Genre in a city
The 50 most-read rock artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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163 artists are tagged rock in London. The biggest move was Lonesome Dave's Foghat, up 12 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Led Zeppelinhard rock, rock | 202,387 | +1 |
02 | Fleetwood Macrock, soft rock | 200,804 | -1 |
03 | The Rolling Stonesrock, blues rock | 151,289 | +1 |
04 | Queenrock, glam rock | 132,005 | -1 |
05 | The Kinksrock, mod | 106,239 | +7 |
06 | The Whorock, hard rock | 84,866 | -1 |
07 | Mumford & Sonsfolk pop, indie folk | 73,225 | 0 |
08 | The Policenew wave, rock | 63,926 | -2 |
09 | Supertrampprogressive rock, rock | 56,493 | 0 |
10 | Charlotte Gainsbourgindie pop, rock | 53,612 | 0 |
11 | Creamblues rock, rock | 48,437 | 0 |
12 | Americasoft rock, rock | 45,824 | -4 |
13 | James McCartneyrock | 41,013 | +4 |
14 | Status Quorock, boogie rock | 35,236 | +4 |
15 | Zak Starkeyrock | 33,159 | -2 |
16 | Asiaprogressive rock, rock | 29,651 | -1 |
17 | Squeezenew wave, rock | 29,485 | -3 |
18 | Facesblues rock, rock | 25,523 | -2 |
19 | Steve Hackettprogressive rock, rock | 24,849 | +3 |
20 | Derek and the Dominosblues rock, rock | 23,635 | 0 |
21 | Francis Rossirock | 22,139 | +9 |
22 | Freeblues rock, hard rock | 21,863 | -3 |
23 | Camille O’Sullivancabaret, folk | 19,047 | +2 |
24 | Cutting Crewnew wave, pop | 18,091 | +5 |
25 | Ringo Starr & His All Starr Bandrock | 15,450 | -2 |
26 | Foghatblues rock, hard rock | 15,328 | 0 |
27 | Alan Whiterock | 14,926 | -3 |
28 | Manfred Mann’s Earth Bandrock, progressive pop | 13,280 | 0 |
29 | Plastic Ono Bandrock | 12,992 | -2 |
30 | Alvin Stardustglam rock, rock and roll | 12,687 | -9 |
31 | Simon Phillipsjazz fusion, rock | 10,593 | 0 |
32 | Skunk Anansierock, alternative rock | 9,698 | +1 |
33 | The Babysrock | 9,463 | -1 |
34 | John Mayall & the Bluesbreakersblues, blues rock | 9,087 | +3 |
35 | Jeff Beck Grouprock, blues rock | 8,925 | +1 |
36 | Palaceblues rock, alternative pop | 8,424 | +9 |
37 | Argentprogressive rock, pop rock | 8,355 | -2 |
38 | Jimmie Nicolrock | 8,279 | +1 |
39 | Phil Manzanerarock, art rock | 8,230 | +1 |
40 | Thunderclap Newmanpop rock, psychedelic pop | 8,036 | +2 |
41 | Ben Howardfolk, alternative rock | 6,897 | -7 |
42 | The Blow Monkeyspop, rock | 6,057 | +5 |
43 | Jimmy Page & Robert Plantrock | 5,580 | +8 |
44 | The Molotovsmod revival, punk rock | 5,566 | -3 |
45 | Johnny Borrellrock | 5,533 | +10 |
46 | Vernon Reidjazz, jazz fusion | 5,507 | +2 |
47 | Fightstarpost-hardcore, rock | 5,482 | -9 |
48 | The Killsrock, indie rock | 5,271 | +1 |
49 | Lonesome Dave's Foghatrock | 4,591 | +12 |
50 | Charlotte Hatherleyindie rock, power pop | 4,490 | +8 |
53 | Dan Gillespie Sellsrock | 4,204 | +29 |
131 | Rosie Smithrock | 299 | +14 |
122 | Bleechrock | 484 | +13 |
102 | Steve Gouldingprogressive rock, rock | 905 | +11 |
82 | Morgan Nichollsrock | 1,758 | +10 |
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.