With 2025 coming to a close, 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, who are still currently on their "From World Zero" Tour, which supported their 2024 album From Zero. Following close behind were Alternative icons Green Day, Blink-182, Foo Fighters and rising star Myles Smith.
The Alternative song that fans were listening to on iHeartRadio the most this year was Lola Young's "Messy," followed by Gigi Perez's "Sailor Song," Myles Smith's "Nice To Meet You," almost monday's "can't slow down" and SOMBR's "Back To Friends."
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 2025 below, and keep an eye out for your own personalized iHeartRewind, which will be arriving in inboxes soon!
Top Alternative Artists 2025
1. Linkin Park
2. Green Day
3. Blink-182
4. Foo Fighters
5. Myles Smith
Top Alternative Songs 2025
1. Lola Young – “Messy”
2. Gigi Perez – “Sailor Song”
3. Myles Smith – “Nice To Meet You”
4. almost monday – “can’t slow down”
5. SOMBR – “Back To Friends”