KROQ Inspired Top Songs of 2026 So Far
This 2026 list is a KROQ-inspired snapshot through June 3, 2026. It is built primarily from KROQ weekly playlist posts from January through May 2026, with a light assist from alternative-airplay reporting where a song was clearly breaking nationally. Rankings will probably change as more 2026 KROQ playlist weeks appear.
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Download Song List (TXT)| Rank | Artist | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierce The Veil | So Far So Fake | The Jaws of Life (2023) |
| 2 | Sublime | Ensenada | Until The Sun Explodes (2026) |
| 3 | Twenty One Pilots | Drag Path | Breach (2025) |
| 4 | Tame Impala | Dracula | Deadbeat (2025) |
| 5 | The Paradox | Get The Message | Get The Message (Single) (2025) |
| 6 | sombr | Back To Friends | I Barely Know Her (2025) |
| 7 | Royel Otis | who's your boyfriend | hickey (2025) |
| 8 | Sublime | Until The Sun Explodes | Until The Sun Explodes (2026) |
| 9 | Linkin Park | Heavy Is The Crown | From Zero (2024) |
| 10 | Evanescence | Afterlife | Non-album Single (2025) [From Devil May Cry Soundtrack (2025)] |
| 11 | Turnstile | LOOK OUT FOR ME | Never Enough (2025) |
| 12 | Yellowcard | Bedroom Posters | Better Days (2025) |
| 13 | Justice ft. Tame Impala | Neverender | Hyperdrama (2024) |
| 14 | Wet Leg | mangetout | Moisturizer (2025) |
| 15 | Deftones | infinite source | Private Music (2025) |
| 16 | Bad Omens | Specter | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 17 | Weezer | Go Away | Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014) |
| 18 | Social Distortion | Born To Kill | Born to Kill (2026) |
| 19 | Muse | Be With You | The Wow! Signal (2026) |
| 20 | Edgehill | Doubletake | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 21 | Death Cab For Cutie | Riptides | Plans: 20th Anniversary Edition (2025) |
| 22 | Cannons | Starlight | Everything Glows (2026) |
| 23 | Foo Fighters | Your Favorite Toy | Your Favorite Toy (2026) |
| 24 | Noah Kahan | The Great Divide | Non-album Single (2025) |
| 25 | Papa Roach | Wake Up Calling | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 26 | Royel Otis | Linger | Non-album Single (2024) |
| 27 | Young The Giant | Different Kind Of Love | Victory Garden (2026) |
| 28 | Bleachers | you and forever | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 29 | Arctic Monkeys | Opening Night | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 30 | YUNGBLUD & The Smashing Pumpkins | Zombie | Idols (2025) [2026 version with The Smashing Pumpkins] |
| 31 | Sum 41 | Landmines | Heaven :x: Hell (2024) |
| 32 | Hozier | Too Sweet | Unreal Unearth: Unheard (2024) |
| 33 | almost monday | can't slow down | Dive (2024) |
| 34 | Mumford & Sons with Hozier | Rubber Band Man | Rushmere (Deluxe) (2025) |
| 35 | DJO | End Of Beginning | DECIDE (2022) |
| 36 | Linkin Park | The Emptiness Machine | From Zero (2024) |
| 37 | Green Day | One Eyed Bastard | Saviors (2024) |
| 38 | Turnstile | NEVER ENOUGH | Never Enough (2025) |
| 39 | Joyce Manor | All My Friends Are So Depressed | I Used To Go To This Bar (2026) |
| 40 | Matt Maeson | Downstairs | A Quiet and Harmless Living (2025) |
| 41 | Bad Omens | Dying To Love | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 42 | In Color | Headlights | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 43 | The All-American Rejects | Get This | Sandbox (2026) |
| 44 | sombr | Homewrecker | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 45 | The Strokes | Going Shopping | Reality Awaits (2026) |
| 46 | Temper City | Self Aware | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 47 | Evanescence | Who Will You Follow | Sanctuary (2026) |
| 48 | Dexter And The Moonrocks | Freakin' Out | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 49 | Dirty Heads | One Of Those Days | 7 Seas (2026) |
| 50 | Julia Wolf | In My Room | Non-album Single (2026) |
| 51 | Twenty One Pilots | City Walls | Breach (2025) |
| 52 | Foo Fighters | Asking For A Friend | Your Favorite Toy (2026) |
| 53 | Lola Young | Messy | This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway (2024) |
| 54 | Myles Smith | Stargazing | A Minute... (2024) |
| 55 | Sombr | 12 to 12 | I Barely Know Her (2025) |
| 56 | The All-American Rejects | Easy Come, Easy Go | Sandbox (2026) |
| 57 | Evanescence ft. K.Flay | Fight Like A Girl | Non-album Single (2025) [From Ballerina Soundtrack (2025)] |
| 58 | Tame Impala | Dracula (JENNIE Remix) | Deadbeat (2025) [JENNIE remix single (2026)] |