Genre in a city
The 33 most-read rock artists based in Glasgow, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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33 artists are tagged rock in Glasgow. The biggest move was Maggie Bell, up 8 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Mark Knopflerrock, singer-songwriter | 92,904 | 0 |
02 | Dougie Paynealternative rock, rock | 22,776 | 0 |
03 | Brian Connollyrock | 20,039 | 0 |
04 | David Knopflerjazz, rock | 18,885 | 0 |
05 | Jimmy Barneshard rock, rock | 14,546 | 0 |
06 | George Youngrock | 9,981 | 0 |
07 | Gowanhard rock, progressive rock | 9,670 | 0 |
08 | The Fratellisindie rock, rock | 7,769 | 0 |
09 | Chris Rainbowpop, progressive rock | 6,583 | +1 |
10 | Maggie Bellblues, blues rock | 5,466 | +8 |
11 | The Sensational Alex Harvey Bandglam rock, rock | 5,392 | +3 |
12 | Alex Harveyrock | 5,202 | +3 |
13 | Dougie Thomsonrock | 4,719 | +6 |
14 | Alex Ligertwoodrock | 4,203 | +2 |
15 | Frankie Millerrock | 4,041 | -6 |
16 | Camera Obscuraindie pop, rock | 3,948 | +1 |
17 | Johnny McElhonerock | 3,495 | -6 |
18 | Derek Forbesrock | 3,339 | -6 |
19 | Twin Atlanticalternative rock, pop | 3,187 | +6 |
20 | Zal Cleminsonrock | 3,072 | +1 |
21 | Ally McErlainerock | 2,779 | -8 |
22 | Jon Fratellialternative rock, indie rock | 2,556 | +1 |
23 | Leslie Harveyrock, blues rock | 2,425 | -1 |
24 | Alexander Youngrock | 2,418 | -4 |
25 | Derek Shulmanrock | 1,923 | -1 |
26 | Owen Paulrock, pop rock | 1,244 | 0 |
27 | String Driven Thingrock, folk rock | 1,034 | +1 |
28 | Iain Harvierock | 900 | +1 |
29 | John Cummingsrock | 793 | -2 |
30 | Jimmie O'Neillrock | 354 | +1 |
31 | Dananananaykroydrock | 319 | -1 |
32 | Sluts of Trustrock | 48 | 0 |
33 | Two Wingsrock | 15 | 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.