Genre in a city
The 16 most-read hard rock artists based in Chicago, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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16 artists are tagged hard rock in Chicago. The biggest move was Warren DeMartini, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Styxprogressive rock, hard rock | 61,211 | 0 |
02 | Jonathan Cainhard rock | 23,468 | 0 |
03 | Survivorhard rock, rock | 21,520 | +1 |
04 | Michael Anthonyhard rock | 17,179 | -1 |
05 | Covenhard rock, occult rock | 7,088 | +2 |
06 | Warren DeMartiniglam metal, hard rock | 6,352 | +3 |
07 | James Younghard rock | 5,296 | +1 |
08 | Urge Overkillalternative rock, hard rock | 5,115 | +2 |
09 | Jizzy Pearlhard rock | 4,907 | -3 |
10 | Joel Hoekstrahard rock | 4,559 | +1 |
11 | SOiLalternative metal, hard rock | 4,173 | -6 |
12 | Donnie Viehard rock | 1,592 | 0 |
13 | John Siomoshard rock | 1,160 | 0 |
14 | Johnny Khard rock | 905 | 0 |
15 | Bad Cityhard rock | 787 | 0 |
16 | Sorceryhard rock, heavy metal | 536 | 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.