Genre in a city
The 15 most-read hard rock artists based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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15 artists are tagged hard rock in San Francisco. The biggest move was Letters From the Fire, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Journeyrock, arena rock | 90,148 | 0 |
02 | American Expresshard rock | 23,916 | 0 |
03 | Night Rangerhard rock, glam metal | 17,867 | 0 |
04 | Montrosehard rock, classic rock | 12,356 | 0 |
05 | Ronnie Montroserock, hard rock | 9,244 | 0 |
06 | Blue Cheerhard rock, blues rock | 8,336 | 0 |
07 | Ross Valoryhard rock | 6,259 | 0 |
08 | Babylon A.D.glam metal, hard rock | 1,345 | 0 |
09 | Copperheadhard rock, psychedelic rock | 647 | 0 |
10 | Earth Quakepower pop, acid rock | 523 | +1 |
11 | The Stone Foxeshard rock, blues rock | 335 | +1 |
12 | Letters From the Firehard rock | 234 | +2 |
12 | Alien Crime Syndicatehard rock | 234 | -2 |
14 | Winterhawkhard rock, heavy metal | 211 | -1 |
15 | AC/DShehard rock | 176 | 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.