iHeartRadio Rewind: Wrap Up 2026 With iHeartRadio's Top Alternative Artists & Songs

With the end of 2026 just around the corner, iHeartRadio is celebrating this year's biggest and best in music with iHeartRadio Rewind, iHeartRadio's list of most-played artists and songs of the year.

In the Alternative Rock world, this year's top Alternative artist on iHeartRadio was Linkin Park. Following close behind were musicians such as Sublime, Green Day, Foo Fighters and sombr.

The Alternative song that fans were listening to on iHeartRadio the most this year was Sublime's "Ensenada," followed by sombr's "Back To Friends," Tame Impala's "Dracula," Pierce the Veil's "So Far So Fake" and Temper City's "Self Aware."

To find this data, we looked at the total audience spins (TAS) as well as streams across iHeartRadio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app and compiled several categories for fans to enjoy.

Check out iHeartRewind's top Alternative artists and songs of 2026 below!

Top Alternative Artists 2026

1. Linkin Park

2. Sublime

3. Green Day

4. Foo Fighters

5. sombr

Top Alternative Songs 2026

1. Sublime - "Ensenada"

2. sombr- "Back to Friends"

3. Tame Impala - "Dracula"

4. Pierce the Veil - "So Far So Fake"

5. Temper City- "Self Aware"