Genre in a city
The 25 most-read alternative rock artists based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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25 artists are tagged alternative rock in San Francisco. The biggest move was Sleepy Sun, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Courtney Loverock, alternative rock | 170,416 | 0 |
02 | Trainpop, pop rock | 64,655 | +1 |
03 | Faith No Morealternative metal, alternative rock | 52,425 | -1 |
04 | 4 Non Blondespop rock, alternative rock | 51,558 | 0 |
05 | Third Eye Blindalternative rock, pop rock | 39,101 | 0 |
06 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubalternative rock, garage rock | 6,711 | 0 |
07 | Jay Lanealternative rock, rock | 5,995 | 0 |
08 | Miranda Lee Richardsalternative rock, indie rock | 964 | 0 |
09 | Wire Trainalternative rock | 940 | 0 |
10 | I the Mightyalternative rock | 800 | 0 |
11 | The Mother Hipsalternative rock, folk rock | 736 | 0 |
12 | The Beatnigsalternative rock | 551 | -1 |
13 | Sleepy Sunpsychedelic rock, alternative rock | 504 | +2 |
14 | Grotuselectronic, alternative rock | 448 | 0 |
15 | Weekendalternative rock | 382 | +1 |
16 | Sister Double Happinessalternative rock | 364 | -3 |
17 | Lucerock, alternative rock | 328 | 0 |
18 | Gratitudealternative rock | 237 | -1 |
19 | Black Mapalternative rock, indie rock | 225 | 0 |
20 | Craig Abayaalternative rock | 162 | 0 |
21 | Crudoalternative rock | 76 | +1 |
22 | Deadweightalternative rock | 74 | -1 |
23 | The Sandwitchesalternative rock | 39 | 0 |
24 | The Dilettantesalternative rock | 25 | 0 |
25 | Morning Spyalternative rock | 18 | 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.