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
51 Images in Vogue 7.7k 0.0 0.0% New wave
52 Pixel Grip 7.6k 31.6 63.0% New wave
53 The Motels 7.2k 38.5 43.2% New wave
54 Hotel Lux 6.7k 0.0 0.0% New wave
55 EGYPTIAN BLUE 5.7k 38.1 48.5% New wave
56 Total Control 5.5k 36.9 56.1% New wave
57 Big Audio Dynamite 5.1k 34.7 33.4% New wave
58 Perturbator 4.9k 0.0 0.0% New wave
59 The Icicle Works 4.6k 43.5 34.8% New wave
60 Toyah 4.6k 44.0 81.9% New wave
61 Peter Hook & the Light 4.3k 37.8 45.2% New wave
62 Sextile 4.3k 31.6 63.0% New wave
63 Home Counties 3.5k 42.4 50.2% New wave
64 TRAITRS 3.4k 38.7 64.6% New wave
65 She Past Away 3k 0.0 0.0% New wave
66 Dance With the Dead 2.9k 0.0 0.0% New wave
67 Wall of Voodoo 2.8k 39.8 44.1% New wave
68 Drab Majesty 2.6k 0.0 0.0% New wave
69 Korine 2.5k 0.0 0.0% New wave
70 Ultra Sunn 2.4k 38.7 64.6% New wave
71 Provoker 2.3k 38.7 64.6% New wave
72 Shortparis 2.1k 38.7 64.6% New wave
73 Nabihah Iqbal 2.1k 38.7 64.6% New wave
74 TR/ST 2.1k 32.8 42.9% New wave
75 The Lords of the New Church 2.1k 35.0 81.1% 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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