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 163 new waves tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. BODEGA, Crows and ADULT. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 967k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 33k, and the largest, BODEGA, reaches around 336k 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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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 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 EGYPTIAN BLUE 5.7k 38.1 48.5% New wave
52 Total Control 5.5k 36.9 56.1% New wave
53 Big Audio Dynamite 5.2k 34.7 33.4% New wave
54 Perturbator 4.9k 0.0 0.0% New wave
55 The Icicle Works 4.6k 43.5 34.8% New wave
56 Toyah 4.6k 44.0 81.9% New wave
57 Peter Hook & the Light 4.3k 37.8 45.2% New wave
58 Sextile 4.3k 31.6 63.0% New wave
59 Home Counties 3.5k 42.4 50.2% New wave
60 TRAITRS 3.4k 38.7 64.6% New wave
61 She Past Away 3k 0.0 0.0% New wave
62 Dance With the Dead 2.9k 0.0 0.0% New wave
63 Wall of Voodoo 2.8k 39.8 44.1% New wave
64 Drab Majesty 2.6k 0.0 0.0% New wave
65 Korine 2.5k 0.0 0.0% New wave
66 Ultra Sunn 2.4k 38.7 64.6% New wave
67 Provoker 2.3k 38.7 64.6% New wave
68 Shortparis 2.1k 38.7 64.6% New wave
69 Nabihah Iqbal 2.1k 38.7 64.6% New wave
70 TR/ST 2.1k 32.8 42.9% New wave
71 The Lords of the New Church 2.1k 35.0 81.1% New wave
72 Anne Clark 2.1k 52.6 97.0% New wave
73 Big Special 2k 37.6 56.4% New wave
74 Gurriers 2k 40.7 75.8% New wave
75 Gustaf 2k 39.3 48.8% 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?

BODEGA currently leads with an estimated audience of 336k people in Canada.

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