[TheWildHeart67]

IMO Rolling Stone doesn't have the influence and power it once had.
All the big influential magazines have lost that.
The internet has changed everything so much.
I agree all the pop-ups and ads on Rolling Stone's website are very intrusive and the design is poor.
As for the "numbers" thing, they number artists as so the most current and trendy are mixed throughout in order to please the younger demographics.
MANY of the "current" acts shouldn't be on this list at all.
But Rolling Stone is trying to maintain relevance.
The majority of the most popular current, so called, "artists" consist of auto-tuning, electronic music.
Very few actually have real drums, guitars and bass.
It's not just Rock that has been dying off, but Pop music in general is mostly artificial now.