Genre in a city
The 25 most-read indie rock artists based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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25 artists are tagged indie rock in San Francisco. The biggest move was Actionslacks, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubalternative rock, garage rock | 6,711 | +1 |
02 | Red House Paintersslowcore, folk rock | 6,563 | -1 |
03 | Deerhoofindie rock, noise pop | 4,148 | +1 |
04 | Ben Kwellerindie pop, indie folk | 4,137 | -1 |
05 | Imperial Teenindie pop, indie rock | 3,177 | +1 |
06 | Jason Falknerindie rock | 2,616 | -1 |
07 | Girlsindie rock | 1,752 | 0 |
08 | American Music Clubamericana, folk rock | 1,584 | 0 |
09 | Beulahindie rock, rock | 1,261 | +1 |
10 | Miranda Lee Richardsalternative rock, indie rock | 964 | -1 |
11 | The Family Crestindie rock | 806 | 0 |
12 | The Mother Hipsalternative rock, folk rock | 736 | 0 |
13 | Swellindie rock | 427 | 0 |
14 | Grass Widowindie rock | 402 | +2 |
15 | Geographerindie rock | 276 | -1 |
16 | Film Schoolindie rock, indie pop | 258 | -1 |
17 | Black Mapalternative rock, indie rock | 225 | 0 |
18 | Toiling Midgetsindie rock, post-punk | 197 | 0 |
19 | Orangerindie rock | 165 | +1 |
20 | Alaska!indie rock | 153 | -1 |
21 | Actionslacksindie rock | 131 | +3 |
22 | Enablersindie rock | 127 | -1 |
23 | Bellavistaindie rock | 85 | 0 |
24 | Thee More Shallowsindie rock | 84 | -2 |
25 | Hudson Bellindie rock | 43 | 0 |
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.