Genre in a city
The 50 most-read indie rock artists based in Chicago, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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58 artists are tagged indie rock in Chicago. The biggest move was Pulsars, up 10 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | James Iharock, indie rock | 28,924 | 0 |
02 | OK Goalternative rock, indie rock | 17,834 | 0 |
03 | Beach Bunnyindie pop, indie rock | 6,518 | 0 |
04 | Horsegirlindie rock, shoegaze | 5,229 | +1 |
05 | The Academy Is…pop punk, indie rock | 4,980 | -1 |
06 | Joan of Arcemo, indie rock | 3,140 | 0 |
07 | Sara Niemietzindie rock, jazz | 3,126 | +6 |
08 | Whitneyindie rock | 2,780 | 0 |
09 | Twin Peaksgarage rock, americana | 1,901 | +1 |
10 | Sincere Engineerindie rock, punk rock | 1,865 | -3 |
11 | The Waltersindie pop, indie rock | 1,849 | 0 |
12 | Smoking Popespop punk, indie rock | 1,717 | -3 |
13 | The Hush Soundindie pop, alternative rock | 1,626 | -1 |
14 | The Sea and Cakeindie pop, indie rock | 1,455 | 0 |
15 | Maps & Atlasesmath rock, rock | 1,404 | +6 |
16 | The Foldindie rock, alternative rock | 1,189 | -1 |
17 | Into It. Over It.emo, indie rock | 1,022 | +3 |
18 | Owenemo, indie rock | 928 | -1 |
19 | Owlsindie rock | 903 | -3 |
20 | The Symposiumindie rock, psychedelic rock | 863 | -1 |
21 | Smith Westernsindie rock | 784 | +1 |
22 | Finomart rock, alternative pop | 779 | +2 |
23 | Sooyoung Parkindie rock | 711 | -5 |
24 | Sam Prekopindie pop, indie rock | 614 | -1 |
25 | Red Red Meatalternative pop, indie rock | 521 | 0 |
26 | Greenskeepersfunk, indie rock | 396 | 0 |
27 | Make Believeindie rock | 366 | 0 |
28 | The Kickbackindie rock, rock | 324 | 0 |
29 | 1997emo pop, indie rock | 307 | 0 |
30 | Dianogahindie rock, instrumental | 287 | +1 |
31 | Bottomless Pitindie rock | 234 | +5 |
32 | The Ponysindie rock | 201 | -2 |
33 | Shrimp Boatindie rock, post-rock | 196 | -1 |
34 | Pulsarsindie rock, new wave | 169 | +10 |
35 | Retirement Partyemo, indie rock | 158 | -1 |
35 | Free Rangealternative country, folk | 158 | -2 |
37 | The Reputationindie rock | 142 | +6 |
38 | C-Clampindie rock | 129 | +3 |
39 | 31Knotsindie rock | 120 | -1 |
40 | Kittyhawkemo, indie rock | 118 | -3 |
41 | Baby Teethindie rock | 115 | -6 |
42 | Volcano!art rock, indie rock | 101 | -2 |
43 | Sallyindie rock | 95 | +5 |
44 | L’altradream pop, chamber pop | 79 | +2 |
45 | Tom Fuller Bandindie rock | 77 | +8 |
46 | Number One Cupindie rock | 76 | -1 |
47 | Kyle Andrewsindie rock | 75 | -5 |
48 | The M’sindie rock | 74 | -9 |
49 | Head of Femurindie rock, midwest emo | 71 | +2 |
50 | Bound Stemsindie rock | 61 | -1 |
56 | Rat Tallyindie rock | 29 | +2 |
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.