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