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The 50 most-read alternative rock artists based in Australia, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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53 artists are tagged alternative rock in Australia. The biggest move was Fini Scad, up 9 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Whirlywirldalternative rock | 5,789 | +2 |
02 | Sick Puppiesalternative rock, post-grunge | 4,762 | -1 |
03 | Spiderbaitalternative rock, hard rock | 4,258 | -1 |
04 | Tonight Alivepop punk, alternative rock | 2,413 | 0 |
05 | Machine Gun Fellatioalternative rock, rock | 2,087 | +3 |
06 | Killing Heidialternative rock | 1,971 | -1 |
07 | Crime & the City Solutionalternative rock, art punk | 1,801 | -1 |
08 | Dan Sultanalternative rock | 1,725 | -1 |
09 | Hamish Rosseralternative rock | 1,314 | +5 |
10 | Big Pigalternative rock, industrial | 1,164 | 0 |
11 | Martin Rotseyalternative rock | 1,100 | +1 |
12 | Damian Cowellalternative rock | 1,045 | -3 |
13 | Peter Mayesalternative rock | 817 | +2 |
14 | The Dissociativesalternative rock | 712 | -1 |
15 | Andy Strachanalternative rock | 633 | +4 |
16 | Short Stackalternative rock, pop punk | 586 | 0 |
17 | Mark Wilkinsonalternative rock, folk | 554 | 0 |
18 | The Getaway Planalternative rock, post-hardcore | 504 | -7 |
19 | Jeremy Oxleyalternative rock | 478 | -1 |
20 | Jon Coghillalternative rock | 415 | 0 |
21 | Patrick Matthewsalternative rock | 387 | 0 |
22 | Ceresalternative rock, pop punk | 367 | +6 |
23 | Motor Acealternative rock | 324 | -1 |
24 | The Casanovasalternative rock | 277 | -1 |
25 | Buchananalternative rock | 256 | +2 |
26 | Sacred Cowboysalternative rock | 220 | -2 |
27 | New Empirealternative rock | 172 | +3 |
28 | Michael Liraalternative rock | 168 | -3 |
29 | Dukes of Windsoralternative rock | 150 | 0 |
30 | Mr Floppyalternative rock | 127 | +6 |
31 | Andy Bullalternative rock | 124 | 0 |
32 | The Silentsalternative rock, psychedelic rock | 121 | 0 |
33 | The Somelovesalternative rock | 117 | +5 |
34 | Paul Berrymanalternative rock | 108 | -1 |
35 | Papa vs Prettyalternative rock | 104 | +5 |
36 | The Bamboosalternative rock | 90 | +7 |
37 | Fini Scadalternative rock | 88 | +9 |
38 | ROOT!alternative rock | 86 | -12 |
39 | The DC3alternative rock | 82 | -2 |
39 | Nedaalternative rock | 82 | +3 |
41 | The Welcome Matalternative rock | 79 | -1 |
42 | Danny Spenceralternative rock | 78 | -7 |
43 | The Hot Liesalternative rock | 76 | -5 |
44 | Dragalternative rock, new wave | 63 | +3 |
45 | Eva Troutalternative rock | 56 | -1 |
46 | Railalternative rock | 52 | -1 |
46 | Jamie Hutchingsalternative rock | 52 | +3 |
48 | Colour Codingalternative rock, indie pop | 37 | -14 |
48 | New Waveralternative rock | 37 | 0 |
50 | Magic Lunchboxalternative rock | 34 | +2 |
52 | Race the Frayalternative rock | 27 | +1 |
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.