Genre in a city
The 26 most-read alternative rock artists based in Glasgow, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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26 artists are tagged alternative rock in Glasgow. The biggest move was Union of Knives, up 5 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Dougie Paynealternative rock, rock | 31,889 | +1 |
02 | Primal Screamalternative rock, alternative dance | 20,430 | -1 |
03 | Texasalternative rock, rock | 11,221 | 0 |
04 | Del Amitrialternative rock | 7,354 | 0 |
05 | Iain Cookalternative rock | 5,919 | 0 |
06 | The Vaselinesalternative rock | 4,566 | 0 |
07 | Life Without Buildingsalternative rock, indie rock | 4,027 | +3 |
08 | GUNhard rock, alternative rock | 3,847 | 0 |
09 | Jon Fratellialternative rock, indie rock | 3,783 | -2 |
10 | Jim Reidalternative rock | 3,257 | -1 |
11 | Twin Atlanticalternative rock, pop | 2,328 | 0 |
12 | Andrew Innesalternative rock | 1,961 | 0 |
13 | Robert Youngalternative rock | 1,294 | 0 |
14 | Aereogrammealternative rock | 702 | 0 |
15 | Douglas Hartalternative rock | 636 | 0 |
16 | Urusei Yatsuraalternative rock, indie rock | 580 | +1 |
17 | Joesefalternative rock | 501 | -1 |
18 | Superstaralternative rock | 355 | 0 |
19 | Cosmic Rough Ridersalternative rock | 324 | 0 |
20 | Union of Knivesalternative rock | 311 | +5 |
21 | Codeine Velvet Clubalternative rock | 232 | -1 |
22 | The Unwinding Hoursalternative rock | 195 | +1 |
23 | Spirea Xalternative rock | 182 | -1 |
24 | AC Acousticsalternative rock | 164 | -3 |
25 | PAWSalternative rock | 161 | -1 |
26 | The Secret Goldfishalternative rock | 95 | 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.