Genre in a city
The 16 most-read alternative rock artists based in San Diego, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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16 artists are tagged alternative rock in San Diego. The biggest move was The Rugburns, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Stone Temple Pilotsgrunge, alternative rock | 73,075 | 0 |
02 | Ilan Rubinalternative rock | 51,841 | 0 |
03 | Angels & Airwavesalternative rock, pop rock | 19,203 | +1 |
04 | Switchfootalternative rock, rock | 16,786 | -1 |
05 | The Black Heart Processionalternative rock | 1,630 | 0 |
06 | The Rugburnsalternative rock, acoustic rock | 835 | +2 |
07 | The God Machinealternative rock | 668 | -1 |
08 | Bad Radioalternative rock | 662 | -1 |
09 | Three Mile Pilotalternative rock, indie rock | 504 | 0 |
10 | Jimmy Harryalternative rock | 494 | 0 |
11 | Denver Harboralternative rock | 229 | 0 |
12 | The Night Marchersalternative rock | 185 | -1 |
13 | Noise Ratchetalternative rock | 136 | 0 |
14 | Lucy's Fur Coatalternative rock | 128 | 0 |
15 | Something Like Silasalternative rock | 64 | 0 |
16 | Get Back Lorettaalternative rock | 53 | 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.