Genre in a city
The 50 most-read indie rock artists based in Chicago, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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58 artists are tagged indie rock in Chicago. The biggest move was The Symposium, up 11 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | James Iharock, indie rock | 45,096 | 0 |
02 | OK Goalternative rock, indie rock | 10,023 | 0 |
03 | Beach Bunnyindie pop, indie rock | 3,651 | +2 |
04 | The Academy Is…pop punk, indie rock | 3,435 | 0 |
05 | Horsegirlindie rock, shoegaze | 3,189 | -2 |
06 | Whitneyindie rock | 2,362 | +1 |
07 | Joan of Arcemo, indie rock | 2,190 | +1 |
08 | The Symposiumindie rock, psychedelic rock | 1,581 | +11 |
09 | Sara Niemietzindie rock, jazz | 1,538 | -3 |
10 | The Waltersindie pop, indie rock | 1,394 | +1 |
10 | The Hush Soundindie pop, alternative rock | 1,394 | +2 |
12 | The Sea and Cakeindie pop, indie rock | 1,339 | +3 |
13 | Smoking Popespop punk, indie rock | 1,245 | 0 |
14 | Twin Peaksgarage rock, americana | 1,163 | -4 |
15 | Sincere Engineerindie rock, punk rock | 1,089 | -6 |
16 | The Foldindie rock, alternative rock | 922 | -2 |
17 | Sooyoung Parkindie rock | 844 | 0 |
18 | Into It. Over It.emo, indie rock | 838 | 0 |
19 | Owenemo, indie rock | 812 | +1 |
20 | Owlsindie rock | 727 | +1 |
21 | Smith Westernsindie rock | 721 | +1 |
22 | C-Clampindie rock | 590 | -6 |
23 | Sam Prekopindie pop, indie rock | 517 | +2 |
24 | Finomart rock, alternative pop | 476 | -1 |
25 | Maps & Atlasesmath rock, rock | 431 | -1 |
26 | Red Red Meatalternative pop, indie rock | 408 | +1 |
27 | Greenskeepersfunk, indie rock | 365 | -1 |
28 | Make Believeindie rock | 351 | 0 |
29 | 1997emo pop, indie rock | 334 | 0 |
30 | Free Rangealternative country, folk | 239 | +2 |
31 | The Kickbackindie rock, rock | 188 | -1 |
32 | Dianogahindie rock, instrumental | 187 | -1 |
33 | Shrimp Boatindie rock, post-rock | 183 | -1 |
34 | Retirement Partyemo, indie rock | 146 | +1 |
35 | The Reputationindie rock | 118 | +6 |
36 | Kittyhawkemo, indie rock | 113 | +3 |
37 | Bottomless Pitindie rock | 111 | -3 |
38 | Head of Femurindie rock, midwest emo | 99 | +9 |
38 | 31Knotsindie rock | 99 | +4 |
40 | Pulsarsindie rock, new wave | 97 | -3 |
41 | Kyle Andrewsindie rock | 94 | +4 |
41 | Bound Stemsindie rock | 94 | +9 |
43 | Baby Teethindie rock | 89 | -3 |
44 | Number One Cupindie rock | 85 | +2 |
45 | Volcano!art rock, indie rock | 79 | -7 |
46 | L’altradream pop, chamber pop | 74 | +2 |
47 | Sallyindie rock | 71 | -3 |
48 | Tom Fuller Bandindie rock | 59 | -5 |
49 | The M’sindie rock | 56 | +4 |
50 | The Like Youngindie rock, rock | 50 | +2 |
51 | The Detachment Kitindie rock | 46 | +3 |
56 | Rat Tallyindie rock | 23 | +2 |
55 | Lying in Statesindie rock | 29 | +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.