Genre in a city
The 25 most-read alternative rock artists based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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25 artists are tagged alternative rock in San Francisco. The biggest move was Black Map, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Courtney Loverock, alternative rock | 125,701 | 0 |
02 | Faith No Morealternative metal, alternative rock | 44,447 | +1 |
03 | 4 Non Blondespop rock, alternative rock | 43,028 | -1 |
04 | Trainpop, pop rock | 29,368 | 0 |
05 | Third Eye Blindalternative rock, pop rock | 29,278 | 0 |
06 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubalternative rock, garage rock | 6,468 | 0 |
07 | Jay Lanealternative rock, rock | 3,583 | 0 |
08 | Miranda Lee Richardsalternative rock, indie rock | 1,221 | 0 |
09 | The Mother Hipsalternative rock, folk rock | 1,013 | +2 |
10 | Wire Trainalternative rock | 753 | -1 |
11 | I the Mightyalternative rock | 687 | -1 |
12 | Black Mapalternative rock, indie rock | 489 | +4 |
13 | The Beatnigsalternative rock | 486 | -1 |
14 | Sister Double Happinessalternative rock | 431 | +1 |
15 | Sleepy Sunpsychedelic rock, alternative rock | 420 | -1 |
16 | Grotuselectronic, alternative rock | 411 | -3 |
17 | Weekendalternative rock | 294 | +1 |
18 | Gratitudealternative rock | 259 | -1 |
19 | Lucerock, alternative rock | 190 | 0 |
20 | Craig Abayaalternative rock | 149 | 0 |
21 | Crudoalternative rock | 123 | 0 |
22 | Deadweightalternative rock | 72 | 0 |
23 | The Sandwitchesalternative rock | 47 | 0 |
24 | The Dilettantesalternative rock | 32 | 0 |
25 | Morning Spyalternative rock | 11 | 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.