Genre in a city
The 21 most-read alternative rock artists based in Austin, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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21 artists are tagged alternative rock in Austin. The biggest move was Goudie, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Spoonindie rock, alternative rock | 9,333 | 0 |
02 | Fastballpop rock, power pop | 6,958 | +1 |
03 | Shakey Gravesalternative country, alternative rock | 5,320 | -1 |
04 | …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Deadalternative rock, art rock | 4,958 | 0 |
05 | Palternative rock | 4,080 | +1 |
06 | Jesse Tobiasalternative rock, indie rock | 2,710 | -1 |
07 | VASTalternative rock, industrial rock | 2,355 | 0 |
08 | Dexter Freebishalternative rock, pop rock | 478 | +1 |
09 | Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!alternative rock | 438 | -1 |
10 | 54 Secondsalternative rock | 323 | +1 |
11 | Alpha Revalternative rock | 297 | -1 |
12 | Ed Hallalternative rock | 244 | 0 |
13 | The Alice Rosealternative rock | 94 | 0 |
14 | Residual Kidalternative rock | 60 | +2 |
15 | Goudiealternative rock | 55 | +3 |
16 | Sounds Under Radioalternative rock | 53 | +1 |
17 | Full Servicealternative rock | 49 | -4 |
17 | Shouldersalternative rock | 49 | -2 |
19 | The Artificial Heartalternative rock | 27 | 0 |
20 | Household Namesalternative rock | 25 | 0 |
21 | Language Roomalternative rock | 18 | 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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.