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The 50 most-read alternative rock artists based in Australia, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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53 artists are tagged alternative rock in Australia. The biggest move was Jon Coghill, up 19 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Jon Coghillalternative rock | 6,076 | +19 |
02 | Sick Puppiesalternative rock, post-grunge | 4,206 | 0 |
03 | Spiderbaitalternative rock, hard rock | 3,410 | 0 |
04 | Damian Cowellalternative rock | 2,105 | +9 |
05 | Tonight Alivepop punk, alternative rock | 2,090 | 0 |
06 | Dan Sultanalternative rock | 2,032 | -2 |
07 | Crime & the City Solutionalternative rock, art punk | 1,932 | -1 |
08 | Killing Heidialternative rock | 1,851 | +1 |
09 | Machine Gun Fellatioalternative rock, rock | 1,161 | -1 |
10 | The Dissociativesalternative rock | 1,046 | +5 |
11 | Big Pigalternative rock, industrial | 1,035 | 0 |
12 | Martin Rotseyalternative rock | 944 | 0 |
13 | Peter Mayesalternative rock | 710 | +1 |
14 | Jeremy Oxleyalternative rock | 665 | +4 |
15 | Hamish Rosseralternative rock | 627 | -5 |
16 | Short Stackalternative rock, pop punk | 549 | -9 |
17 | Mark Wilkinsonalternative rock, folk | 538 | 0 |
18 | The Getaway Planalternative rock, post-hardcore | 386 | +1 |
19 | Andy Strachanalternative rock | 368 | +3 |
20 | Sacred Cowboysalternative rock | 366 | +5 |
21 | Motor Acealternative rock | 273 | 0 |
22 | Andy Bullalternative rock | 211 | +1 |
23 | Patrick Matthewsalternative rock | 209 | -7 |
24 | The Casanovasalternative rock | 204 | 0 |
25 | Dragalternative rock, new wave | 191 | +17 |
26 | Michael Liraalternative rock | 180 | +1 |
27 | New Empirealternative rock | 171 | -1 |
28 | Whirlywirldalternative rock | 132 | -27 |
29 | The Silentsalternative rock, psychedelic rock | 130 | +1 |
30 | Dukes of Windsoralternative rock | 128 | -1 |
31 | Ceresalternative rock, pop punk | 127 | +4 |
32 | Mr Floppyalternative rock | 120 | +2 |
33 | Danny Spenceralternative rock | 116 | 0 |
34 | Paul Berrymanalternative rock | 114 | -7 |
35 | The DC3alternative rock | 96 | +9 |
36 | Nedaalternative rock | 92 | +2 |
37 | The Bamboosalternative rock | 91 | +6 |
38 | The Somelovesalternative rock | 89 | -1 |
38 | ROOT!alternative rock | 89 | +1 |
40 | Fini Scadalternative rock | 84 | +5 |
41 | Papa vs Prettyalternative rock | 76 | -1 |
42 | The Hot Liesalternative rock | 66 | -6 |
43 | The Welcome Matalternative rock | 62 | -3 |
44 | Buchananalternative rock | 50 | -12 |
45 | Jamie Hutchingsalternative rock | 47 | +3 |
46 | Eva Troutalternative rock | 46 | 0 |
47 | Railalternative rock | 45 | -17 |
48 | New Waveralternative rock | 39 | +3 |
49 | Magic Lunchboxalternative rock | 30 | +3 |
50 | Colour Codingalternative rock, indie pop | 25 | -4 |
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.