Genre in a city
The 26 most-read alternative rock artists based in Glasgow, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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26 artists are tagged alternative rock in Glasgow. The biggest move was Twin Atlantic, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Dougie Paynealternative rock, rock | 22,776 | +1 |
02 | Texasalternative rock, rock | 18,559 | -1 |
03 | Primal Screamalternative rock, alternative dance | 17,427 | 0 |
04 | Del Amitrialternative rock | 9,568 | 0 |
05 | Iain Cookalternative rock | 4,423 | 0 |
06 | The Vaselinesalternative rock | 4,277 | 0 |
07 | GUNhard rock, alternative rock | 4,196 | 0 |
08 | Twin Atlanticalternative rock, pop | 3,187 | +4 |
09 | Jim Reidalternative rock | 2,721 | -1 |
10 | Jon Fratellialternative rock, indie rock | 2,556 | -1 |
11 | Life Without Buildingsalternative rock, indie rock | 2,457 | 0 |
12 | Andrew Innesalternative rock | 1,882 | -2 |
13 | Robert Youngalternative rock | 952 | 0 |
14 | Aereogrammealternative rock | 911 | 0 |
15 | Joesefalternative rock | 750 | +1 |
16 | Douglas Hartalternative rock | 562 | -1 |
17 | Urusei Yatsuraalternative rock, indie rock | 524 | 0 |
18 | Cosmic Rough Ridersalternative rock | 288 | +1 |
19 | Codeine Velvet Clubalternative rock | 247 | +1 |
20 | Superstaralternative rock | 225 | -2 |
21 | AC Acousticsalternative rock | 185 | +1 |
22 | The Unwinding Hoursalternative rock | 182 | +1 |
23 | Spirea Xalternative rock | 151 | -2 |
24 | PAWSalternative rock | 111 | 0 |
25 | The Secret Goldfishalternative rock | 98 | +1 |
26 | Union of Knivesalternative rock | 73 | -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.