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The 50 most-read hard rock artists worldwide, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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200 artists are ranked in hard rock. The biggest move was Billy Gibbons, up 50 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Billy GibbonsTanglewood · United States | 241,314 | +50 |
02 | Ozzy OsbourneAston · United Kingdom | 226,323 | -1 |
03 | AC/DCSydney · Australia | 198,549 | 0 |
04 | Led ZeppelinLondon · United Kingdom | 196,677 | +1 |
05 | Deep PurpleHertford · United Kingdom | 168,665 | +7 |
06 | Lynyrd SkynyrdJacksonville · United States | 166,385 | -2 |
07 | Guns N’ RosesLos Angeles · United States | 151,779 | +4 |
08 | Queens of the Stone AgePalm Desert · United States | 150,723 | +14 |
09 | Meat LoafDallas · United States | 143,809 | -1 |
10 | RushToronto · Canada | 138,343 | 0 |
11 | Jon Bon JoviSayreville · United States | 134,251 | -9 |
12 | Josh HommeJoshua Tree · United States | 130,981 | +8 |
13 | Alice CooperDetroit · United States | 127,595 | 0 |
14 | Steven TylerYonkers · United States | 120,294 | +1 |
15 | Black SabbathBirmingham · United Kingdom | 113,336 | +4 |
16 | Little StevenBoston · United States | 113,043 | +13 |
17 | Gene SimmonsHaifa · Israel | 111,671 | -10 |
18 | Avenged SevenfoldHuntington Beach · United States | 111,430 | +7 |
19 | KISSQueens · United States | 110,960 | -1 |
20 | Tommy LeeAthens · Greece | 110,555 | -14 |
21 | Mötley CrüeLos Angeles · United States | 104,972 | -12 |
22 | Edward Van HalenAmsterdam · Netherlands | 104,465 | -5 |
23 | Bon JoviSayreville · United States | 96,845 | -9 |
24 | Rick RubinLido Beach · United States | 95,060 | -3 |
25 | Ritchie BlackmoreWeston-super-Mare · United Kingdom | 94,856 | +34 |
26 | Iggy PopMuskegon · United States | 93,914 | +2 |
27 | The WhoLondon · United Kingdom | 91,838 | +3 |
28 | JourneySan Francisco · United States | 90,148 | -12 |
29 | Van HalenPasadena · United States | 88,165 | -5 |
30 | David Lee RothBloomington · United States | 84,016 | -7 |
31 | Def LeppardSheffield · United Kingdom | 73,351 | 0 |
32 | HeartSeattle · United States | 70,482 | 0 |
33 | AerosmithBoston · United States | 69,376 | +1 |
34 | Joan JettWynnewood · United States | 64,590 | -7 |
35 | Greta Van FleetFrankenmuth · United States | 62,147 | +10 |
36 | ScorpionsHannover · Germany | 62,114 | -3 |
37 | StyxChicago · United States | 61,211 | 0 |
38 | Ian GillanHounslow · United Kingdom | 60,530 | +30 |
39 | Andrew W.K.Palo Alto · United States | 60,121 | +5 |
40 | GhostLinköping · Sweden | 59,185 | +15 |
41 | Richie SamboraPerth Amboy · United States | 58,423 | +7 |
42 | NickelbackHanna · Canada | 58,363 | -7 |
43 | Vince NeilHollywood · United States | 58,104 | -7 |
44 | Thin LizzyDublin · Ireland | 56,709 | -5 |
45 | BostonBoston · United States | 56,155 | +8 |
46 | Ace FrehleyThe Bronx · United States | 56,021 | -5 |
47 | Joe PerryLawrence · United States | 55,391 | +43 |
48 | Paul StanleyManhattan · United States | 55,000 | -5 |
49 | Sammy HagarSalinas · United States | 54,576 | -23 |
50 | CreedTallahassee · United States | 53,179 | -10 |
198 | Trevor BolderKingston upon Hull · United Kingdom | 13,351 | +228 |
178 | Jesse James DupreeUnited States | 15,677 | +226 |
99 | Royal BloodWorthing · United Kingdom | 27,871 | +146 |
135 | Chris SladePontypridd · United Kingdom | 20,597 | +115 |
84 | BuckcherryAnaheim · United States | 33,211 | +106 |
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.