Genre in a city
The 16 most-read hard rock artists based in Chicago, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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16 artists are tagged hard rock in Chicago. The biggest move was James Young, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Styxprogressive rock, hard rock | 47,277 | 0 |
02 | Jonathan Cainhard rock | 31,429 | 0 |
03 | Michael Anthonyhard rock | 20,539 | +1 |
04 | Survivorhard rock, rock | 17,327 | -1 |
05 | Jizzy Pearlhard rock | 13,282 | 0 |
06 | Covenhard rock, occult rock | 5,985 | +2 |
07 | James Younghard rock | 5,696 | +3 |
08 | Warren DeMartiniglam metal, hard rock | 4,853 | -1 |
09 | Urge Overkillalternative rock, hard rock | 4,483 | -3 |
10 | SOiLalternative metal, hard rock | 4,407 | +1 |
11 | Joel Hoekstrahard rock | 4,206 | -2 |
12 | Donnie Viehard rock | 1,387 | 0 |
13 | Johnny Khard rock | 944 | 0 |
14 | John Siomoshard rock | 791 | 0 |
15 | Sorceryhard rock, heavy metal | 534 | +1 |
16 | Bad Cityhard rock | 529 | -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.