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Alternative rock artists from Washington, D.C.

The 15 most-read alternative rock artists based in Washington, D.C., by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.

Artists

15

Readers August

29,111

New entries

00
Data 2026-08-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

15 artists are tagged alternative rock in Washington, D.C.. The biggest move was The Paranoid Style, up 1 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Vertical Horizonalternative rock, pop rock
9,642
0
02
Damian Kulash, Jr.alternative rock
8,095
0
03
Mike Malininalternative rock
4,223
0
04
Shudder to Thinkalternative rock, indie rock
2,570
0
05
Girls Against Boysalternative rock, post-hardcore
1,914
0
06
BETTYalternative rock
1,313
0
07
The Paranoid Stylealternative rock
318
+1
08
The Warmersalternative rock, post-hardcore
240
+1
09
Sorry About Your Daughteralternative rock
217
-2
10
Army of Mealternative rock
174
0
11
Vandaveeramericana, alternative rock
161
0
12
Canyonalternative rock, slowcore
98
0
13
Mother May Ialternative rock
67
0
14
The Factory Incidentalternative rock
47
+1
15
The Capitol City Dustersalternative rock, post-hardcore
32
-1

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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.