Genre in a city
The 43 most-read rock artists based in Boston, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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43 artists are tagged rock in Boston. The biggest move was Lyres, up 15 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Little Stevenhard rock, heartland rock | 113,043 | +1 |
02 | James Taylorrock, soft rock | 96,734 | -1 |
03 | Billy Squierrock, hard rock | 23,571 | 0 |
04 | Danny Klein's Full Houserock | 19,567 | 0 |
05 | Myles Kennedyfolk, blues | 18,005 | 0 |
06 | Jamie Walterspop, pop rock | 16,284 | 0 |
07 | Sib Hashianrock | 13,383 | 0 |
08 | Letters to Cleoalternative rock, pop rock | 10,892 | 0 |
09 | That Handsome Devilalternative rock, rock | 10,787 | 0 |
10 | Lyresalternative rock, garage rock | 9,637 | +15 |
11 | Dead Poet Societyalternative rock, blues rock | 9,533 | +5 |
12 | The Click Fiverock | 8,880 | +1 |
13 | Gusteralternative rock, acoustic rock | 7,903 | -1 |
14 | Barry Goudreaurock | 7,531 | -3 |
15 | Kay Hanleyrock | 7,403 | -5 |
16 | Fran Sheehanrock | 5,290 | -2 |
17 | Doug Yulerock | 4,693 | -2 |
18 | Tracy Bonhamalternative rock, rock | 4,322 | 0 |
19 | Squirrel Flowerindie folk, folk rock | 3,874 | +2 |
20 | American Hi‐Fipunk, punk rock | 2,812 | -3 |
21 | Buffalo Tomindie rock, alternative rock | 2,531 | -2 |
22 | Slothrustindie rock, rock | 1,865 | -2 |
23 | The Remainsgarage rock, rock | 1,317 | -1 |
24 | Pilepost-hardcore, rock | 1,085 | -1 |
25 | New Englandrock | 884 | -1 |
26 | Winterrock | 588 | +1 |
27 | Bang Camarohard rock, heavy metal | 585 | -1 |
28 | JUICErock | 503 | 0 |
29 | The Kominaspunk, rock | 406 | 0 |
30 | The Stompersrock | 289 | 0 |
31 | Will Daileypop, rock | 275 | +11 |
32 | Eileen Rosecountry, country rock | 258 | +1 |
33 | Somosindie rock, rock | 235 | -2 |
34 | The Darkrock | 163 | -2 |
35 | Eddie Mottaurock | 155 | -1 |
36 | Dick Campbellcontemporary folk, rock | 139 | 0 |
37 | Milligramstoner rock, punk | 136 | 0 |
38 | Neatsrock | 128 | -3 |
39 | Aloudrock | 113 | 0 |
40 | Casey Desmondrock | 106 | -2 |
41 | Swallowrock | 57 | 0 |
42 | Averirock | 54 | -2 |
43 | Jimmy Newquistrock | 5 | 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.