Genre in a city
The 14 most-read punk rock artists based in California, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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14 artists are tagged punk rock in California. The biggest move was The Controllers, up 1 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Vaginal Davispunk rock, queercore | 2,653 | 0 |
02 | Shannon and the Clamspunk rock | 1,855 | 0 |
03 | Get Deadpunk rock | 1,214 | 0 |
04 | Zip Code Rapistspunk rock | 521 | 0 |
05 | Die Hunnspunk rock | 224 | 0 |
06 | EDLpunk rock | 166 | 0 |
07 | Bazookajazz, punk rock | 129 | 0 |
08 | Jeffries Fan Clubpunk rock, third wave ska | 115 | 0 |
09 | The Controllerschristian hardcore, punk | 112 | +1 |
10 | Mike Watt and the Secondmenpunk rock | 105 | -1 |
11 | Cold Warpunk rock | 86 | 0 |
12 | 1000 Mona Lisaspunk rock | 62 | 0 |
13 | The Maxiespunk rock | 28 | 0 |
14 | Costellopunk rock | 21 | 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.