Genre in a city
The 29 most-read rock artists based in California, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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29 artists are tagged rock in California. The biggest move was David Torbert, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Dead & Companyrock, folk rock | 9,065 | 0 |
02 | Kenny Rogers & The First Editionrock | 5,396 | 0 |
03 | Black Country Communionblues rock, hard rock | 4,146 | 0 |
04 | Joe Puertarock | 2,550 | 0 |
05 | The Jaded Hearts Clubclassic rock, indie rock | 1,933 | 0 |
06 | Brian Rayrock | 1,687 | 0 |
07 | Scott Pagerock | 1,165 | 0 |
08 | Celebrationpop rock, rock | 1,139 | +2 |
09 | The 77sblues rock, rock | 1,024 | 0 |
10 | Greg Elmorerock | 742 | -2 |
11 | Joe Romersarock | 693 | 0 |
12 | Steel Breezerock | 615 | 0 |
13 | Mrs. Pissindustrial, metal | 552 | 0 |
14 | David Torbertrock | 551 | +3 |
15 | 58rock | 403 | -1 |
16 | Krystal Meyersrock | 402 | 0 |
17 | Özlem Tekinrock | 335 | -2 |
18 | Big Scenic Nowheredesert rock, rock | 273 | +1 |
19 | Altamontrock | 239 | -1 |
20 | Eddie and the Tiderock | 205 | 0 |
21 | Black Oxygenrock | 131 | 0 |
22 | Rubyrock | 106 | 0 |
23 | Jemimah Puddleduckrock | 44 | +2 |
24 | The Flingrock | 39 | 0 |
25 | Prairie Madnessrock | 35 | -2 |
26 | Black Robotrock | 32 | 0 |
27 | Brian Irelandrock | 30 | 0 |
28 | Rick Allenrock | 19 | 0 |
29 | Confront Jamesrock | 14 | 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.