| 1 | Linkin Park | Heavy Is the Crown | From Zero (2024) |
| 2 | Linkin Park | Up From The Bottom | From Zero (2024) |
| 3 | Shinedown | Three Six Five | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 4 | The Head And The Heart | Arrow | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 5 | sombr | back to friends | Non-album Single (2024) |
| 6 | Jonah Kagen | God Needs The Devil | Non-album Single (2024) |
| 7 | Lola Young | Messy | This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway (2024) |
| 8 | Djo | Basic Being Basic | The Crux (2025) |
| 9 | Good Neighbours | Ripple | Good Neighbours (2024) |
| 10 | Myles Smith | Nice To Meet You | A Minute… (2024) |
| 11 | Dexter and The Moonrocks | Ritalin | Happy To Be Here (2025) |
| 12 | Green Day | One Eyed Bastard | Saviors (2024) |
| 13 | Hozier | Too Sweet | Unreal Unearth: Unheard (2024) |
| 14 | Wet Leg | catch these fists | Moisturizer (2025) |
| 15 | The Black Keys | The Night Before | No Rain, No Flowers (2024) |
| 16 | Mumford & Sons | Rushmere | Rushmere (2025) |
| 17 | Lorde | What Was That | Virgin (2025) |
| 18 | ROLE MODEL | Sally, When the Wine Runs Out | Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye) (2024) |
| 19 | Turnstile | NEVER ENOUGH | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 20 | Myles Smith | Stargazing | A Minute… (2024) |
| 21 | Sleep Token | Emergence | Even in Arcadia (2025) |
| 22 | Fontaines D.C. | It’s Amazing to Be Young | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 23 | Evanescence | Afterlife | Non-album Single (2025) [From Devil May Cry Soundtrack (2025)] |
| 24 | almost monday | Jupiter | Dive (2024) |
| 25 | Blue October | Hot Stuff | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 26 | Royel Otis | moody | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 27 | Ghost | Satanized | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 28 | Slow Joy | Gruesome | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 29 | Momma | I Want You (Fever) | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 30 | Three Days Grace | Mayday | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 31 | Disturbed | I Will Not Break | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 32 | Three Days Grace | Apologies | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 33 | Sam Fender | People Watching | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 34 | The Lumineers | Same Old Song | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 35 | Justice ft. Tame Impala | Neverender | Hyperdrama (2024) |
| 36 | Volbeat | By a Monster’s Hand | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 37 | The Beaches | Last Girls at the Party | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 38 | Julia Wolf | In My Room | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 39 | Breaking Benjamin | Awaken | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 40 | Ax and the Hatchetmen | Blurry Lights | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 41 | HAIM | Relationships | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 42 | YUNGBLUD | Lovesick Lullaby | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 43 | The Offspring | OK, But This Is The Last Time | SUPERCHARGED (2024) |
| 44 | Cameron Whitcomb | Bad Apple | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 45 | Wolf Alice | Bloom Baby Bloom | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 46 | Inhaler | Your House | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 47 | The Hives | Enough Is Enough | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 48 | Winona Fighter | You Look Like a Drunk Phoebe Bridgers | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 49 | Bob Moses | Time of Your Life | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 50 | HARDY | Jim Bob | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 51 | Nothing More ft. Chris Daughtry | Freefall | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 52 | 311 | Full Bloom | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 53 | Chevelle | Rabbit Hole (Cowards Pt. 1) | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 54 | Giovannie and the Hired Guns | Quitter | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 55 | A Day to Remember | All My Friends | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 56 | Killswitch Engage | I Believe | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 57 | The Ramona Flowers | Human | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 58 | Seether | Walls Come Down | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 59 | Shinedown | Dance, Kid, Dance | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 60 | flipturn | Rodeo Clown | Shadowglow (2024) |
| 61 | Halestorm | Darkness Always Wins | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 62 | Mother Mother | Make Believe | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 63 | sombr | Undressed | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 64 | Green Day | Smash It Like Belushi | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 65 | Kingfishr | Man on the Moon | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 66 | Twenty One Pilots | The Line | Arcane Season 2 OST (2025) |
| 67 | Lord Huron | Nothing I Need | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 68 | Spiritbox | Perfect Soul | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 69 | Fontaines D.C. | Favourite | Romance (2024) |
| 70 | Poppy | The Cost of Giving Up | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 71 | Sam Fender | Tyrants | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 72 | Billy Idol | Still Dancing | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 73 | Nothing More ft. Eric Vanlerberghe | House on Sand | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 74 | Architects | Everything Ends | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 75 | Pop Evil | Wishful Thinking | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 76 | Twenty One Pilots | Routines in the Night | Clancy (2024) |
| 77 | Judah & the Lion | Floating in the Night | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 78 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Who Goes There | Aghori Mhori Mei (2024) |
| 79 | Clover County | Ultraviolet | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 80 | Myles Smith | Wait for You | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 81 | Wage War | Blur | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 82 | Valley | When You Know Someone | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 83 | OK Go | Love | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 84 | Culture Wars | It Hurts | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 85 | KALEO | Bloodline | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 86 | NEIKED & Portugal. The Man | Glide | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 87 | The Blue Stones | Come Apart | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 88 | Rise Against | Nod | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 89 | Wilderado | Higher Than Most | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 90 | Badflower | Paws | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 91 | Phantogram | Come Alive | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 92 | Bad Suns | Communicating | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 93 | Coheed and Cambria | Someone Who Can | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 94 | Balu Brigada | So Cold | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 95 | AWOLNATION | Barbarian | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 96 | Nothing More ft. Eric Vanlerberghe | House on Sand | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 97 | Tony Leonardi | Somewhere To Go | Somewhere To Go (2025) |
| 98 | Tony Leonardi | Don’t Go Alone | Don’t Go Alone (2025) |
| 99 | Tony Leonardi | I Don’t Care | Don’t Go Alone (2025) |
| 100 | The Gravedigger’s Son | Self Inflicted Wounds | Self Inflicted Wounds (2025) |
| 101 | grinning | mr. kleen | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 102 | Errands | Smile | Errands (2025) |
| 103 | Lost Velvet | Endless | Endless (2025) |
| 104 | Orbit 17 | Kisarazu | Kisarazu (2025) |
| 105 | Luje | Too Cold | Too Cold (2025) |
| 106 | Odd Blossom | Insomniac | Insomniac (2025) |
About 2025
In 2025, KROQ’s airwaves crackled with a potent blend of nu-metal revival, indie swagger, and introspective anthems, mixing fresh 2025 releases with lingering 2024 bangers. Linkin Park’s electrifying “Heavy Is the Crown” and “Up From The Bottom” led the charge, while Papa Roach’s raw “Even If It Kills Me” and Sleep Token’s enigmatic “Emergence” pushed boundaries. almost monday’s sunny “can’t slow down,” Wet Leg’s punchy “catch these fists,” and Djo’s quirky “Basic Being Basic” kept Southern California’s radio buzzing with eclectic energy. This mid-year list, capturing the best of KROQ’s 2025 airwaves as of May 2025, is compiled from Billboard airplay data and other sources, ranked by 2025 alternative airplay.