Genre in a city
The 31 most-read alternative rock artists based in Chicago, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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31 artists are tagged alternative rock in Chicago. The biggest move was X27, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Smashing Pumpkinsalternative rock, dream pop | 117,326 | 0 |
02 | Billy Corganalternative rock, rock | 83,925 | 0 |
03 | Wilcoalternative rock, folk rock | 32,608 | 0 |
04 | Bob Bryaralternative rock | 21,928 | 0 |
05 | OK Goalternative rock, indie rock | 17,834 | +1 |
06 | Veruca Saltalternative rock, grunge | 16,094 | -1 |
07 | Urge Overkillalternative rock, hard rock | 5,115 | +1 |
08 | The Academy Is…pop punk, indie rock | 4,980 | -1 |
09 | Frikoalternative rock, art rock | 3,527 | 0 |
10 | The Hush Soundindie pop, alternative rock | 1,626 | 0 |
11 | Kill Hannahalternative rock, post-punk revival | 1,565 | 0 |
12 | Scott Cutleralternative rock | 1,298 | +3 |
13 | The Foldindie rock, alternative rock | 1,189 | -1 |
14 | I Fight Dragonsalternative rock, chiptune | 1,105 | 0 |
15 | Scott Murphyalternative rock | 948 | +1 |
16 | Loose Furalternative rock | 943 | -3 |
17 | Caviaralternative rock | 405 | +1 |
18 | Fig Dishalternative rock | 391 | +2 |
19 | AM Taxialternative rock, punk rock | 343 | 0 |
20 | Disappearsalternative rock | 252 | +2 |
21 | Lovehammersalternative rock | 209 | 0 |
22 | Triple Fast Actionalternative rock, emo | 182 | +1 |
23 | Breaking Circusalternative rock, post-punk | 161 | +1 |
24 | Verbowalternative rock | 134 | -7 |
25 | X27alternative rock | 76 | +5 |
26 | Filligaralternative rock | 74 | 0 |
27 | Ethylinealternative rock | 72 | 0 |
28 | Sanawonalternative rock | 63 | -3 |
29 | Jimmy Chamberlin Complexalternative rock | 45 | 0 |
30 | Wax on Radioalternative rock | 39 | -2 |
31 | The Detholz!alternative rock | 30 | 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.