Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular New Waves in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 168 new waves tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Merchandise, Home Front and Psyche lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 54k, and the largest, Merchandise, reaches around 393k people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany 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 Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 TVOD 42k 37.1 54.3% New wave
27 Shortparis 40k 40.4 50.2% New wave
28 GosT 38k 43.9 2.9% New wave
29 Lene Lovich 38k 49.8 72.1% New wave
30 Ought 37k 36.6 54.4% New wave
31 Death in June 37k 40.0 52.6% New wave
32 Spear of Destiny 36k 44.9 43.6% New wave
33 Twin Tribes 36k 40.4 50.2% New wave
34 TRAITRS 35k 40.4 50.2% New wave
35 Do Nothing 34k 37.5 40.6% New wave
36 Alienare 33k 36.0 39.8% New wave
37 Toyah 29k 45.9 44.4% New wave
38 Empathy Test 29k 37.8 41.6% New wave
39 Motorama 28k 39.5 67.3% New wave
40 Die Nerven 26k 35.6 50.6% New wave
41 The The 24k 40.6 39.4% New wave
42 Carpenter Brut 24k 43.9 2.9% New wave
43 Kirlian Camera 21k 40.0 52.2% New wave
44 Perturbator 21k 43.9 2.9% New wave
45 Gustaf 21k 38.7 36.9% New wave
46 Molly Nilsson 19k 32.6 41.9% New wave
47 Heartworms 18k 35.9 55.0% New wave
48 High Vis 18k 34.1 51.5% New wave
49 Pink Turns Blue 18k 43.2 42.8% New wave
50 Helena Hauff 16k 38.7 38.8% 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 Germany 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 Germany?

Merchandise currently leads with an estimated audience of 393k people in Germany.

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