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Artists from Seattle

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

201 artists are ranked in Seattle. The biggest move was Demon Hunter, up 32 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	Chris Cornellalternative rock, acoustic rock	224,530	0
02	Jimi Hendrixblues rock, psychedelic rock	162,596	0
03	Foo Fightersrock, alternative rock	135,642	+1
04	Pearl Jamgrunge, alternative rock	135,471	+1
05	Alice in Chainsgrunge, alternative rock	116,744	-2
06	Soundgardengrunge, alternative rock	75,068	+2
07	Heartrock, hard rock	70,482	-1
08	Duff McKaganhard rock, rock	51,343	+5
09	Paul Allenpop rock	50,918	-2
10	Carrie Brownsteinriot grrrl	48,677	+1
11	Temple of the Dogalternative rock, grunge	40,726	-1
12	Macklemorehip hop, conscious hip hop	34,271	0
13	Judy Collinsfolk	32,401	-4
14	Kenny Gsmooth jazz, jazz	31,824	0
15	Demon Hunterchristian metal, metalcore	29,654	+32
16	Mad Seasongrunge, blues rock	28,531	-1
17	The Presidents of the United States of Americapop punk, alternative rock	24,208	+3
18	Sunny Day Real Estateemo, alternative rock	21,305	0
19	Jennifer Warnespop, folk	21,188	-3
20	Mother Love Bonegrunge, alternative rock	20,878	+1
21	Stone Gossardalternative rock	19,172	+3
22	Candleboxalternative rock, rock	17,382	-3
23	Kim Thayilgrunge, rock	17,262	+4
24	Melissa Reesehard rock	16,940	+7
25	Gregg Rolierock	16,272	0
26	Stacie Orricocontemporary christian, contemporary r&b	14,976	+10
27	Nevermoremetal, progressive metal	14,209	+10
28	Sir Mix‐A‐Lothip hop, west coast hip hop	14,194	+4
29	A Fine Frenzyindie pop	14,058	-1
30	Kevin McCarthywestern	13,977	-7
31	Hiro Yamamotoalternative metal, grunge	13,529	+2
32	Fleet Foxesindie folk, folk	13,090	-2
33	Lena Rainechiptune, ambient	12,579	-4
34	Sunn O)))drone, drone metal	12,571	-12
35	Jeff Dyecomedy	11,787	+17
36	Band of Horsesindie rock, indie folk	11,238	-10
37	Mudhoneyalternative rock, grunge	10,939	-3
38	The Head and the Heartfolk rock	10,727	-21
39	William Goldsmithrock	10,224	+5
40	Chris Ballewalternative rock	10,137	0
41	Jared Dinesdeathcore, djent	9,970	+17
42	The Brothers Fourfolk	9,561	+1
43	Harvey Dangeralternative rock, indie rock	9,368	-4
44	Sinittapop	9,239	-6
45	Dylan Carlsondrone, post-rock	8,425	0
46	Green Riveralternative rock, grunge	8,268	-5
47	Lil Moseypop rap, trap	7,924	-12
48	Macklemore & Ryan Lewiship hop, pop rap	7,559	0
49	Signe Toly Andersonfolk rock	7,095	+1
50	El Duceheavy metal	6,856	+4

Rising outside the top 50this month

96	Maktubrock	1,764	+98
105	David Knudsonindie rock	1,564	+45
112	Jim Sheppardprogressive metal	1,433	+42
130	Unified Theoryalternative rock	1,027	+35
87	Lisa Marxhardcore punk	2,234	+32

Adjacent scenes

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.