Genre in a city
The 21 most-read alternative rock artists based in Austin, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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21 artists are tagged alternative rock in Austin. The biggest move was Shakey Graves, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Spoonindie rock, alternative rock | 7,228 | 0 |
02 | Shakey Gravesalternative country, alternative rock | 6,866 | +2 |
03 | Fastballpop rock, power pop | 5,970 | -1 |
04 | …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Deadalternative rock, art rock | 4,290 | -1 |
05 | Jesse Tobiasalternative rock, indie rock | 2,603 | +1 |
06 | Palternative rock | 2,328 | -1 |
07 | VASTalternative rock, industrial rock | 2,144 | 0 |
08 | Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!alternative rock | 532 | 0 |
09 | Dexter Freebishalternative rock, pop rock | 386 | 0 |
10 | 54 Secondsalternative rock | 279 | 0 |
11 | Alpha Revalternative rock | 271 | 0 |
12 | Ed Hallalternative rock | 195 | 0 |
13 | The Alice Rosealternative rock | 86 | 0 |
14 | Full Servicealternative rock | 64 | +1 |
15 | Residual Kidalternative rock | 59 | +1 |
16 | Shouldersalternative rock | 49 | -2 |
17 | Sounds Under Radioalternative rock | 46 | +2 |
18 | Goudiealternative rock | 34 | -1 |
19 | The Artificial Heartalternative rock | 26 | +1 |
20 | Household Namesalternative rock | 17 | -2 |
21 | Language Roomalternative rock | 11 | 0 |
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.