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The 30 most-read indie rock artists based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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30 artists are tagged indie rock in Boston. The biggest move was Craig Finn, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Pixiesalternative rock, indie rock | 46,430 | 0 |
02 | The Breedersalternative rock, indie rock | 23,939 | 0 |
03 | Danny Woodindie rock, pop | 13,198 | 0 |
04 | Evan Dandoalternative rock, indie pop | 10,573 | 0 |
05 | Craig Finnalternative rock, indie rock | 3,756 | +4 |
06 | Buffalo Tomindie rock, alternative rock | 3,676 | +4 |
07 | Mission of Burmapost-punk, art punk | 3,672 | -2 |
08 | American Authorspop rock, chamber pop | 3,234 | -1 |
09 | Slothrustindie rock, rock | 2,222 | -3 |
10 | Squirrel Flowerindie folk, folk rock | 1,922 | -2 |
11 | The Folk Implosionindie rock | 1,916 | +2 |
12 | Stephen Brodskyalternative rock, indie rock | 1,830 | 0 |
13 | Drop Nineteensshoegaze, dream pop | 1,667 | +1 |
14 | Sweeping Promisesindie rock, new wave | 1,234 | -3 |
15 | Karateindie rock, post-rock | 1,074 | 0 |
16 | Blake Babiesindie rock | 899 | 0 |
17 | Jason Loewensteinindie rock | 711 | 0 |
18 | Comeindie rock, slowcore | 559 | 0 |
19 | The Slipindie rock, jam band | 537 | 0 |
20 | Pernice Brothersindie rock | 513 | 0 |
21 | Evan Greerindie rock, punk | 351 | +1 |
22 | Anjimileindie folk, indie rock | 309 | -1 |
23 | Somosindie rock, rock | 231 | 0 |
24 | Quiltdream pop, folk | 218 | 0 |
25 | The Wicked Farleysindie rock, math pop | 146 | 0 |
26 | Hallelujah the Hillsindie rock | 142 | 0 |
27 | Count Zeroindie rock | 140 | +1 |
28 | Black Helicopterindie rock | 110 | -1 |
29 | Francineindie rock | 64 | +1 |
30 | The Motion Sickindie rock | 51 | -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.