Genre in a city
The 33 most-read rock artists based in Glasgow, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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33 artists are tagged rock in Glasgow. The biggest move was Dougie Payne, up 6 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Mark Knopflerrock, singer-songwriter | 118,907 | 0 |
02 | Dougie Paynealternative rock, rock | 31,889 | +6 |
03 | David Knopflerjazz, rock | 24,950 | -1 |
04 | Jimmy Barneshard rock, rock | 24,175 | 0 |
05 | Brian Connollyrock | 20,619 | 0 |
06 | Gowanhard rock, progressive rock | 13,708 | -3 |
07 | George Youngrock | 12,503 | 0 |
08 | The Fratellisindie rock, rock | 10,828 | +1 |
09 | Chris Rainbowpop, progressive rock | 9,565 | -3 |
10 | The Sensational Alex Harvey Bandglam rock, rock | 6,581 | +1 |
11 | Alex Harveyrock | 6,532 | +1 |
12 | Frankie Millerrock | 5,487 | -2 |
13 | Maggie Bellblues, blues rock | 4,921 | +6 |
14 | Alex Ligertwoodrock | 4,896 | -1 |
15 | Dougie Thomsonrock | 4,111 | +1 |
16 | Camera Obscuraindie pop, rock | 3,907 | -1 |
17 | Jon Fratellialternative rock, indie rock | 3,783 | 0 |
18 | Zal Cleminsonrock | 3,770 | -4 |
19 | Leslie Harveyrock, blues rock | 3,302 | +3 |
20 | Alexander Youngrock | 3,219 | +1 |
21 | Derek Shulmanrock | 2,969 | -1 |
22 | Derek Forbesrock | 2,870 | +1 |
23 | Twin Atlanticalternative rock, pop | 2,328 | +2 |
24 | Johnny McElhonerock | 2,004 | 0 |
25 | Owen Paulrock, pop rock | 1,790 | -7 |
26 | Ally McErlainerock | 1,587 | 0 |
27 | John Cummingsrock | 1,161 | 0 |
28 | String Driven Thingrock, folk rock | 892 | 0 |
29 | Iain Harvierock | 601 | 0 |
30 | Dananananaykroydrock | 425 | 0 |
31 | Jimmie O'Neillrock | 346 | 0 |
32 | Sluts of Trustrock | 71 | 0 |
33 | Two Wingsrock | 21 | 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.