Genre in a city
The 37 most-read punk rock artists based in Chicago, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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37 artists are tagged punk rock in Chicago. The biggest move was Baxter, up 2 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Exene Cervenkapunk rock | 23,950 | 0 |
02 | Rise Againstmelodic hardcore, punk rock | 23,345 | 0 |
03 | Dwarvespunk rock, garage punk | 5,020 | +1 |
04 | Screeching Weaselpop punk, skate punk | 4,723 | -1 |
05 | Rapemanpunk rock | 2,749 | +1 |
06 | Knuckle Puckemo, punk | 2,698 | -1 |
07 | Naked Raygunpost-hardcore, punk rock | 2,642 | 0 |
08 | The Lawrence Armspunk rock | 1,612 | +1 |
09 | 88 Fingers Louiepunk rock, skate punk | 1,279 | +1 |
10 | Smoking Popespop punk, indie rock | 1,245 | +1 |
11 | The Effigiespunk rock | 1,197 | +1 |
12 | Sincere Engineerindie rock, punk rock | 1,089 | -4 |
13 | Pegboypunk, punk rock | 991 | 0 |
14 | Jeff Pezzatipunk rock | 808 | 0 |
15 | Danny Vapidpunk rock | 540 | 0 |
16 | Rollo Tomasipunk rock | 450 | +1 |
17 | Baxterpunk rock | 404 | +2 |
18 | The Honor Systempunk rock | 361 | 0 |
19 | AM Taxialternative rock, punk rock | 300 | +2 |
20 | Pierre Kezdypunk rock | 298 | +2 |
21 | Tuesdaypunk rock | 288 | -1 |
22 | October Fallpunk rock | 247 | +1 |
23 | The Broadwayspunk rock, rock | 246 | -7 |
24 | Meat Wavepunk rock | 242 | +1 |
25 | The Vindictivespunk rock | 233 | -1 |
26 | The Bombpunk rock | 150 | 0 |
27 | Strike Underpunk rock | 115 | +1 |
28 | Dan Vapid and The Cheatspunk rock | 109 | +1 |
29 | Crashdogchristian rock, punk rock | 105 | +1 |
30 | Al-Thawrapunk rock | 102 | -3 |
31 | Pete Mittlerpunk rock | 96 | +1 |
32 | Ballydowsepunk rock | 90 | +1 |
33 | Oblivionpunk rock | 83 | +1 |
34 | John Kamyspunk rock | 79 | -3 |
35 | The Importspunk rock | 44 | +2 |
36 | The Adjusterspunk rock | 43 | -1 |
37 | Debris Inc.doom metal, punk rock | 33 | -1 |
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.