Popularity ranking · Belgium

The 100 most popular New Waves in Belgium

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in Belgium, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 161 new waves tracked in Belgium, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. David Byrne, Spoons and Fontaines D.C. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 260k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 8.3k, and the largest, David Byrne, reaches around 103k people in Belgium. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Belgium and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Belgium who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Belgium. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Belgium, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Belgium. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 David Byrne 103k 50.2 48.8% New wave
2 Spoons 101k 48.6 74.2% New wave
3 Fontaines D.C. 56k 40.4 55.0% New wave
4 Motorama 49k 41.2 85.5% New wave
5 Home Front 37k 38.9 34.0% New wave
6 Television 33k 45.2 46.2% New wave
7 Merchandise 26k 38.7 44.6% New wave
8 Hotel Lux 26k 0.0 0.0% New wave
9 Crows 25k 40.4 45.9% New wave
10 BODEGA 24k 38.6 54.6% New wave
11 ACTORS 22k 43.6 85.1% New wave
12 ADULT. 21k 37.3 66.5% New wave
13 Anne Clark 20k 54.2 97.5% New wave
14 Psyche 19k 44.5 37.3% New wave
15 Whispering Sons 18k 39.8 69.5% New wave
16 Gary Numan 17k 49.4 45.3% New wave
17 Vive la Fête 17k 35.0 55.3% New wave
18 shame 15k 43.1 48.9% New wave
19 Molchat Doma 12k 50.2 48.8% New wave
20 Automatic 12k 39.7 45.7% New wave
21 Deeper 12k 38.6 54.6% New wave
22 Pylon 7.1k 47.6 48.0% New wave
23 Lene Lovich 6.9k 54.2 97.5% New wave
24 The Nightingales 6.9k 36.1 21.7% New wave
25 The The 6.5k 45.4 49.4% New wave

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular new waves compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Belgium and ranks each new wave by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest new wave in Belgium?

David Byrne currently leads with an estimated audience of 103k people in Belgium.

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