Genre in a city
The 25 most-read indie rock artists based in San Francisco, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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25 artists are tagged indie rock in San Francisco. The biggest move was Geographer, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Red House Paintersslowcore, folk rock | 7,133 | 0 |
02 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Clubalternative rock, garage rock | 6,468 | 0 |
03 | Deerhoofindie rock, noise pop | 5,877 | 0 |
04 | Imperial Teenindie pop, indie rock | 4,824 | +3 |
05 | Jason Falknerindie rock | 3,301 | 0 |
06 | Ben Kwellerindie pop, indie folk | 3,012 | -2 |
07 | Girlsindie rock | 2,110 | -1 |
08 | American Music Clubamericana, folk rock | 1,548 | 0 |
09 | Miranda Lee Richardsalternative rock, indie rock | 1,221 | 0 |
10 | The Mother Hipsalternative rock, folk rock | 1,013 | +1 |
11 | Geographerindie rock | 986 | +4 |
12 | Beulahindie rock, rock | 944 | -2 |
13 | The Family Crestindie rock | 669 | -1 |
14 | Swellindie rock | 662 | -1 |
15 | Black Mapalternative rock, indie rock | 489 | +2 |
16 | Film Schoolindie rock, indie pop | 271 | 0 |
17 | Toiling Midgetsindie rock, post-punk | 217 | +1 |
18 | Grass Widowindie rock | 183 | -4 |
19 | Enablersindie rock | 166 | +2 |
20 | Orangerindie rock | 150 | 0 |
21 | Alaska!indie rock | 144 | -2 |
22 | Thee More Shallowsindie rock | 94 | +1 |
23 | Bellavistaindie rock | 64 | -1 |
24 | Hudson Bellindie rock | 40 | 0 |
25 | Actionslacksindie rock | 34 | 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 October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.