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The 50 most-read indie rock artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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85 artists are tagged indie rock in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Molly Burch, up 15 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Alana Haimfolk rock, indie rock | 95,868 | 0 |
02 | HAIMindie rock, pop | 37,711 | +1 |
03 | Robert Schwartzmanindie rock | 34,921 | +2 |
04 | Lord Huronindie folk, indie rock | 29,381 | -2 |
05 | Albert Hammond, Jr.rock, garage rock | 26,552 | -1 |
06 | Sloppy Janeindie rock | 16,766 | +3 |
07 | Silversun Pickupsalternative rock, indie rock | 16,247 | -1 |
08 | Better Oblivion Community Centerindie rock, indie folk | 10,311 | +12 |
09 | Phantom Planetalternative rock, indie rock | 8,732 | 0 |
10 | Rilo Kileyindie rock, indie pop | 8,352 | -3 |
11 | Wallowsalternative rock, pop rock | 8,210 | +2 |
12 | She Wants Revengeindie rock, rock | 8,158 | -1 |
13 | Dawesfolk rock, indie folk | 7,607 | -5 |
14 | Warpaintindie rock, dream pop | 7,454 | 0 |
15 | Greg Kurstinindie rock | 6,457 | 0 |
16 | Dawn Richardsonindie rock | 5,963 | 0 |
17 | Rooneyindie pop, indie rock | 5,592 | +4 |
18 | Blondshellindie rock, grunge | 5,114 | -1 |
19 | Best Coastindie rock, garage rock | 4,409 | 0 |
20 | Broken Bellsindie rock, indie pop | 4,404 | -2 |
21 | The Airborne Toxic Eventindie rock | 4,293 | +1 |
22 | Theo Katzmanindie rock | 4,135 | -10 |
23 | Cheekfaceindie rock, post-punk | 3,916 | +2 |
24 | Saint Motelindie rock, pop rock | 3,280 | 0 |
25 | Ima Robotindie rock | 3,074 | -2 |
26 | Snocapsindie pop, indie rock | 1,851 | 0 |
27 | Molly Burchindie pop, indie rock | 1,700 | +15 |
28 | Alexandra Savioralternative rock, indie rock | 1,584 | 0 |
29 | Jessica Dobsonindie rock | 1,430 | +1 |
30 | Acetonealternative rock, indie rock | 1,405 | +1 |
31 | Rocketindie rock | 1,350 | +3 |
32 | SASAMIindie pop, indie rock | 1,164 | -3 |
33 | illuminati hottiesindie rock, indie pop | 1,130 | -6 |
34 | The Likeindie rock | 1,020 | +1 |
35 | Teenage Wristalternative rock, indie rock | 989 | -2 |
36 | The Never Endingindie rock | 894 | +3 |
37 | Spainindie rock | 853 | +1 |
38 | Fool’s Goldindie rock | 845 | -2 |
39 | Bleachedindie rock, lo-fi | 720 | -2 |
40 | Idahoindie rock, slowcore | 698 | +4 |
41 | Claire L. Evanselectronic, indie rock | 688 | +6 |
42 | Darling Violettaalternative pop, dark wave | 683 | +3 |
43 | Hana Vuindie rock, dream pop | 679 | -2 |
44 | Divine Fitsindie rock | 642 | -1 |
45 | Big Japanindie rock | 595 | +12 |
46 | Louden Swainindie rock | 591 | -6 |
47 | Nightmare and the Catindie rock | 570 | +4 |
48 | The Jealous Soundemo, indie rock | 560 | +4 |
49 | La Seraindie rock | 547 | -17 |
49 | Giant Dragindie rock | 547 | -1 |
75 | Admiral Radleyindie rock | 79 | +5 |
70 | Dumb Numbersindie rock | 142 | +4 |
79 | Irvingindie rock | 61 | +4 |
59 | Rumspringaindie rock | 276 | +2 |
61 | Furtherindie rock | 233 | +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.