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Alternative rock artists from Minneapolis

The 22 most-read alternative rock artists based in Minneapolis, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

22 artists are tagged alternative rock in Minneapolis. The biggest move was Sugar, up 5 places.

#	Artist	Readers	30d
01	The Replacementsalternative rock, punk rock	23,749	0
02	Soul Asylumalternative rock, pop rock	14,709	0
03	Sugaralternative rock, rock	9,025	+5
04	Semisonicalternative rock, pop rock	7,842	-1
05	Tommy Stinsonalternative rock, heavy metal	7,575	+2
06	Babes in Toylandgrunge, alternative rock	6,483	-2
07	Dan Wilsonalternative rock	6,306	-1
08	Marcy Playgroundalternative rock	6,254	-3
09	Chris Marsalternative rock	2,423	+2
10	John Wozniakalternative rock	2,343	-1
11	Poliçaalternative rock	2,158	-1
12	Trip Shakespearealternative rock	892	0
13	Perfectalternative rock	243	0
14	Dropping Daylightalternative rock	181	0
15	Mollycuddlealternative rock	166	0
16	Throw the Fightalternative rock, hard rock	156	0
17	Rifle Sportalternative rock	146	0
18	Fat Tuesdayalternative rock	79	+2
19	Attentionalternative rock	67	+2
20	Farewell Continentalalternative rock	60	-2
21	Man Sized Actionalternative rock	55	-2
22	Mel Gibson & the Pantsalternative rock	50	0

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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.