Popularity ranking · France

The 100 most popular New Waves in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 164 new waves tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Home Front, BODEGA and Merchandise lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 614k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 24k, and the largest, Home Front, reaches around 272k people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France 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 France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 French Police 15k 45.6 46.6% New wave
27 The The 15k 44.1 46.4% New wave
28 Bow Wow Wow 14k 46.7 35.4% New wave
29 Death in June 13k 43.3 49.9% New wave
30 Do Nothing 13k 41.5 50.9% New wave
31 Motorama 12k 37.6 84.9% New wave
32 Heartworms 12k 38.1 59.3% New wave
33 And Also the Trees 12k 0.0 0.0% New wave
34 She Past Away 12k 0.0 0.0% New wave
35 Lebanon Hanover 11k 35.4 33.5% New wave
36 Twin Tribes 11k 45.6 46.6% New wave
37 Spear of Destiny 10k 43.6 49.1% New wave
38 Preoccupations 9.8k 38.7 42.7% New wave
39 Shortparis 9.8k 45.6 46.6% New wave
40 The Lords of the New Church 9.3k 46.5 64.9% New wave
41 Anne Clark 8.3k 39.6 47.4% New wave
42 DEADLETTER 8.2k 45.6 46.6% New wave
43 Television 7.6k 44.2 42.6% New wave
44 Molly Nilsson 7.4k 37.5 45.8% New wave
45 Ganser 7k 43.7 63.9% New wave
46 High Vis 6.7k 38.0 47.5% New wave
47 THUS LOVE 6.6k 38.0 50.4% New wave
48 Heavy Lungs 6.4k 40.3 56.2% New wave
49 Toyah 6.2k 43.9 47.1% New wave
50 Tuxedomoon 6k 45.4 50.9% 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 France 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 France?

Home Front currently leads with an estimated audience of 272k people in France.

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