Genre in a city
The 50 most-read rock artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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163 artists are tagged rock in London. The biggest move was Babyshambles, up 12 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Fleetwood Macrock, soft rock | 268,468 | +1 |
02 | Led Zeppelinhard rock, rock | 196,677 | +1 |
03 | The Rolling Stonesrock, blues rock | 172,891 | -2 |
04 | Queenrock, glam rock | 146,949 | 0 |
05 | Mumford & Sonsfolk pop, indie folk | 94,249 | 0 |
06 | The Whorock, hard rock | 91,838 | 0 |
07 | The Policenew wave, rock | 70,835 | +1 |
08 | Charlotte Gainsbourgindie pop, rock | 67,648 | -1 |
09 | Creamblues rock, rock | 52,007 | +3 |
10 | Supertrampprogressive rock, rock | 51,324 | +1 |
11 | The Kinksrock, mod | 50,569 | -1 |
12 | Americasoft rock, rock | 49,710 | -3 |
13 | Squeezenew wave, rock | 40,983 | +3 |
14 | Zak Starkeyrock | 37,271 | 0 |
15 | Asiaprogressive rock, rock | 36,964 | -2 |
16 | Facesblues rock, rock | 33,157 | -1 |
17 | Status Quorock, boogie rock | 26,770 | 0 |
18 | Derek and the Dominosblues rock, rock | 26,276 | +4 |
19 | Freeblues rock, hard rock | 24,028 | +1 |
20 | James McCartneyrock | 23,849 | +1 |
21 | Steve Hackettprogressive rock, rock | 19,162 | +2 |
22 | Foghatblues rock, hard rock | 18,321 | +3 |
23 | Manfred Mann’s Earth Bandrock, progressive pop | 15,331 | +5 |
24 | Camille O’Sullivancabaret, folk | 14,624 | +3 |
25 | Plastic Ono Bandrock | 14,317 | +4 |
26 | Ringo Starr & His All Starr Bandrock | 14,010 | -2 |
27 | Simon Phillipsjazz fusion, rock | 13,990 | +7 |
28 | Cutting Crewnew wave, pop | 13,018 | +2 |
29 | Alvin Stardustglam rock, rock and roll | 12,252 | +2 |
30 | Skunk Anansierock, alternative rock | 11,168 | -12 |
31 | Jeff Beck Grouprock, blues rock | 11,131 | +5 |
32 | The Babysrock | 10,691 | +1 |
33 | John Mayall & the Bluesbreakersblues, blues rock | 10,650 | +4 |
34 | Francis Rossirock | 10,125 | -2 |
35 | Argentprogressive rock, pop rock | 9,926 | 0 |
36 | Phil Manzanerarock, art rock | 8,515 | +6 |
37 | Thunderclap Newmanpop rock, psychedelic pop | 8,081 | +2 |
38 | Babyshamblesindie rock, garage rock revival | 7,814 | +12 |
39 | Nova Twinsrock, alternative rock | 7,730 | -13 |
40 | Jimmie Nicolrock | 7,537 | -21 |
41 | Ben Howardfolk, alternative rock | 7,466 | 0 |
42 | Perry Bamonterock | 7,155 | -4 |
43 | Johnny Borrellrock | 6,951 | +1 |
44 | Vernon Reidjazz, jazz fusion | 6,926 | -1 |
45 | Alan Whiterock | 6,774 | -5 |
46 | The Killsrock, indie rock | 6,599 | +1 |
47 | The Molotovsmod revival, punk rock | 5,993 | +7 |
48 | The Blow Monkeyspop, rock | 5,974 | -3 |
49 | Jimmy Page & Robert Plantrock | 5,673 | -3 |
50 | Fightstarpost-hardcore, rock | 5,197 | +3 |
60 | Mike Groserock | 3,767 | +22 |
97 | Peter Collinsrock | 1,252 | +22 |
112 | Jacobitesrock | 850 | +18 |
127 | Vince Whiterock | 441 | +12 |
132 | Danny & The Champions of the Worldalternative country, folk rock | 366 | +12 |
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.