Genre in a city
The 43 most-read rock artists based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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43 artists are tagged rock in Boston. The biggest move was The Dark, up 8 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Little Stevenhard rock, heartland rock | 81,885 | +1 |
02 | James Taylorrock, soft rock | 65,047 | -1 |
03 | Billy Squierrock, hard rock | 32,538 | 0 |
04 | Myles Kennedyfolk, blues | 27,807 | +1 |
05 | Jamie Walterspop, pop rock | 19,584 | +1 |
06 | Danny Klein's Full Houserock | 16,114 | -2 |
07 | Dead Poet Societyalternative rock, blues rock | 14,624 | +3 |
08 | Letters to Cleoalternative rock, pop rock | 14,199 | -1 |
09 | Kay Hanleyrock | 9,229 | +4 |
10 | Sib Hashianrock | 8,980 | -2 |
11 | Barry Goudreaurock | 6,537 | +1 |
12 | That Handsome Devilalternative rock, rock | 6,275 | -3 |
13 | Fran Sheehanrock | 5,096 | +1 |
14 | Gusteralternative rock, acoustic rock | 4,530 | -3 |
15 | Doug Yulerock | 4,206 | 0 |
16 | The Click Fiverock | 3,837 | 0 |
17 | Buffalo Tomindie rock, alternative rock | 3,676 | +4 |
18 | American Hi‐Fipunk, punk rock | 3,513 | +1 |
19 | Tracy Bonhamalternative rock, rock | 3,482 | -1 |
20 | Slothrustindie rock, rock | 2,222 | -3 |
21 | Squirrel Flowerindie folk, folk rock | 1,922 | -1 |
22 | The Remainsgarage rock, rock | 962 | +1 |
23 | Pilepost-hardcore, rock | 868 | -1 |
24 | The Stompersrock | 854 | +3 |
25 | JUICErock | 728 | +3 |
26 | Lyresalternative rock, garage rock | 707 | -2 |
27 | New Englandrock | 664 | -1 |
28 | Bang Camarohard rock, heavy metal | 511 | +1 |
29 | Winterrock | 491 | -4 |
30 | The Darkrock | 369 | +8 |
31 | Will Daileypop, rock | 301 | -1 |
32 | The Kominaspunk, rock | 296 | -1 |
33 | Somosindie rock, rock | 231 | -1 |
34 | Eddie Mottaurock | 209 | -1 |
35 | Eileen Rosecountry, country rock | 156 | 0 |
36 | Milligramstoner rock, punk | 128 | 0 |
37 | Neatsrock | 113 | -3 |
38 | Casey Desmondrock | 87 | +2 |
39 | Dick Campbellcontemporary folk, rock | 85 | -1 |
40 | Aloudrock | 80 | -3 |
41 | Swallowrock | 51 | 0 |
42 | Averirock | 49 | 0 |
43 | Jimmy Newquistrock | 7 | 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.