Genre in a city
The 21 most-read hard rock artists based in Toronto, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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21 artists are tagged hard rock in Toronto. The biggest move was Toronto, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Rushprogressive rock, rock | 138,343 | 0 |
02 | Steppenwolfhard rock, rock | 27,728 | 0 |
03 | John Rutseyhard rock | 15,860 | 0 |
04 | Rik Emmettblues, hard rock | 5,900 | +1 |
05 | Max Websterhard rock, aor | 4,954 | -1 |
06 | Danko Joneshard rock, rock | 3,873 | 0 |
07 | Torontohard rock | 2,727 | +4 |
08 | Sheriffhard rock, pop | 2,448 | 0 |
09 | Aliashard rock, pop | 2,194 | +1 |
10 | Moxyhard rock, classic rock | 2,042 | -1 |
11 | Harem Scaremhard rock, aor | 2,019 | -4 |
12 | Die Mannequinalternative rock, hard rock | 1,282 | 0 |
13 | Thornleyhard rock, post-grunge | 1,245 | 0 |
14 | Coney Hatchhard rock | 1,172 | 0 |
15 | A Foot in Coldwaterhard rock | 682 | 0 |
16 | Slik Toxikhard rock | 392 | 0 |
17 | Smashed Gladysglam metal, glam rock | 357 | 0 |
18 | Diemondshard rock | 276 | 0 |
19 | The Huntclassic rock, hard rock | 170 | 0 |
20 | Winter Rosehard rock | 91 | 0 |
21 | Kid Wikkidglam rock, hard rock | 21 | 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.