Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular New Waves in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 167 new waves tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. HighSchool, Iceage and BODEGA lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 47k, and the largest, HighSchool, reaches around 738k people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. 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 Canada, 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 Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 HighSchool 738k 38.7 64.6% New wave
2 Iceage 378k 37.2 45.2% New wave
3 BODEGA 336k 36.1 47.4% New wave
4 Crows 322k 37.7 63.1% New wave
5 ADULT. 309k 30.9 70.1% New wave
6 Pylon 211k 30.7 67.1% New wave
7 ACTORS 206k 40.6 82.1% New wave
8 Ductape 206k 38.7 64.6% New wave
9 David Byrne 188k 40.4 51.2% New wave
10 Spoons 185k 47.0 59.7% New wave
11 Television 143k 41.8 45.8% New wave
12 Home Front 135k 39.0 49.1% New wave
13 The Nightingales 131k 34.6 19.1% New wave
14 SPRINTS 103k 38.7 64.6% New wave
15 Psyche 87k 38.1 41.3% New wave
16 Automatic 82k 35.3 56.2% New wave
17 Fontaines D.C. 79k 34.3 52.9% New wave
18 Merchandise 69k 33.3 58.0% New wave
19 shame 68k 40.0 57.5% New wave
20 Gary Numan 50k 43.7 45.7% New wave
21 Spear of Destiny 44k 43.7 57.1% New wave
22 Deeper 41k 36.1 47.4% New wave
23 Do Nothing 41k 39.8 50.4% New wave
24 Ought 40k 39.9 44.8% New wave
25 GosT 33k 0.0 0.0% 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 Canada 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 Canada?

HighSchool currently leads with an estimated audience of 738k people in Canada.

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