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The 50 most-read bands based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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104 bands are ranked in San Francisco. The biggest move was New Riders of the Purple Sage, up 10 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Journeyrock, arena rock | 90,148 | 0 |
02 | Trainpop, pop rock | 64,655 | +1 |
03 | Jefferson Starshipclassic rock, psychedelic rock | 60,273 | +3 |
04 | Jefferson Airplanepsychedelic rock, rock | 57,142 | 0 |
05 | Faith No Morealternative metal, alternative rock | 52,425 | -3 |
06 | 4 Non Blondespop rock, alternative rock | 51,558 | -1 |
07 | Santanalatin rock, rock | 46,175 | 0 |
08 | Third Eye Blindalternative rock, pop rock | 39,101 | 0 |
09 | Dead Kennedyshardcore punk, punk | 33,067 | +1 |
10 | Steve Miller Bandblues rock, rock | 25,649 | +1 |
11 | The Brian Jonestown Massacreneo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock | 24,258 | +1 |
12 | American Expresshard rock | 23,916 | -3 |
13 | Sly & the Family Stonefunk, psychedelic soul | 20,390 | 0 |
14 | DNCEpop rock | 18,944 | +5 |
15 | Deafheavenblackgaze, post-metal | 18,447 | +2 |
16 | Night Rangerhard rock, glam metal | 17,867 | -2 |
17 | Sun Kil Moonfolk rock, contemporary folk | 14,190 | -1 |
18 | Metal Churchheavy metal, thrash metal | 12,681 | -3 |
19 | Montrosehard rock, classic rock | 12,356 | +1 |
20 | Quicksilver Messenger Serviceacid rock, psychedelic rock | 10,468 | +6 |
21 | The Weather Girlsdance-pop, disco | 10,118 | +1 |
22 | New Riders of the Purple Sagecountry rock, bluegrass | 9,958 | +10 |
23 | Big Brother & the Holding Companyblues rock, psychedelic rock | 9,858 | 0 |
24 | Possesseddeath metal, thrash metal | 9,632 | 0 |
25 | Oseespsychedelic rock, garage rock | 9,566 | -4 |
26 | Hot Tunaacoustic blues, blues rock | 9,440 | +2 |
27 | Death Angelthrash metal, heavy metal | 9,209 | -2 |
28 | Blue Cheerhard rock, blues rock | 8,336 | +1 |
29 | Tommy Tutonerock | 8,039 | +1 |
30 | Moby Grapeblues rock, country rock | 7,207 | +3 |
31 | Pablo Cruiseyacht rock | 6,964 | -4 |
32 | Jellyfishpower pop, psychedelic pop | 6,845 | +7 |
33 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubalternative rock, garage rock | 6,711 | +4 |
34 | Deltron 3030hip hop, alternative hip hop | 6,675 | +2 |
35 | Fantômasalternative metal, avant-garde metal | 6,627 | 0 |
36 | Red House Paintersslowcore, folk rock | 6,563 | -5 |
37 | Michael Franti & Spearheadfunk, hip hop | 6,032 | -3 |
38 | It’s a Beautiful Dayfolk rock, psychedelic rock | 5,891 | 0 |
39 | Flamin’ Grooviespower pop, rock | 5,859 | +3 |
40 | Flipperhardcore punk, art punk | 5,713 | +3 |
41 | Cock Robinpop, soft rock | 5,579 | +3 |
42 | Omstoner metal, stoner rock | 4,973 | -1 |
43 | We Fivefolk rock | 4,840 | +10 |
44 | Mink DeVilleblues, proto-punk | 4,637 | -4 |
45 | The Beau Brummelspop rock, sunshine pop | 4,517 | -27 |
46 | Texas Tornadostejano, tex-mex | 4,291 | 0 |
47 | Romeo Voidnew wave, post-punk | 4,223 | +2 |
48 | Deerhoofindie rock, noise pop | 4,148 | 0 |
49 | Whirrshoegaze, noise pop | 4,029 | -2 |
50 | The Les Claypool Frog Brigadeexperimental, funk | 3,403 | -5 |
52 | Imperial Teenindie pop, indie rock | 3,177 | +21 |
66 | The Nervespower pop | 2,202 | +12 |
61 | Furthurrock | 2,372 | +10 |
74 | Ratdogjazz, rock | 1,801 | +10 |
78 | Wooden Shjipsspace rock, psychedelic rock | 1,738 | +9 |
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.