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The 50 most-read San Franciscan bands, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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108 bands are ranked in San Francisco. The biggest move was Imperial Teen, up 28 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Journeyrock, arena rock | 111,814 | 0 |
02 | Jefferson Airplanepsychedelic rock, rock | 49,631 | 0 |
03 | Faith No Morealternative metal, alternative rock | 44,447 | +1 |
04 | 4 Non Blondespop rock, alternative rock | 43,028 | -1 |
05 | Jefferson Starshipclassic rock, psychedelic rock | 35,482 | 0 |
06 | Santanalatin rock, rock | 34,823 | 0 |
07 | Dead Kennedyshardcore punk, punk | 32,580 | 0 |
08 | Trainpop, pop rock | 29,368 | 0 |
09 | Third Eye Blindalternative rock, pop rock | 29,278 | 0 |
10 | The Brian Jonestown Massacreneo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock | 28,549 | +2 |
11 | Steve Miller Bandblues rock, rock | 25,158 | -1 |
12 | Deafheavenblackgaze, post-metal | 23,541 | +3 |
13 | American Expresshard rock | 22,424 | -2 |
14 | Sly & the Family Stonefunk, psychedelic soul | 16,379 | -1 |
15 | Deltron 3030hip hop, alternative hip hop | 16,060 | +3 |
16 | Oseespsychedelic rock, garage rock | 14,503 | +7 |
17 | Me First and the Gimme Gimmespunk rock, punk | 14,066 | +4 |
18 | DNCEpop rock | 13,554 | -2 |
19 | Sun Kil Moonfolk rock, contemporary folk | 13,289 | -2 |
20 | Metal Churchheavy metal, thrash metal | 11,674 | -1 |
21 | Night Rangerhard rock, glam metal | 11,480 | -7 |
22 | Montrosehard rock, classic rock | 11,146 | -2 |
23 | Death Angelthrash metal, heavy metal | 10,431 | +5 |
24 | The Weather Girlsdance-pop, disco | 10,198 | +2 |
25 | Big Brother & the Holding Companyblues rock, psychedelic rock | 9,586 | 0 |
26 | Hot Tunaacoustic blues, blues rock | 8,928 | +5 |
27 | Possesseddeath metal, thrash metal | 8,468 | +3 |
28 | Quicksilver Messenger Serviceacid rock, psychedelic rock | 8,393 | -4 |
29 | Michael Franti & Spearheadfunk, hip hop | 7,966 | +6 |
30 | New Riders of the Purple Sagecountry rock, bluegrass | 7,677 | +4 |
31 | Blue Cheerhard rock, blues rock | 7,456 | +2 |
32 | Flamin’ Grooviespower pop, rock | 7,200 | -3 |
33 | Red House Paintersslowcore, folk rock | 7,133 | -6 |
34 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubalternative rock, garage rock | 6,468 | +5 |
35 | Flipperhardcore punk, art punk | 6,370 | -3 |
36 | The Nervespower pop | 5,941 | +21 |
37 | Deerhoofindie rock, noise pop | 5,877 | +11 |
38 | Tommy Tutonerock | 5,681 | -2 |
39 | Moby Grapeblues rock, country rock | 5,637 | +1 |
40 | Pablo Cruiseyacht rock | 5,610 | -3 |
41 | Fantômasalternative metal, avant-garde metal | 5,510 | +4 |
42 | Cock Robinpop, soft rock | 5,435 | +4 |
43 | Jellyfishpower pop, psychedelic pop | 5,377 | -2 |
44 | Secret Chiefs 3avant-prog, experimental rock | 4,985 | -1 |
45 | It’s a Beautiful Dayfolk rock, psychedelic rock | 4,952 | -1 |
46 | Imperial Teenindie pop, indie rock | 4,824 | +28 |
47 | LSD and the Search for Godshoegaze, psychedelic | 4,792 | +4 |
48 | Mink DeVilleblues, proto-punk | 4,593 | +5 |
49 | Omstoner metal, stoner rock | 4,247 | -11 |
50 | Romeo Voidnew wave, post-punk | 4,112 | -1 |
81 | Hunx and His Punxpunk, queercore | 1,456 | +22 |
85 | Aztecajazz, jazz rock | 1,363 | +20 |
69 | Thinking Fellers Union Local 282avant-prog, experimental rock | 1,923 | +18 |
55 | Heathenthrash metal, speed metal | 3,063 | +16 |
93 | Fifteenpunk rock, pop punk | 1,046 | +13 |
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.