Genre in a city
The 50 most-read rock artists based in Los Angeles, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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184 artists are tagged rock in Los Angeles. The biggest move was Glen Sobel, up 26 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Juliette Lewisrock | 182,100 | +1 |
02 | Eaglesrock, country rock | 138,118 | +2 |
03 | Red Hot Chili Peppersfunk rock, alternative rock | 132,887 | 0 |
04 | Paul Graymetal, rock | 71,675 | +12 |
05 | Cree Summerrock | 59,075 | +2 |
06 | Pat Smearrock | 56,780 | +8 |
07 | Audioslavealternative rock, hard rock | 51,569 | +1 |
08 | Mike Lovepop, rock | 50,201 | -2 |
09 | Thirty Seconds to Marsalternative rock, rock | 44,816 | -4 |
10 | Three Dog Nightrock, pop rock | 41,736 | +1 |
11 | HAIMindie rock, pop | 37,711 | +1 |
12 | Michael Shumanrock | 37,683 | +3 |
13 | Buffalo Springfieldfolk rock, rock | 37,322 | 0 |
14 | Tenacious Dcomedy rock, rock | 33,215 | +3 |
15 | New Radicalspop rock, rock | 30,861 | +5 |
16 | Redbonerock, pop | 30,344 | -6 |
17 | David Paichpop rock, rock | 28,552 | +7 |
18 | Shifty Shellshockrap rock, rock | 27,986 | +7 |
19 | Little Featsouthern rock, rock | 27,959 | +2 |
20 | Jennifer Finchpunk, rock | 27,379 | -19 |
21 | Them Crooked Vulturesalternative rock, hard rock | 26,837 | +7 |
22 | Albert Hammond, Jr.rock, garage rock | 26,552 | -4 |
23 | Breadsoft rock, rock | 26,291 | -4 |
24 | Ry Cooderfolk, rock | 25,066 | -2 |
25 | Jim Gordonrock | 22,843 | -2 |
26 | Rami Jaffeerock | 20,606 | +19 |
27 | Dweezil Zappahard rock, rock | 19,805 | +2 |
28 | The Turtlespop rock, folk rock | 19,434 | +2 |
29 | Ambrosiaprogressive rock, rock | 19,324 | -3 |
30 | Los Lobosrock, bolero | 18,696 | +1 |
31 | Kevin DuBrowheavy metal, rock | 18,203 | -22 |
32 | Alexander Ebertrock | 18,134 | -5 |
33 | Silversun Pickupsalternative rock, indie rock | 16,247 | -1 |
34 | Orgyindustrial rock, rock | 15,428 | +8 |
35 | Josh Klinghofferrock | 14,837 | -1 |
36 | Tracii Gunsmetal, rock | 14,813 | -1 |
37 | Kim Fowleygarage rock, psychedelic rock | 13,690 | -4 |
38 | Dead Saragarage rock, alternative rock | 13,199 | +3 |
39 | The Knackrock, new wave | 12,695 | 0 |
40 | Glen Sobelrock | 11,577 | +26 |
41 | Russell Maelrock | 11,257 | +15 |
42 | Chris Hillmanfolk, rock | 10,716 | +2 |
43 | Mammothrock, hard rock | 10,431 | -6 |
44 | Mary Elizabeth McGlynnrock | 10,062 | -6 |
45 | Mark Volmanrock | 9,121 | -2 |
46 | Lisa Colemanrock | 9,042 | +1 |
47 | Five for Fightingrock | 8,872 | -11 |
48 | Phantom Planetalternative rock, indie rock | 8,732 | +1 |
49 | Delaney & Bonnieblues rock, blue-eyed soul | 8,721 | -3 |
50 | Failurealternative rock, post-hardcore | 8,418 | +5 |
79 | Joe Ramseyrock | 3,396 | +29 |
71 | Sweetwaterrock | 4,548 | +14 |
90 | Nick Jonas & the Administrationrock | 2,431 | +13 |
74 | Jordan Zevonrock | 3,959 | +12 |
111 | Robin Lanerock | 1,054 | +11 |
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.