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The 50 most-read San Franciscan artists, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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200 artists are ranked in San Francisco. The biggest move was Wendy Haas, up 62 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Courtney Loverock, alternative rock | 125,701 | 0 |
02 | Journeyrock, arena rock | 111,814 | 0 |
03 | underscoreshyperpop, electronic | 72,375 | 0 |
04 | Darren Crisspop | 60,102 | +1 |
05 | Wendy Haasrock | 56,098 | +62 |
06 | Kirk Hammettheavy metal, thrash metal | 53,941 | +2 |
07 | Jerry Garciafolk rock, psychedelic rock | 53,220 | -1 |
08 | Jefferson Airplanepsychedelic rock, rock | 49,631 | -1 |
09 | Faith No Morealternative metal, alternative rock | 44,447 | +1 |
10 | Nancy Wilsonrock | 43,389 | -6 |
11 | 4 Non Blondespop rock, alternative rock | 43,028 | -2 |
12 | Jefferson Starshipclassic rock, psychedelic rock | 35,482 | -1 |
13 | Santanalatin rock, rock | 34,823 | -1 |
14 | Bob Weirrock | 33,562 | +4 |
15 | Dead Kennedyshardcore punk, punk | 32,580 | -2 |
16 | Chanté Moorecontemporary r&b, ballad | 30,508 | 0 |
17 | Trainpop, pop rock | 29,368 | -3 |
18 | Third Eye Blindalternative rock, pop rock | 29,278 | -3 |
19 | The Brian Jonestown Massacreneo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock | 28,549 | +3 |
20 | Zeenaelectronic | 26,569 | -3 |
21 | Steve Miller Bandblues rock, rock | 25,158 | -2 |
22 | Deafheavenblackgaze, post-metal | 23,541 | +5 |
23 | American Expresshard rock | 22,424 | -2 |
24 | Vince Guaraldijazz, christmas music | 19,460 | +14 |
25 | Terry Bozziorock, free jazz | 18,772 | +10 |
26 | Sly & the Family Stonefunk, psychedelic soul | 16,379 | -2 |
27 | Deltron 3030hip hop, alternative hip hop | 16,060 | +7 |
28 | Paul Kantnerfolk rock, psychedelic rock | 15,346 | +2 |
29 | Oseespsychedelic rock, garage rock | 14,503 | +13 |
30 | Tiffany Youngk-pop | 14,500 | -10 |
31 | Jessicak-pop | 14,329 | -8 |
32 | Me First and the Gimme Gimmespunk rock, punk | 14,066 | +7 |
33 | Martha Washsoul | 13,584 | 0 |
34 | DNCEpop rock | 13,554 | -6 |
35 | Krystalk-pop | 13,400 | -6 |
36 | Sun Kil Moonfolk rock, contemporary folk | 13,289 | -4 |
37 | Wispshoegaze, dream pop | 12,593 | +22 |
38 | Metal Churchheavy metal, thrash metal | 11,674 | -2 |
39 | Night Rangerhard rock, glam metal | 11,480 | -13 |
40 | Dan the Automatorhip hop | 11,412 | +3 |
41 | Montrosehard rock, classic rock | 11,146 | -4 |
42 | Death Angelthrash metal, heavy metal | 10,431 | +10 |
43 | The Weather Girlsdance-pop, disco | 10,198 | +3 |
44 | Big Brother & the Holding Companyblues rock, psychedelic rock | 9,586 | +1 |
45 | Gryffindance-pop, electronic | 9,483 | +58 |
46 | Kreayshawnhip hop | 9,105 | +4 |
47 | Paul Desmondjazz, cool jazz | 8,938 | -7 |
48 | Hot Tunaacoustic blues, blues rock | 8,928 | +8 |
49 | Larry Junedrumless hip hop, trap | 8,485 | -18 |
50 | Possesseddeath metal, thrash metal | 8,468 | +5 |
73 | Bill Orcuttexperimental, jazz | 5,481 | +85 |
80 | Imperial Teenindie pop, indie rock | 4,824 | +62 |
67 | The Nervespower pop | 5,941 | +49 |
154 | Hunx and His Punxpunk, queercore | 1,456 | +40 |
159 | Aztecajazz, jazz rock | 1,363 | +38 |
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.