Carlislepop, pop rock	64,418	-1
37	Keshadance-pop, electronic	63,907	-4
38	Chynna Phillipsfolk	63,394	-7
39	A Perfect Circlealternative rock, progressive rock	63,280	+14
40	Megadeththrash metal, heavy metal	62,086	-6
41	Nipsey Husslehip hop, gangsta rap	61,460	-4
42	Robin Thickesoul, contemporary r&b	60,180	-6
43	Micky Dolenzpop rock	59,713	-3
44	The Pussycat Dollspop, dance-pop	59,699	-3
45	WILLOWpunk rock	59,653	+4
46	SOFIA ISELLAart pop, post-industrial	58,481	+2
47	Josh Grobanclassical, easy listening	58,270	-5
48	Oingo Boingonew wave, alternative rock	56,914	+12
49	David Crosbycontemporary folk, folk	56,608	-5
50	Susanna Hoffspop, pop rock	54,707	-12

Rising outside the top 50this month

52	Boy Throbdance-pop, electronic	53,452	+120
92	Kevin Wassermanpunk rock, skate punk	27,864	+101
56	Kevin DuBrowheavy metal, rock	50,264	+64
96	Pococountry rock, soft rock	27,199	+56
142	Quadecaart pop, experimental hip hop	17,954	+56

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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.