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indie rock

genre of rock music, subgenre of alternative rock
Intangible music_genre Q183504
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Indie rock is a music genre[1].

indie rock

Summary

indie rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,882 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • indie rock's image is recorded as Stevemalkmus(by Scott Dudelson).jpg[3].
  • indie rock's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • indie rock's subclass of is recorded as alternative rock[5].
  • indie rock's subclass of is recorded as independent music[6].
  • indie rock's Commons category is recorded as Indie rock[7].
  • indie rock's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • indie rock's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • indie rock's country of origin is recorded as Europe[10].
  • +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of indie rock[11].
  • indie rock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01243b[12].
  • indie rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Indie rock[13].
  • indie rock's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indie rock'}[14].
  • indie rock's YSO ID is recorded as 21503[15].
  • indie rock's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00642480n[16].
  • indie rock's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as rock-independant[17].
  • indie rock's Quora topic ID is recorded as Indie-Rock[18].
  • indie rock's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19872807[19].
  • indie rock's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as populaire-muziek/indie[20].
  • indie rock's subreddit is recorded as indie_rock[21].
  • indie rock's YSA ID is recorded as Y151196[22].
  • indie rock's The Independent topic ID is recorded as indie-rock[23].
  • indie rock's Golden ID is recorded as Indie_rock-KJVGJ[24].
  • indie rock's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as ccd19ebf-052c-4afe-8ad9-fbb0a73f94a7[25].
  • indie rock's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-216086[26].
  • indie rock's X is recorded as 849684394923016192[27].

Why It Matters

indie rock ranks in the top 2% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,882 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Has characteristic → Q107975727
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 23d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → alternative rock, independent music
    Inception → +1981-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q107975727]]"
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