List of number-one modern rock hits of 2008 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine Modern Rock Tracks number-one hits of 2008.

List

Key
	Indicates best charting alternative single of 2008 Note: Year-End most popular alternative/modern rock songs, ranked by airplay detections as measured by Nielsen BDS.

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference(s)
January 5	"Fake It"	Seether	^[1]
January 12			^[2]
January 19			^[3]
January 26			^[4]
February 2			^[5]
February 9			^[6]
February 16			^[7]
February 23			^[8]
March 1	"Long Road to Ruin"	Foo Fighters	^[9]
March 8			^[10]
March 15			^[11]
March 22			^[12]
March 29			^[13]
April 5			^[14]
April 12			^[15]
April 19	"Psycho"	Puddle of Mudd	^[16]
April 26	"Psycho"	Puddle of Mudd	^[17]
May 3	"Rise Above This"	Seether	^[18]
May 10	"Rise Above This"	Seether	^[19]
May 17	"Pork and Beans"	Weezer	^[20]
May 24			^[21]
May 31			^[22]
June 7			^[23]
June 14			^[24]
June 21			^[25]
June 28			^[26]
July 5			^[27]
July 12			^[28]
July 19			^[29]
July 26			^[30]
August 2	"Let It Die"	Foo Fighters	^[31]
August 9			^[32]
August 16			^[33]
August 23			^[34]
August 30	"Viva la Vida"	Coldplay	^[35]
September 6	"Viva la Vida"	Coldplay	^[36]
September 13	"Believe"	Staind	^[37]
September 20			^[38]
September 27			^[39]
October 4	"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid"	The Offspring	^[40]
October 11			^[41]
October 18			^[42]
October 25			^[43]
November 1			^[44]
November 8			^[45]
November 15			^[46]
November 22			^[47]
November 29			^[48]
December 6			^[49]
December 13			^[50]
December 20	"Sex on Fire"	Kings of Leon	^[51]
December 27	"Sex on Fire"	Kings of Leon	^[52]