Does the indie genre do well in the charts?

This is the top 23 songs in the alternative charts on itunes. This helps to show that indie music does sell well because in this top 23 there are indie bands such as ; The Killers, Kings of leon,Elbow, Radiohead,Snow Patrol
 and Plain white T's. This shows that quite a few indie bands make it into the charts and has quite a loyal following in terms of fans willing to pay for their music instead of illegally downloading it.
This shows that this genre does well sales wise. Which means that an indie magazine would sell well because their fans are really into this type of music.