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
26 The Suburbs 30k 40.6 42.2% New wave
27 Courting 30k 40.9 53.7% New wave
28 Molchat Doma 29k 38.7 64.6% New wave
29 Heartworms 25k 36.9 64.5% New wave
30 fIREHOSE 24k 22.6 43.9% New wave
31 Motorama 19k 37.5 85.9% New wave
32 The The 18k 40.7 46.4% New wave
33 High Vis 16k 34.8 50.5% New wave
34 Talk Show 14k 41.3 42.1% New wave
35 Lene Lovich 14k 52.6 97.0% New wave
36 Blurt 13k 34.7 69.9% New wave
37 Carpenter Brut 13k 0.0 0.0% New wave
38 Urban Heat 12k 0.0 0.0% New wave
39 Black Marble 11k 35.2 46.7% New wave
40 Lebanon Hanover 11k 39.9 50.3% New wave
41 Love and Rockets 10k 39.6 40.3% New wave
42 Death in June 10k 44.7 56.7% New wave
43 Preoccupations 10k 39.9 47.4% New wave
44 Twin Tribes 9.4k 38.7 64.6% New wave
45 Empathy Test 8.7k 43.3 47.7% New wave
46 DEADLETTER 8.6k 38.7 64.6% New wave
47 Bambara 8.1k 38.3 62.1% New wave
48 The Fixx 8.1k 37.1 78.1% New wave
49 French Police 7.9k 38.7 64.6% New wave
50 THUS LOVE 7.9k 36.1 47.4% 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 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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