Genre in a city
The 14 most-read hard rock artists based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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14 artists are tagged hard rock in Boston. The biggest move was Extreme, up 1 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Little Stevenhard rock, heartland rock | 113,043 | 0 |
02 | Aerosmithhard rock, blues rock | 69,376 | 0 |
03 | Bostonhard rock, rock | 56,155 | 0 |
04 | Extremehard rock, funk metal | 30,752 | +1 |
05 | Billy Squierrock, hard rock | 23,571 | -1 |
06 | Myles Kennedyfolk, blues | 18,005 | 0 |
07 | Big Wreckhard rock | 6,756 | 0 |
08 | Bang Camarohard rock, heavy metal | 585 | 0 |
09 | Khari Wynnhard rock | 483 | 0 |
10 | Eric Griffinhard rock, heavy metal | 453 | 0 |
11 | Halfcockedhard rock | 359 | 0 |
12 | The Upper Crusthard rock | 342 | 0 |
13 | Orangutanghard rock | 275 | 0 |
14 | Quintaine Americanahard rock | 60 | 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.