Genre in a city
The 27 most-read indie rock artists based in Glasgow, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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27 artists are tagged indie rock in Glasgow. The biggest move was Life Without Buildings, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Travisbritpop, indie rock | 15,500 | 0 |
02 | The Fratellisindie rock, rock | 10,828 | 0 |
03 | Life Without Buildingsalternative rock, indie rock | 4,027 | +3 |
04 | Jon Fratellialternative rock, indie rock | 3,783 | -1 |
05 | Paul Thomsonindie rock | 3,149 | 0 |
06 | biselectropop, indie pop | 2,223 | -2 |
07 | FFSalternative pop, indie rock | 2,042 | +1 |
08 | The Yummy Furindie rock | 1,279 | +1 |
09 | The Supernaturalsindie rock | 868 | +2 |
10 | The Reindeer Sectionindie rock | 813 | -3 |
11 | Laura MacFarlaneindie rock | 740 | +2 |
12 | Barrie‐Jamesindie rock | 655 | 0 |
13 | Honeybloodlo-fi, indie pop | 640 | -3 |
14 | Lung Legindie rock, riot grrrl | 618 | 0 |
15 | Urusei Yatsuraalternative rock, indie rock | 580 | 0 |
16 | Sons and Daughtersindie rock | 484 | 0 |
17 | 1990sindie rock, post-punk revival | 404 | 0 |
18 | The Phantom Bandindie rock | 296 | 0 |
19 | El Presidenteindie rock | 258 | 0 |
20 | Pridesindie rock | 241 | 0 |
21 | Sacred Pawsafrobeat, indie rock | 166 | +3 |
22 | Franz Ferdinandindie rock, post-punk revival | 110 | -1 |
23 | Mackenziesindie rock | 102 | 0 |
24 | Make Modelindie rock | 100 | -2 |
25 | How to Swimindie rock | 65 | 0 |
26 | The Primary 5indie pop, indie rock | 58 | +1 |
27 | Mother and the Addictsindie rock | 44 | -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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.