Rascasse Audience Intelligence

New wave music Audience in France

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about New wave music in France — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. New wave music has an estimated audience of 2,785,908 people in France.

The average New wave music fan in France is 39.4 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Île-de-France.

The audience is concentrated in Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Top brand affinities include Love & Sex, Christmas Gift, Christmas tree, with strongest over-indexing on Love & Sex (193.29× the country average).

Demographically, the New wave music audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Mindfulness, Tradition.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 13 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical New wave music fan in France is balanced, around 39.4 years old, with strong Mindfulness tendencies and a notable affinity for Love & Sex.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the New wave music profile in France.

Audience size
2.8M
in France
Gender
45.4%
54.6% male
Age
39.4
average years
Country rank
#1582
Topic in France
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-4%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of New wave music fans

45.4% are female, 54.6% are male, average age 39.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

45.4%
Female
54.6%
Male
Demographic split for New wave music audience in France
MetricValue
Female45.4%
Male54.6%
Average age39.4
Estimated audience size2,785,908
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.4
average years
Age distribution of the New wave music audience in France
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2917%
30-3916%
40-4922%
50+22%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

3.2%

of the worldwide New wave music audience comes from France.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for New wave music
CountryShare
United States23.3%
United Kingdom7.2%
Italy4.9%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the France average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the New wave music audience in France is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

New wave music fans by region: top regions in France
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Pays de la Loire~200K1.31×
02Brittany~200K1.24×
03Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes~400K1.20×
04Île-de-France~600K1.15×
05Nouvelle-Aquitaine~300K1.07×
06Hauts-de-France~300K1.05×
07Occitanie~300K1.04×
08Grand Est~200K0.96×
09Centre-Val de Loire~100K0.95×
10Normandy~100K0.91×
11Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur~200K0.90×
12Corsica~10K0.89×
13Bourgogne-Franche-Comté~90K0.84×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the New wave music audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for New wave music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Love & SexKids & Family193.29×
02SelfridgesShopping151.53×
03Plants vs. ZombiesGames61.22×
04Marvel UniverseGames41.03×
05Christmas treeKids & Family23.23×
06Tears for FearsMusic & Radio23.16×
07Christmas GiftKids & Family20.92×
08Duran DuranMusic & Radio20.00×
09Peter GabrielMusic & Radio19.66×
10Girl powerPolitics & Society17.01×
11Broadcasting of sports eventsMovies & TV13.24×
12Psychological horrorHealth12.45×
13Zoom lensTechnology & Electronics8.46×
14DentistryBusiness & Career7.80×
15Kitchen gardenHome & Garden7.51×
16Breast Cancer awarenessHealth7.48×
17ImprovisationMusic & Radio4.50×
18Musical theatreMovies & TV3.51×
19Progressive rockMusic & Radio3.47×
20MSNNews2.35×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the New wave music audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by New wave music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE2.17×
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.67×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.45×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by New wave music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.75×
IndulgenceJOY0.82×
Community OrientationOPEN0.87×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does New wave music have in France?

New wave music has an estimated audience of 2,785,908 people in France, concentrated in Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

02

What is the gender split and age of New wave music fans?

45.4% of New wave music fans are female, 54.6% are male, with an average age of 39.4 years.

03

Which brands do New wave music fans like most?

New wave music fans show strongest brand affinity for Love & Sex (193.29×), Christmas Gift (20.92×), and Christmas tree (23.23×) over the country average.

04

Where do New wave music fans live in France?

New wave music fans in France are most concentrated in Île-de-France (reach ~600K), Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (reach ~400K), and Nouvelle-Aquitaine (reach ~300K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do New wave music fans also like?

Beyond New wave music itself, the audience over-indexes on Christmas Gift (20.92×), Christmas tree (23.23×), Broadcasting of sports events (13.24×), and Plants vs. Zombies (61.22×) compared to the France average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in France who actively search for New wave music. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across France. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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