Genre in a city
The 50 most-read indie rock artists based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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57 artists are tagged indie rock in New York. The biggest move was Pretty Sick, up 9 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Strokesindie rock, garage rock revival | 114,403 | 0 |
02 | Interpolindie rock, post-punk | 61,172 | 0 |
03 | Yeah Yeah Yeahsindie rock, garage rock | 50,337 | +2 |
04 | Mannequin Pussyindie rock, punk rock | 34,119 | +3 |
05 | Amanda Palmeralternative rock, indie rock | 30,525 | -2 |
06 | Nick Valensigarage rock, indie rock | 24,213 | -2 |
07 | Vampire Weekendindie rock, indie pop | 20,799 | -1 |
08 | Blonde Redheadindie rock, alternative rock | 7,810 | +2 |
09 | The Walkmenindie rock, post-punk revival | 6,938 | 0 |
10 | Sidney Gishbedroom pop, indie rock | 6,473 | -2 |
11 | Pretty Sickgrunge, indie rock | 4,462 | +9 |
12 | Nada Surfalternative rock, indie rock | 4,377 | -1 |
13 | The Braveryrock, indie rock | 4,086 | -1 |
14 | Lunaindie pop, dream pop | 3,706 | -1 |
15 | Rival Schoolsalternative rock, indie rock | 2,207 | -1 |
16 | Jonathan Fire*Eaterindie rock | 1,954 | +1 |
17 | Codeinepost-rock, slowcore | 1,588 | +1 |
18 | Tchotchkeindie rock, rock | 1,301 | -3 |
19 | Hutch Harrisindie rock | 1,249 | +8 |
20 | Charly Blissindie rock, indie pop | 1,244 | -1 |
21 | Sadie Dupuisindie rock | 891 | -5 |
22 | Guardsindie rock | 863 | +1 |
23 | Marnie Sternexperimental, indie rock | 862 | -1 |
24 | The Van Peltalternative rock, emo | 861 | +6 |
25 | Muzzfolk rock, indie rock | 826 | -1 |
26 | Ultra Vivid Sceneindie rock | 711 | -5 |
27 | Tim Harringtonindie rock | 508 | -2 |
28 | Bobby Connindie pop, indie rock | 479 | +1 |
29 | Say Hiindie rock | 465 | +2 |
30 | Versusindie rock | 397 | -2 |
31 | Lotionindie rock | 357 | +3 |
32 | Mice Paradeindie rock | 293 | +3 |
33 | Elefantindie rock | 291 | +6 |
34 | Kurt Ralskeindie rock | 260 | -1 |
35 | The Ruseindie rock | 257 | +1 |
36 | Cecil Seaskullindie rock | 249 | +1 |
37 | The Exitindie rock | 243 | +3 |
38 | youbetindie rock | 234 | -6 |
39 | Bricksindie rock | 215 | +8 |
40 | Diamond Nightsindie rock, rock | 204 | -2 |
41 | Turing Machineindie rock, math rock | 182 | +4 |
42 | Flowerindie rock | 178 | -16 |
43 | Crashindie rock | 173 | +7 |
44 | Heavy Trashindie rock | 171 | -2 |
45 | Phantom Tollboothindie rock, noise rock | 149 | -3 |
45 | The Prettiotsindie pop, alternative rock | 149 | +6 |
47 | Antarcticaindie rock | 142 | -3 |
48 | Five O’Clock Heroesindie rock | 127 | -7 |
49 | Nick Catchdubsclub, alternative rock | 118 | 0 |
50 | The Bestiesindie pop, indie rock | 115 | +2 |
53 | Uncle Wigglyindie rock | 88 | +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.