Genre in a city
The 50 most-read alternative rock artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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143 artists are tagged alternative rock in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Temper City, up 8 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Weezeralternative rock, power pop | 138,589 | +3 |
02 | Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock | 132,887 | -1 |
03 | Beckalternative rock, folk rock | 61,062 | 0 |
04 | Temper Cityalternative rock | 51,894 | +8 |
05 | Dogstaralternative rock, post-grunge | 51,765 | +2 |
06 | Audioslavealternative rock, hard rock | 51,569 | -1 |
07 | Thirty Seconds to Marsalternative rock, rock | 44,816 | -5 |
08 | Jane’s Addictionalternative rock, alternative metal | 41,268 | 0 |
09 | A Perfect Circlealternative rock, progressive rock | 38,061 | -3 |
10 | Holealternative rock, grunge | 33,693 | -1 |
11 | Oingo Boingonew wave, alternative rock | 29,134 | 0 |
12 | Alex Greenwaldalternative rock | 27,807 | +4 |
13 | Blind Melonalternative rock, blues rock | 26,880 | +2 |
14 | Them Crooked Vulturesalternative rock, hard rock | 26,837 | 0 |
15 | Porno for Pyrosalternative rock | 24,296 | -5 |
16 | Jack Ironsalternative rock | 23,555 | -3 |
17 | Troy Van Leeuwenalternative rock, heavy metal | 21,886 | +2 |
18 | Johnny Strongalternative rock | 18,790 | +2 |
19 | David Robackalternative rock | 17,718 | +2 |
20 | Silversun Pickupsalternative rock, indie rock | 16,247 | -3 |
21 | Art Alexakisalternative rock | 15,828 | +3 |
22 | Dead Saragarage rock, alternative rock | 13,199 | +5 |
23 | Concrete Blondealternative rock | 13,192 | +3 |
24 | Wendy Melvoinalternative rock | 12,890 | -1 |
25 | The Callingalternative rock | 12,815 | -3 |
26 | Alex Bandalternative rock | 10,715 | -1 |
27 | AWOLNATIONpop rock, alternative rock | 9,488 | +3 |
28 | Phantom Planetalternative rock, indie rock | 8,732 | +1 |
29 | Failurealternative rock, post-hardcore | 8,418 | +3 |
30 | Eric Erlandsonalternative rock | 8,229 | +4 |
31 | Wallowsalternative rock, pop rock | 8,210 | +2 |
32 | Kim Shattuckalternative rock, pop punk | 7,825 | -14 |
33 | Stephen Perkinsalternative rock, art rock | 6,625 | +4 |
34 | Tonicalternative rock, folk rock | 6,062 | -3 |
35 | Ednaswapalternative rock | 5,966 | +8 |
36 | Aaron Brunoalternative rock | 5,829 | +5 |
37 | Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadwayalternative metal, alternative rock | 5,039 | -9 |
38 | Eric Averyalternative rock, pop | 5,009 | +2 |
39 | Mike Einzigeralternative rock | 4,988 | -3 |
40 | What Is This?alternative rock | 4,663 | -5 |
41 | R5alternative rock, pop punk | 4,394 | -2 |
42 | Dr. Steelalternative rock, industrial | 3,374 | 0 |
43 | Juliette and the Licksgarage rock, rock | 3,222 | +2 |
44 | Earshotalternative metal, alternative rock | 3,174 | 0 |
45 | One Day as a Lionalternative rock, political hip hop | 3,164 | +1 |
46 | Matt McJunkinsalternative rock | 3,087 | -8 |
47 | Adam 12alternative rock | 2,916 | +5 |
48 | Grant Lee Buffaloalternative rock | 2,776 | -1 |
49 | The 88alternative rock, indie pop | 2,543 | -1 |
50 | THE DRIVER ERAalternative rock | 2,460 | +3 |
56 | Street Drum Corpsalternative rock | 1,927 | +21 |
128 | The Romanovsalternative rock | 122 | +12 |
74 | Wakratalternative rock, alternative metal | 860 | +11 |
112 | The Sheltersalternative rock, rock | 199 | +11 |
82 | Mark “Top” Rankinalternative rock | 670 | +10 |
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.