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	TFTmio	22
2	Run Wilson	20
3	Iron Daisy	14
4	John Muir	13
5	MonkeyMunchers	13
6	ebbnflo	11
7	Ben Topliff	11
8	Neil Anders	9
9	teaze	8
10	kuzukigami	7
11	Lil Brekky	6
12	Will Keeps	6
13	Jordan Wolfe	6
14	Malaika	6
15	Mr. Maxim	6
16	Linc & The Drifters	6
17	Ramona & The Sometimes	5
18	Strong Like Bear	5
19	Colläteral Damäge	5
20	Orphic Illusion	4
21	Ryan Cercello	4
22	Flying Taxi	4
23	Tom Pevear	4
24	RNB	4
25	Todd Partridge	4
26	Jacob Frederick	4
27	Body Bagg Gutta	4
28	Caleb and Sol Rexius	3
29	The Galliard Ensemble	3
30	Rabeca	3
31	King Wylde	3
32	Casey Joe Collins	3
33	The Murrays	3
34	Lawn Chair Fortress	3
35	Sam Roberts	3
36	The Halloween Episode	3
37	Vector Odyssey	3
38	Lil Whoppa	3
39	juno driver	3
40	Spencer G	3
41	Rory Noland	3
42	Mikey Montoya	3
43	Chris Akers	2
44	Its Kai	2
45	Nathan Connelly	2
46	Tony Simpson	2
47	Badman	2
48	Blue Violet Duo	2
49	Juaz	2
50	Glen Garrett	2
51	TCfrmhonorroll	2
52	April Macie	2
53	Dennis C. Smolarski SJ	2
54	Paul F. Ford	2
55	Henry Heveningham	2
56	Dale Grotenhius	2
57	Vic Dickenson & Joe Thomas & Their All-Star Jazz Groups	2
58	Clifford Burwell	2
59	The Fight Left Inside	2
60	Four Shillings Short	2
61	Glass Ox	2
62	Electronidoll	2
63	Courtney Krause	2
64	The Deaths	2
65	The Gimmicks	2
66	Neva Alden	2
67	The Barefoot Family Caravan	2
68	Traditional African-American Spiritual	2
69	Radio Astronomy	2
70	Ebenezer	2
71	YungYG	2
72	Noah Bartunek	2
73	Bob Washut Dodectet	2
74	Spectrum	2
75	Embers of Eternity	2
76	Austin Auberg	2
77	Chasing Silence	2
78	Exhale	2
79	Eclipt	2
80	SVDO MD	2
81	Teri Underhill	2
82	Strikken	2
83	Gloom Balloon	2
84	Marcato	2
85	666shrimp	2
86	J/B	2
87	Joseph Heithoff	1
88	Foxpin	1
89	Phy	1
90	Jacob Stoy	1
91	Jason Erickson-Reed	1
92	Sammie Sosa	1
93	Ken K	1
94	Marion Walker	1
95	Michael Elwood & Beth Galiger	1
96	Michael Fugitt	1
97	Baumgardner	1
98	Stooie Bros	1
99	Bestrack Productions	1
100	Synaptik	1
101	Marcos Pablo Dalmacio	1
102	Walking On Mountains	1
103	Nо Comment	1
104	M.Easy	1
105	Ghettoboy Vell	1
106	paperthinwalls	1
107	Baungboyz	1
108	The Bowers Fader Duo	1
109	CCPA Chamber Orchestra	1
110	Aeon Grey	1
111	Paulie Think	1
112	Finley Jones	1
113	Cajado	1
114	Zwei Kreise	1
115	John Ingalls	1
116	Mary Alice Salciccia	1
117	New Company	1
118	One Djezz	1
119	Merideth Kaye Clark	1
120	Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra	1
121	The Gay Notes	1
122	Tommy Law	1
123	Sex Beet	1
124	Horace Maybray King	1
125	Finger Seeker	1
126	The Afrorockerz Feat. Ruth Tafebe	1
127	2000 Lbs of Blues	1
128	Spencer Liaam	1
129	Breanna Rhea	1
130	Alex Tooth	1
131	Panther And The Zoo	1
132	Le goût acide des conservateurs	1
133	Modbom	1
134	Dichotomy	1
135	Fellow Bohemian	1
136	Paper Native	1
137	Yaki Kadafi	1
138	Human Pet	1
139	Mondo Dromo	1
140	Piano Sleep	1
141	Think Against The Brain	1
142	The Meatball Mob	1
143	Do You Love Melena?	1
144	Doctor Murdock	1
145	Jordan Mayland	1
146	6 Strings	1
147	Haffa Caravell	1
148	Housefire	1
149	Smf Duce	1
150	Don Elliott Quintet	1
151	Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra feat. Billy Williams	1
152	Simple As Pop	1
153	The Bullies	1
154	Daniel Riley	1
155	Year Of Birds	1
156	Tomasco Giordani	1
157	Tevs	1
158	DJ Barry & the Aggregation	1
159	Tornado D' Oro	1
160	Floy An Gazman	1
161	Infectious Contamination	1
162	Psalm 104	1
163	Touch Friction	1
164	Mitchell Bowser	1
165	NeissQ	1
166	OfficialKrxnk	1
167	rawrity	1
168	Detroramone	1
169	Jayathilaka Bandara Dukgannarala	1
170	Nchimunya Sibalwa	1
171	Bugatti Buga	1
172	Carolina Reaper	1
173	The Journey Now	1
174	Rusty Blue	1
175	Uncle	1
176	Endolphins	1
177	Unknown Component	1
178	Rami Rashad	1
179	Zelden	1
180	The Smiler	1
181	Champagne Francis	1
182	Dragged out to Sea	1
183	Michelle Dixon	1
184	Silent Temple	1
185	ManLikeChez	1
186	Plastic Blow	1
187	Tony Liggens	1
188	Sam Winters	1
189	Lil Heno	1
190	Ysn Flow	1
191	Witchlight Marauder	1
192	Cheryl-Lynn McHugh	1
193	Sophie Riddle	1
194	Yanta Limey	1
195	Bjork Gunmundsdottir	1
196	The Depaysement	1
197	Wax Cannon	1
198	JMacami	1
199	Sly Fungi	1
200	Eddie Beatss	1
201	Art Buddie n Soul	1
202	The Left Hooks	1
203	Mongol Gentlemen's Club	1
204	Carol Zoccoli	1
205	HIIT Christmas Carols	1
206	James Robin	1
207	Arbutus	1
208	gemini cusp	1
209	Hello Fellow Humans	1
210	Alex Erwin	1
211	Henry Skalla	1
212	Jack Lion	1
213	Lang DeLancey	1
214	Benjamin Adams	1
215	Si-Mōne	1
216	l[one]ly	1
217	Quice	1
218	N-Gee Masia	1
219	KiKi Wilder	1
220	JankWang	1
221	Hordes Of Wrath	1
222	Shaggy-Knees	1
223	The Psyders	1
224	Plain Folks Scare Me!	1
225	H14	1
226	Club Ivy	1
227	Dogshit & Streetsludge	1
228	Kevin Mills	1
229	MarnieMarina	1
230	Rotten Tomatos	1
231	Kevin Keith	1
232	Lowalo	1
233	Actress Pets	1
234	Davido	1
235	Nara Visa	1
236	kittydoc	1
237	Zander.	1
238	Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra	1
239	Aybul	1
240	Bad Channels	1
241	Itzzpolo	1
242	MyCompiledThoughts	1
243	Grubbs	1
244	We Met On Friday	1
245	Sigma K	1
246	Kendra Adi	1
247	Brooke Emily	1
248	deggie	1
249	volo	1
250	It Is Finished	1
251	Trinity Gospel	1
252	Smaran Raj Nakarmi	1
253	Curbstone	1
254	Briny Brown and the Throwdowns	1
255	Good Morning Milo	1
256	Apocalypse Five and Dime	1
257	Automne Vein	1
258	corks	1
259	Timelapse Aurora	1
260	Grand Master Chilly T and Stevie G	1
261	Bo Bingham	1
262	Becky Kapell	1
263	Jay&Jo	1
264	Big Heff	1
265	Flashbot	1
266	buffalo hideout	1
267	Erin Judge	1
268	ALTERVERS	1
269	Cento	1
270	April Rose	1
271	Motus Tenebrae	1
272	Hostile Inc.	1
273	Royce Jones	1
274	George Hannah	1
275	Vern Williams	1
276	James Houlik	1
277	Pedro Maroni	1
278	Paul Copoulos	1
279	Napoleon Douglas	1
280	Eddie Newton	1
281	Volunteer	1
282	SuperKek	1
283	Mohammad Saed	1
284	King Oxbow	1
285	Reed Kanero	1
286	German Staatsoper Berlin Choir	1
287	SHIGEYUKI GOTO	1
288	Toyo	1
289	Jake Ritchey	1
290	Jhade Tittà	1
291	Kiara	1
292	Ťaii$kii	1
293	Rel	1
294	Doroteja	1
295	Galla	1
296	The Rotterdam Philharmonic Wind Soloist	1