Genre in a city
The 16 most-read alternative rock artists based in San Diego, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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16 artists are tagged alternative rock in San Diego. The biggest move was The God Machine, up 1 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Stone Temple Pilotsgrunge, alternative rock | 64,012 | 0 |
02 | Ilan Rubinalternative rock | 22,780 | 0 |
03 | Switchfootalternative rock, rock | 20,302 | 0 |
04 | Angels & Airwavesalternative rock, pop rock | 14,892 | 0 |
05 | The Black Heart Processionalternative rock | 924 | 0 |
06 | The God Machinealternative rock | 538 | +1 |
07 | Bad Radioalternative rock | 514 | +1 |
08 | The Rugburnsalternative rock, acoustic rock | 507 | -2 |
09 | Three Mile Pilotalternative rock, indie rock | 453 | 0 |
10 | Jimmy Harryalternative rock | 443 | 0 |
11 | Denver Harboralternative rock | 203 | 0 |
12 | The Night Marchersalternative rock | 197 | +1 |
13 | Lucy's Fur Coatalternative rock | 141 | -1 |
14 | Noise Ratchetalternative rock | 100 | 0 |
15 | Something Like Silasalternative rock | 78 | 0 |
16 | Get Back Lorettaalternative rock | 44 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.