Genre in a city
The 33 most-read alternative rock artists based in Toronto, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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33 artists are tagged alternative rock in Toronto. The biggest move was Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Barenaked Ladiesalternative rock, acoustic rock | 56,304 | 0 |
02 | Our Lady Peacealternative rock, pop rock | 9,587 | 0 |
03 | LØLØindie rock, alternative rock | 8,637 | 0 |
04 | Saint Asoniaalternative metal, alternative rock | 4,542 | 0 |
05 | Brendan Canningalternative rock | 3,093 | 0 |
06 | Jane Siberryalternative rock, indie rock | 3,030 | 0 |
07 | I Mother Earthalternative rock, grunge | 2,551 | 0 |
08 | Evans Bluealternative rock | 1,799 | 0 |
09 | Dalbellorock, alternative rock | 1,619 | 0 |
10 | Die Mannequinalternative rock, hard rock | 1,282 | 0 |
11 | The Hidden Camerasalternative rock | 1,198 | +2 |
12 | Lindi Ortegaalternative country, alternative rock | 853 | -1 |
13 | The Lowest of the Lowalternative rock | 800 | -1 |
14 | Wild Strawberriesalternative rock | 532 | +1 |
15 | Crash Karmaalternative rock | 441 | -1 |
16 | BRKN LOVEalternative rock, indie rock | 394 | 0 |
17 | Pilot Speedalternative rock | 306 | 0 |
18 | The Cliksalternative rock | 274 | +1 |
19 | Bourbon Tabernacle Choiralternative rock | 240 | +3 |
20 | 13 Enginesalternative rock | 212 | -2 |
21 | Change of Heartalternative rock | 207 | -1 |
22 | Sweet Thingalternative rock | 168 | -1 |
23 | A Primitive Evolutionalternative rock | 161 | +2 |
24 | Smashing Satellitesalternative rock | 132 | +2 |
25 | Alta Modaalternative rock | 121 | -2 |
26 | C'monalternative rock | 117 | +2 |
27 | The Dave Howard Singersalternative rock | 97 | -3 |
28 | Kevin Hearn & Thin Bucklealternative rock | 71 | -1 |
29 | Mean Red Spidersalternative rock, rock | 66 | +1 |
30 | A Neon Romealternative rock | 63 | +2 |
31 | Low Level Flightalternative rock | 60 | -2 |
32 | Novacosmalternative rock | 34 | -1 |
33 | Camouflage Nightsalternative rock | 28 | 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.