Genre in a city
The 17 most-read alternative rock artists based in Dublin, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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17 artists are tagged alternative rock in Dublin. The biggest move was Whipping Boy, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | U2alternative rock, rock | 116,532 | 0 |
02 | Inhalerrock, alternative rock | 7,112 | 0 |
03 | Gavin Fridayalternative rock, post-punk | 4,077 | 0 |
04 | Whipping Boyindie rock, alternative rock | 1,442 | +2 |
05 | JJ72alternative rock, indie rock | 1,378 | -1 |
06 | SPRINTSalternative rock, garage punk | 1,256 | -1 |
07 | Damien Leithalternative rock, folk | 1,107 | 0 |
08 | An Emotional Fishalternative rock | 881 | +1 |
09 | Blinkalternative rock | 690 | -1 |
10 | Fight Like Apesalternative rock | 319 | 0 |
11 | MrNorthalternative rock | 202 | 0 |
12 | The Butterfly Explosionalternative rock | 157 | 0 |
13 | Sackalternative rock | 142 | 0 |
14 | Kopekalternative rock | 110 | 0 |
15 | Dirty Epicsalternative rock | 38 | 0 |
16 | Si Schroederalternative rock | 36 | +1 |
17 | Swordsalternative rock | 18 | -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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.