Genre in a city
The 50 most-read indie rock artists based in New York, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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57 artists are tagged indie rock in New York. The biggest move was The Besties, up 11 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | The Strokesindie rock, garage rock revival | 104,453 | 0 |
02 | Interpolindie rock, post-punk | 50,226 | 0 |
03 | Nick Valensigarage rock, indie rock | 32,636 | +4 |
04 | Yeah Yeah Yeahsindie rock, garage rock | 32,307 | -1 |
05 | Amanda Palmeralternative rock, indie rock | 26,222 | -1 |
06 | The Walkmenindie rock, post-punk revival | 17,992 | +3 |
07 | Vampire Weekendindie rock, indie pop | 17,497 | -1 |
08 | Mannequin Pussyindie rock, punk rock | 10,470 | -3 |
09 | Blonde Redheadindie rock, alternative rock | 8,146 | -1 |
10 | Nada Surfalternative rock, indie rock | 3,899 | +2 |
11 | Sidney Gishbedroom pop, indie rock | 3,855 | 0 |
12 | The Braveryrock, indie rock | 3,820 | +2 |
13 | Lunaindie pop, dream pop | 3,817 | -3 |
14 | Codeinepost-rock, slowcore | 2,177 | +3 |
15 | Pretty Sickgrunge, indie rock | 2,089 | -2 |
16 | Rival Schoolsalternative rock, indie rock | 1,997 | 0 |
17 | Jonathan Fire*Eaterindie rock | 1,948 | -2 |
18 | Tchotchkeindie rock, rock | 1,937 | 0 |
19 | Guardsindie rock | 1,442 | +1 |
20 | Charly Blissindie rock, indie pop | 1,045 | -1 |
21 | Marnie Sternexperimental, indie rock | 838 | +1 |
22 | Muzzfolk rock, indie rock | 789 | +2 |
23 | Sadie Dupuisindie rock | 751 | +2 |
24 | Ultra Vivid Sceneindie rock | 739 | +2 |
25 | Tim Harringtonindie rock | 713 | +7 |
26 | The Van Peltalternative rock, emo | 627 | -5 |
27 | Hutch Harrisindie rock | 591 | -4 |
28 | Bobby Connindie pop, indie rock | 474 | 0 |
29 | Say Hiindie rock | 458 | -2 |
30 | Cecil Seaskullindie rock | 444 | +3 |
31 | Versusindie rock | 355 | -2 |
32 | Lotionindie rock | 334 | +3 |
33 | youbetindie rock | 313 | +1 |
34 | Elefantindie rock | 271 | -3 |
35 | Kurt Ralskeindie rock | 267 | -5 |
36 | Mice Paradeindie rock | 242 | 0 |
37 | The Ruseindie rock | 210 | +1 |
38 | The Exitindie rock | 191 | -1 |
39 | Diamond Nightsindie rock, rock | 186 | +7 |
40 | The Bestiesindie pop, indie rock | 155 | +11 |
41 | Five O’Clock Heroesindie rock | 142 | +8 |
42 | Heavy Trashindie rock | 137 | +1 |
43 | Nick Catchdubsclub, alternative rock | 134 | +5 |
43 | Turing Machineindie rock, math rock | 134 | -2 |
45 | Phantom Tollboothindie rock, noise rock | 119 | -6 |
46 | Crashindie rock | 114 | -2 |
47 | Shy Childindie rock | 106 | 0 |
48 | The Prettiotsindie pop, alternative rock | 97 | +4 |
49 | Antarcticaindie rock | 92 | -7 |
50 | The Natural Historyindie rock | 85 | 0 |
52 | New Wet Kojakalternative rock, indie rock | 77 | +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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.