This chart is based on The Top 5 cities for each artist on Spotify. Therefore large cities will feature well known international artists, while smaller cities will feature some smaller local artists. The ranking is based on the number of listeners from the city, as provided by Spotify for the top 5 cities for each artist.

#	Artist	Listeners in Ames
1	ebbnflo	80
2	Salt Company Worship	60
3	Iowa State University Cyclone Marching Band	35
4	Will Keeps	23
5	TFTmio	22
6	ZZZAY	20
7	Run Wilson	20
8	Iron Daisy	14
9	Emmett Phillips	13
10	John Muir	13
11	MonkeyMunchers	13
12	Neil Anders	9
13	a. goodword	8
14	teaze	8
15	kuzukigami	7
16	Lil Brekky	6
17	Jordan Wolfe	6
18	Malaika	6
19	Mr. Maxim	6
20	Linc & The Drifters	6
21	Chris Akers	5
22	TyBooter	5
23	Juaz	5
24	Ramona & The Sometimes	5
25	Strong Like Bear	5
26	Colläteral Damäge	5
27	Orphic Illusion	4
28	Ryan Cercello	4
29	Flying Taxi	4
30	Tom Pevear	4
31	RNB	4
32	Mylie Miller	4
33	Todd Partridge	4
34	Jan Wessely	3
35	Caleb and Sol Rexius	3
36	The Galliard Ensemble	3
37	Susan J. Jacks	3
38	Rabeca	3
39	King Wylde	3
40	Casey Joe Collins	3
41	The Murrays	3
42	Lawn Chair Fortress	3
43	Sam Roberts	3
44	The Halloween Episode	3
45	Vector Odyssey	3
46	Lil Whoppa	3
47	juno driver	3
48	Spencer G	3
49	Rory Noland	3
50	Its Kai	2
51	The Nola Jazz Band	2
52	Nathan Connelly	2
53	Tony Simpson	2
54	Badman	2
55	Hymnicity	2
56	Blue Violet Duo	2
57	Fork In The Road	2
58	Glen Garrett	2
59	T.K.O.	2
60	introspects	2
61	DeathRiders	2
62	Turner Center Jazz Orchestra	2
63	Lahry	2
64	The St. John Church of God in Christ Choir	2
65	TCfrmhonorroll	2
66	Anna Moffo & Lehman Engel Orchestra	2
67	New Gen Worship	2
68	April Macie	2
69	Conjunto de Alfonso Salgado de San Miguel Totolapa	2
70	Dennis C. Smolarski SJ	2
71	Paul F. Ford	2
72	Henry Heveningham	2
73	Dale Grotenhius	2
74	Vic Dickenson & Joe Thomas & Their All-Star Jazz Groups	2
75	Clifford Burwell	2
76	The Fight Left Inside	2
77	Four Shillings Short	2
78	Glass Ox	2
79	Electronidoll	2
80	Courtney Krause	2
81	The Deaths	2
82	The Gimmicks	2
83	Neva Alden	2
84	The Barefoot Family Caravan	2
85	Traditional African-American Spiritual	2
86	Radio Astronomy	2
87	Ebenezer	2
88	YungYG	2
89	Noah Bartunek	2
90	Bob Washut Dodectet	2
91	Spectrum	2
92	Embers of Eternity	2
93	Austin Auberg	2
94	Joseph Heithoff	1
95	Foxpin	1
96	Phy	1
97	Jacob Stoy	1
98	Jason Erickson-Reed	1
99	Sammie Sosa	1
100	Ken K	1
101	Vibesone	1
102	Marion Walker	1
103	Michael Elwood & Beth Galiger	1
104	Michael Fugitt	1
105	Baumgardner	1
106	Trollkraft	1
107	Stooie Bros	1
108	Laboratory Noise	1
109	Paperfriend	1
110	A.P. Simpson	1
111	Seido Karasaki	1
112	David Sattler	1
113	Bestrack Productions	1
114	Mke Zayyy	1
115	Scotch Hollow	1
116	Don Albert and his Orchestra	1
117	Synaptik	1
118	Bedtime Story Zone	1
119	Marcos Pablo Dalmacio	1
120	Carpenter	1
121	Gnarly Jevy	1
122	G-Walt	1
123	Kevin Koelbl	1
124	Walking On Mountains	1
125	W/O	1
126	LI1MJ	1
127	Kyle Jones	1
128	Dunn Street	1
129	Peng Penny	1
130	Trill Ricoo	1
131	Jackson Harrison Trio	1
132	The Eberle Quartet	1
133	Hyeseon Hong Jazz Orchestra	1
134	Nо Comment	1
135	M.Easy	1
136	Simay Akca	1
137	Ghettoboy Vell	1
138	paperthinwalls	1
139	1400slim	1
140	Baungboyz	1
141	The Bowers Fader Duo	1
142	CCPA Chamber Orchestra	1
143	Aeon Grey	1
144	Paulie Think	1
145	Finley Jones	1
146	Cajado	1
147	Zwei Kreise	1
148	John Ingalls	1
149	Mary Alice Salciccia	1
150	New Company	1
151	One Djezz	1
152	Zagrebački Oktet	1
153	Merideth Kaye Clark	1
154	Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra	1
155	The Gay Notes	1
156	Tommy Law	1
157	Sex Beet	1
158	Horace Maybray King	1
159	Finger Seeker	1
160	The Afrorockerz Feat. Ruth Tafebe	1
161	2000 Lbs of Blues	1
162	Spencer Liaam	1
163	Breanna Rhea	1
164	Alex Tooth	1
165	Panther And The Zoo	1
166	Le goût acide des conservateurs	1
167	Modbom	1
168	Dichotomy	1
169	Fellow Bohemian	1
170	Paper Native	1
171	Yaki Kadafi	1
172	Human Pet	1
173	Mondo Dromo	1
174	Piano Sleep	1
175	Think Against The Brain	1
176	The Meatball Mob	1
177	Do You Love Melena?	1
178	Doctor Murdock	1
179	Jordan Mayland	1
180	6 Strings	1
181	Haffa Caravell	1
182	Housefire	1
183	Smf Duce	1
184	Don Elliott Quintet	1
185	Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra feat. Billy Williams	1
186	Simple As Pop	1
187	The Bullies	1
188	Daniel Riley	1
189	Year Of Birds	1
190	Tomasco Giordani	1
191	Tevs	1
192	DJ Barry & the Aggregation	1
193	Tornado D' Oro	1
194	Floy An Gazman	1
195	Infectious Contamination	1
196	Psalm 104	1
197	Touch Friction	1
198	Mitchell Bowser	1
199	NeissQ	1
200	OfficialKrxnk	1
201	rawrity	1
202	Detroramone	1
203	Jayathilaka Bandara Dukgannarala	1
204	Nchimunya Sibalwa	1
205	Bugatti Buga	1
206	Carolina Reaper	1
207	The Journey Now	1
208	Rusty Blue	1
209	Uncle	1
210	Endolphins	1
211	Unknown Component	1
212	Rami Rashad	1
213	Zelden	1
214	The Smiler	1
215	Champagne Francis	1
216	Dragged out to Sea	1
217	Michelle Dixon	1
218	Silent Temple	1
219	ManLikeChez	1
220	Plastic Blow	1
221	Tony Liggens	1
222	Sam Winters	1
223	Lil Heno	1
224	Ysn Flow	1
225	Witchlight Marauder	1
226	Cheryl-Lynn McHugh	1
227	Sophie Riddle	1
228	Yanta Limey	1
229	Bjork Gunmundsdottir	1
230	The Depaysement	1
231	Wax Cannon	1
232	JMacami	1
233	Sly Fungi	1
234	Eddie Beatss	1
235	Art Buddie n Soul	1
236	The Left Hooks	1
237	Mongol Gentlemen's Club	1
238	Carol Zoccoli	1
239	HIIT Christmas Carols	1
240	James Robin	1
241	Arbutus	1
242	Taleena Peck	1
243	gemini cusp	1
244	Hello Fellow Humans	1
245	Alex Erwin	1
246	Henry Skalla	1
247	Jack Lion	1
248	Lang DeLancey	1
249	Benjamin Adams	1
250	Si-Mōne	1
251	l[one]ly	1
252	Quice	1
253	N-Gee Masia	1
254	KiKi Wilder	1
255	JankWang	1
256	Hordes Of Wrath	1
257	Shaggy-Knees	1
258	The Psyders	1
259	Plain Folks Scare Me!	1
260	H14	1
261	Club Ivy	1
262	Dogshit & Streetsludge	1
263	Kevin Mills	1
264	MarnieMarina	1
265	Rotten Tomatos	1
266	Kevin Keith	1
267	Lowalo	1
268	Actress Pets	1
269	Davido	1
270	Nara Visa	1
271	kittydoc	1
272	Zander.	1
273	Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra	1
274	Aybul	1
275	Bad Channels	1
276	Itzzpolo	1
277	MyCompiledThoughts	1
278	Grubbs	1
279	We Met On Friday	1
280	Sigma K	1
281	Kendra Adi	1
282	Brooke Emily	1
283	deggie	1
284	volo	1
285	It Is Finished	1
286	Trinity Gospel	1
287	Smaran Raj Nakarmi	1
288	Curbstone	1
289	Briny Brown and the Throwdowns	1
290	Good Morning Milo	1