Genre in a city
The 29 most-read rock artists based in California, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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29 artists are tagged rock in California. The biggest move was David Torbert, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Dead & Companyrock, folk rock | 12,443 | 0 |
02 | Kenny Rogers & The First Editionrock | 7,815 | 0 |
03 | Black Country Communionblues rock, hard rock | 5,712 | 0 |
04 | The Jaded Hearts Clubclassic rock, indie rock | 3,054 | +1 |
05 | Joe Puertarock | 2,893 | -1 |
06 | Scott Pagerock | 2,023 | +1 |
07 | Brian Rayrock | 1,760 | -1 |
08 | The 77sblues rock, rock | 1,029 | 0 |
09 | Greg Elmorerock | 1,009 | 0 |
10 | Özlem Tekinrock | 596 | 0 |
11 | David Torbertrock | 584 | +4 |
12 | Celebrationpop rock, rock | 578 | -1 |
13 | 58rock | 522 | -1 |
14 | Mrs. Pissindustrial, metal | 519 | +3 |
15 | Steel Breezerock | 494 | -2 |
16 | Joe Romersarock | 490 | 0 |
17 | Krystal Meyersrock | 412 | -3 |
18 | Altamontrock | 294 | +1 |
19 | Big Scenic Nowheredesert rock, rock | 281 | -1 |
20 | Eddie and the Tiderock | 204 | 0 |
21 | Black Oxygenrock | 142 | 0 |
22 | Brian Irelandrock | 137 | +4 |
23 | Rubyrock | 128 | -1 |
24 | The Flingrock | 73 | -1 |
25 | Prairie Madnessrock | 66 | +2 |
26 | Black Robotrock | 53 | -1 |
27 | Jemimah Puddleduckrock | 33 | -4 |
28 | Rick Allenrock | 15 | 0 |
29 | Confront Jamesrock | 11 | -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 August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.