Genre in a city
The 27 most-read rock artists based in Vancouver, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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27 artists are tagged rock in Vancouver. The biggest move was Rare Americans, up 4 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Finn Wolfhardindie rock, rock | 68,556 | 0 |
02 | Mother Motherindie rock, rock | 8,702 | +1 |
03 | Sook‐Yin Leerock | 8,193 | +1 |
04 | Trooperaor, hard rock | 7,300 | -2 |
05 | Daniel Adairrock | 5,890 | 0 |
06 | Keith Scottrock | 5,259 | 0 |
07 | Bruce Fairbairnrock | 3,418 | +1 |
08 | Paul Deanrock | 2,909 | -1 |
09 | Doug and the Slugspop, pop rock | 2,560 | 0 |
10 | Bernie Shawrock | 2,469 | 0 |
11 | Rare Americansalternative rock, indie rock | 2,259 | +4 |
12 | Blair Thorntonrock | 2,093 | -1 |
13 | Black Mountainindie rock, rock | 1,876 | -1 |
14 | Art of Dyingalternative metal, post-grunge | 1,844 | -1 |
15 | Colleen Rennisonfolk, rock | 1,434 | -1 |
16 | Bill Hendersonrock | 1,288 | 0 |
17 | Barney Bentall and the Legendary Heartsrock | 813 | 0 |
18 | Dave Taylorrock | 540 | 0 |
19 | Pink Mountaintopsindie pop, pop | 265 | 0 |
20 | The Harpoonist & the Axe Murdererblues, rock | 109 | 0 |
21 | Pride Tigerhard rock, rock | 94 | 0 |
22 | Stiff Valentinerock | 70 | +2 |
23 | Gold & Youthrock | 63 | -1 |
24 | Jay Arnerpop, rock | 59 | -1 |
25 | John Paul Ospinaelectronica, dance | 52 | 0 |
26 | The Hope Sliderock | 42 | +1 |
27 | Capitol 6rock | 13 | -1 |
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.