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Artists from Los Angeles

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

200 artists are ranked in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Bad Wolves, up 96 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	KATSEYEdance-pop, pop	716,483	+3
02	Kate Hudsonpop	283,005	+1
03	Hailee Steinfelddance-pop, electropop	280,350	+2
04	Gracie Abramspop, folk pop	219,601	-3
05	Billie Eilishelectropop, alternative pop	192,631	+1
06	Juliette Lewisrock	182,100	+2
07	Malcolm Toddr&b, alternative r&b	180,694	+24
08	Katey Sagalpop	172,380	+11
09	Metallicathrash metal, heavy metal	154,684	-2
10	Guns N’ Roseshard rock, glam metal	151,779	+4
11	Emily Osmentpop	151,036	-2
12	Weezeralternative rock, power pop	138,589	+30
13	Eaglesrock, country rock	138,118	-1
14	Jeff Bridgescountry	136,104	-4
15	Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock	132,887	-4
16	Danny Elfmanmodern classical	119,549	0
17	Mötley Crüeglam metal, hard rock	104,972	-4
18	Hope Sandovaldream pop, folk rock	103,213	+4
19	Keshadance-pop, electronic	102,362	-1
20	Miranda Cosgrovepop, teen pop	100,842	-3
21	Alana Haimfolk rock, indie rock	95,868	+25
22	Rage Against the Machinealternative metal, rap metal	89,866	+3
23	Ritchie Valenstex-mex	88,802	-2
24	Bad Wolvesalternative metal, groove metal	88,725	+96
25	Nipsey Husslehip hop, gangsta rap	88,411	+12
26	The Gamehip hop, gangsta rap	85,479	+30
27	Chynna Phillipsfolk	81,689	+2
28	Rita Wilsonpop	81,145	-8
29	Katharine McPheepop	80,810	+6
30	Black Eyed Peaship hop, pop rap	78,653	+3
31	Toolprogressive metal, alternative metal	77,815	-1
32	The Monkeespop, sunshine pop	74,341	+6
33	Josh Grobanclassical, easy listening	73,031	-1
34	Paul Graymetal, rock	71,675	+60
35	North Westhip hop	68,791	-12
36	Bluefacegangsta rap, hip hop	68,552	+69
37	Megadeththrash metal, heavy metal	67,712	+4
38	Elle Kingblues rock, americana	67,390	-12
39	Rhonda Ross Kendrickjazz	67,333	+5
40	Adam Levinepop, funk rock	66,324	-13
41	FINNEASpop, indie pop	66,094	+13
42	Belinda Carlislepop, pop rock	65,623	-2
43	Nat Wolffpop	63,945	+6
44	David Crosbycontemporary folk, folk	62,730	+4
45	SOFIA ISELLAart pop, post-industrial	62,285	+39
46	Beckalternative rock, folk rock	61,062	-7
47	WILLOWpunk rock	60,828	-23
48	Cree Summerrock	59,075	+7
49	Micky Dolenzpop rock	58,736	+3
50	OMGhip hop	57,377	+36

Rising outside the top 50this month

77	Backhouse Mikepop rock	39,317	+83
58	Temper Cityalternative rock	51,894	+74
98	Fear Factoryindustrial metal, death metal	30,953	+73
130	Body Countmetal, crossover thrash	23,643	+52
107	The Linda Lindasriot grrrl, power pop	28,438	+51

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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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.