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
76 Yard Act 7.4k 34.6 49.8% New wave
77 Bow Wow Wow 7.3k 39.4 21.2% New wave
78 TR/ST 6.8k 33.3 46.1% New wave
79 Big Special 6.8k 34.6 50.0% New wave
80 Total Control 6.8k 32.9 64.7% New wave
81 The Lords of the New Church 6.4k 46.9 49.3% New wave
82 The Crüxshadows 6.3k 38.4 49.7% New wave
83 Urban Heat 6.3k 31.2 48.5% New wave
84 And Also the Trees 5.9k 0.0 0.0% New wave
85 Heavy Lungs 5.5k 39.0 40.0% New wave
86 The Fixx 5.5k 42.3 44.0% New wave
87 Preoccupations 5.3k 37.4 55.9% New wave
88 Wall of Voodoo 5.2k 43.0 46.7% New wave
89 Dance With the Dead 5.2k 43.9 2.9% New wave
90 VOWWS 5k 40.4 50.2% New wave
91 Love and Rockets 4.7k 42.3 42.1% New wave
92 Dreadful Shadows 4.5k 42.0 42.0% New wave
93 Soft Kill 4.4k 35.7 40.4% New wave
94 Then Comes Silence 4.3k 33.6 32.8% New wave
95 The Clockworks 4k 33.8 31.8% New wave
96 Bootblacks 3.9k 40.4 50.2% New wave
97 Nabihah Iqbal 3.7k 40.4 50.2% New wave
98 Sextile 3.7k 30.7 69.9% New wave
99 The Suburbs 3.5k 43.7 51.1% New wave
100 Tramhaus 3.5k 33.7 53.6% 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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