Genre in a city
The 50 most-read indie rock artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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105 artists are tagged indie rock in London. The biggest move was Grand Theft Audio, up 15 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Bluralternative rock, britpop | 62,181 | 0 |
02 | Florence + the Machineindie rock, indie pop | 40,324 | 0 |
03 | Wolf Alicealternative rock, indie rock | 32,364 | 0 |
04 | The Last Dinner Partyglam rock, indie rock | 19,695 | +2 |
05 | bôaalternative rock, indie rock | 16,512 | -1 |
06 | Elasticabritpop, alternative rock | 13,191 | -1 |
07 | The Libertinesgarage rock revival, indie rock | 11,866 | +1 |
08 | King Kruleindie rock, art rock | 10,717 | -1 |
09 | Razorlightindie rock, alternative rock | 9,316 | +1 |
10 | Palaceblues rock, alternative pop | 8,424 | +1 |
11 | Ben Howardfolk, alternative rock | 6,897 | -2 |
12 | Daughterindie folk, indie rock | 6,083 | 0 |
13 | The Killsrock, indie rock | 5,271 | +1 |
14 | Charlotte Hatherleyindie rock, power pop | 4,490 | +4 |
15 | Babyshamblesindie rock, garage rock revival | 4,301 | +1 |
16 | The Vaccinesindie rock, post-punk revival | 3,883 | -1 |
17 | The Good, the Bad & the Queenalternative rock, indie rock | 3,767 | +3 |
18 | Ex:Realternative rock, indie rock | 3,636 | +3 |
19 | Nilüfer Yanyaindie rock, singer-songwriter | 3,633 | 0 |
20 | Mojave 3indie rock, dream pop | 3,557 | -3 |
21 | Echobellybritpop, indie rock | 3,178 | +5 |
22 | shamepost-punk, art punk | 2,822 | +2 |
23 | Daniel Blumbergexperimental rock, indie rock | 2,670 | -10 |
24 | The Skinner Brothersindie rock | 2,625 | -2 |
25 | Dry Cleaningpost-punk, alternative rock | 2,605 | -2 |
26 | Django Djangoart rock, indie rock | 2,587 | +4 |
27 | David Rhodesalternative rock, indie rock | 2,186 | +1 |
28 | The Monochrome Setindie rock, new wave | 1,922 | +5 |
29 | bar italiaindie rock, hypnagogic pop | 1,881 | -4 |
30 | James Shawhouse, indie rock | 1,817 | -1 |
31 | The Big Pinkelectronic rock, indie rock | 1,725 | 0 |
32 | Dirty Pretty Thingsindie rock, garage rock revival | 1,517 | +6 |
33 | My Vitriolalternative rock, indie rock | 1,504 | +6 |
34 | Flyteindie rock | 1,424 | 0 |
35 | Test Iciclesexperimental, indie rock | 1,350 | +1 |
36 | The Auteursalternative rock, britpop | 1,338 | -1 |
37 | Sorryindie rock, shoegaze | 1,135 | +3 |
38 | The Rakesindie rock | 1,123 | +6 |
39 | The Woodentopsindie rock | 1,114 | +2 |
40 | Yuckalternative rock, indie rock | 1,100 | -13 |
41 | Million Deadhardcore punk, indie rock | 934 | -4 |
42 | Gay Dadindie rock, post-britpop | 879 | +1 |
43 | Bess Atwellfolk rock, folk | 860 | +4 |
44 | Senseless Thingshard rock, indie rock | 827 | +2 |
45 | Fiction Planealternative rock, indie rock | 783 | +3 |
46 | Grand Theft Audioalternative rock, indie rock | 755 | +15 |
47 | IDERalternative rock, electronic | 749 | -15 |
48 | Spectorindie rock | 716 | -3 |
49 | The Duke Spiritalternative rock, indie rock | 708 | +1 |
50 | The Hollowaysindie rock | 538 | +3 |
80 | Pull Tiger Tailindie rock | 166 | +12 |
53 | Pumarosaelectronic rock, indie rock | 430 | +11 |
65 | Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Witfolk, indie rock | 300 | +11 |
60 | Ipso Factoindie rock, psychedelic rock | 358 | +10 |
68 | Kinky Machineindie rock | 269 | +7 |
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.