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