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
76 Heavy Lungs 889 42.7 45.6% New wave
77 Alien Sex Fiend 774 47.0 36.6% New wave
78 Love and Rockets 774 39.4 46.4% New wave
79 TRAITRS 763 50.2 48.8% New wave
80 EGYPTIAN BLUE 760 40.9 52.5% New wave
81 Then Comes Silence 740 43.4 42.1% New wave
82 Theatre of Hate 717 0.0 0.0% New wave
83 Empathy Test 681 43.3 50.8% New wave
84 Nabihah Iqbal 649 50.2 48.8% New wave
85 Kirlian Camera 584 39.4 54.0% New wave
86 Home Counties 537 44.1 61.4% New wave
87 TVOD 521 37.7 54.1% New wave
88 VOWWS 495 50.2 48.8% New wave
89 Wall of Voodoo 484 29.7 61.4% New wave
90 Desperate Journalist 481 45.1 67.2% New wave
91 Edwin Rosen 452 41.7 45.2% New wave
92 Big Audio Dynamite 437 44.7 33.1% New wave
93 The Soft Moon 424 40.3 43.5% New wave
94 Total Control 405 41.5 54.7% New wave
95 The Motels 395 37.7 45.0% New wave
96 Dance With the Dead 389 0.0 0.0% New wave
97 Crack Cloud 380 40.7 54.4% New wave
98 Crime & the City Solution 348 38.5 67.9% New wave
99 Soft Kill 330 40.3 43.5% New wave
100 TR/ST 314 26.8 29.5% 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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