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The 33 most-read alternative rock artists based in Toronto, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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33 artists are tagged alternative rock in Toronto. The biggest move was Smashing Satellites, up 7 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | LØLØindie rock, alternative rock | 34,456 | +1 |
02 | Barenaked Ladiesalternative rock, acoustic rock | 32,555 | -1 |
03 | Our Lady Peacealternative rock, pop rock | 9,263 | 0 |
04 | Saint Asoniaalternative metal, alternative rock | 4,713 | 0 |
05 | Evans Bluealternative rock | 4,675 | +3 |
06 | Jane Siberryalternative rock, indie rock | 3,739 | 0 |
07 | I Mother Earthalternative rock, grunge | 2,544 | -2 |
08 | Brendan Canningalternative rock | 1,942 | -1 |
09 | Dalbellorock, alternative rock | 1,780 | 0 |
10 | Die Mannequinalternative rock, hard rock | 1,155 | 0 |
11 | The Lowest of the Lowalternative rock | 697 | +1 |
12 | Lindi Ortegaalternative country, alternative rock | 673 | -1 |
13 | The Hidden Camerasalternative rock | 480 | 0 |
14 | Wild Strawberriesalternative rock | 411 | +2 |
15 | Crash Karmaalternative rock | 368 | -1 |
16 | BRKN LOVEalternative rock, indie rock | 365 | -1 |
17 | Smashing Satellitesalternative rock | 339 | +7 |
18 | Pilot Speedalternative rock | 276 | -1 |
19 | The Cliksalternative rock | 252 | -1 |
20 | Change of Heartalternative rock | 205 | +1 |
21 | 13 Enginesalternative rock | 193 | -2 |
22 | Bourbon Tabernacle Choiralternative rock | 176 | -2 |
23 | A Primitive Evolutionalternative rock | 159 | 0 |
24 | Sweet Thingalternative rock | 124 | -2 |
25 | Alta Modaalternative rock | 102 | +2 |
26 | The Dave Howard Singersalternative rock | 95 | 0 |
27 | C'monalternative rock | 91 | -2 |
28 | Low Level Flightalternative rock | 80 | +1 |
29 | Kevin Hearn & Thin Bucklealternative rock | 74 | -1 |
30 | Mean Red Spidersalternative rock, rock | 60 | 0 |
31 | A Neon Romealternative rock | 54 | 0 |
32 | Novacosmalternative rock | 34 | +1 |
33 | Camouflage Nightsalternative rock | 27 | -1 |
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.