Genre in a city
The 50 most-read rock artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.
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184 artists are tagged rock in Los Angeles. The biggest move was She Wants Revenge, up 18 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Eaglesrock, country rock | 312,022 | +3 |
02 | Juliette Lewisrock | 141,557 | -1 |
03 | Mike Lovepop, rock | 110,715 | +4 |
04 | Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock | 109,062 | +1 |
05 | Cree Summerrock | 96,426 | -2 |
06 | Pat Smearrock | 50,581 | -4 |
07 | Kevin DuBrowheavy metal, rock | 50,264 | +15 |
08 | Audioslavealternative rock, hard rock | 49,253 | -2 |
09 | Buffalo Springfieldfolk rock, rock | 36,418 | 0 |
10 | Three Dog Nightrock, pop rock | 33,496 | -2 |
11 | Michael Shumanrock | 30,980 | +4 |
12 | Dweezil Zappahard rock, rock | 30,701 | +9 |
13 | Redbonerock, pop | 30,564 | 0 |
14 | Thirty Seconds to Marsalternative rock, rock | 29,820 | 0 |
15 | Them Crooked Vulturesalternative rock, hard rock | 26,882 | +4 |
16 | Tenacious Dcomedy rock, rock | 26,795 | -4 |
17 | Silversun Pickupsalternative rock, indie rock | 26,591 | -1 |
18 | Paul Graymetal, rock | 24,723 | -7 |
19 | Albert Hammond, Jr.rock, garage rock | 23,944 | +9 |
20 | HAIMindie rock, pop | 23,351 | -3 |
21 | Breadsoft rock, rock | 21,966 | +5 |
22 | Little Featsouthern rock, rock | 21,556 | -4 |
23 | Jim Gordonrock | 20,677 | -3 |
24 | Shifty Shellshockrap rock, rock | 20,195 | -14 |
25 | David Paichpop rock, rock | 20,035 | +2 |
26 | Ry Cooderfolk, rock | 18,886 | -2 |
27 | New Radicalspop rock, rock | 18,625 | -4 |
28 | Ambrosiaprogressive rock, rock | 16,303 | +2 |
29 | Los Lobosrock, bolero | 15,802 | +3 |
30 | She Wants Revengeindie rock, rock | 15,706 | +18 |
31 | Dead Saragarage rock, alternative rock | 15,611 | -2 |
32 | The Turtlespop rock, folk rock | 14,685 | +1 |
33 | Failurealternative rock, post-hardcore | 14,249 | +16 |
34 | Tracii Gunsmetal, rock | 13,523 | +2 |
35 | Susannah Melvoinrock | 13,011 | +5 |
36 | Josh Klinghofferrock | 12,642 | -2 |
37 | Kim Fowleygarage rock, psychedelic rock | 12,237 | 0 |
38 | Five for Fightingrock | 11,337 | -13 |
39 | The Knackrock, new wave | 10,842 | 0 |
40 | Chris Hillmanfolk, rock | 9,830 | +3 |
41 | Alexander Ebertrock | 9,721 | -3 |
42 | Jennifer Finchpunk, rock | 9,052 | +3 |
43 | Mammothrock, hard rock | 8,752 | +3 |
44 | Lisa Colemanrock | 8,740 | -2 |
45 | Amira Elfekygothic rock, emo | 8,657 | +14 |
46 | Mary Elizabeth McGlynnrock | 8,532 | -5 |
47 | P.P. Arnoldsoul, blues rock | 8,502 | +8 |
48 | Orgyindustrial rock, rock | 8,301 | -17 |
49 | Dorothyhard rock, rock | 7,992 | -5 |
50 | Phantom Planetalternative rock, indie rock | 7,825 | +1 |
136 | Janet Robinrock | 328 | +17 |
80 | Zappa Plays Zappaexperimental, jazz fusion | 2,444 | +16 |
132 | The Birds of Satanalternative metal, alternative rock | 422 | +15 |
79 | OFF!hardcore punk, punk | 2,470 | +10 |
72 | Jordan Zevonrock | 3,699 | +9 |
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.