Rascasse Audience Intelligence

New wave music Audience in United Kingdom

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about New wave music in United Kingdom — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. New wave music has an estimated audience of 6,403,441 people in United Kingdom.

The average New wave music fan in United Kingdom is 44.2 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in England.

The audience is concentrated in England, South East, Scotland.

Top brand affinities include Wikipedia, Livemusic, Ticketmaster, with strongest over-indexing on Wikipedia (2.53× the country average).

Demographically, the New wave music audience skews balanced with an average age of 44.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Community Orientation.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 12 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical New wave music fan in United Kingdom is balanced, around 44.2 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Wikipedia.

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 United Kingdom.

Audience size
6.4M
in United Kingdom
Gender
49.1%
50.9% male
Age
44.2
average years
Country rank
#1000
Topic in United Kingdom
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+0%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of New wave music fans

49.1% are female, 50.9% are male, average age 44.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.1%
Female
50.9%
Male
Demographic split for New wave music audience in United Kingdom
MetricValue
Female49.1%
Male50.9%
Average age44.2
Estimated audience size6,403,441
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 44.2
average years
Age distribution of the New wave music audience in United Kingdom
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2913%
30-3914%
40-4927%
50+32%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

7.2%

of the worldwide New wave music audience comes from United Kingdom.

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 United Kingdom average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the New wave music audience in United Kingdom is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

New wave music fans by region: top regions in United Kingdom
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Scotland~600K1.11×
02West Midlands~300K1.10×
03South West~600K1.06×
04East of England~600K1.04×
05North East~300K1.03×
06Yorkshire and the Humber~500K1.02×
07Northern Ireland~200K0.99×
08Wales~400K0.98×
09South East~800K0.96×
10East Midlands~400K0.96×
11England~5M0.90×
12North West~600K0.89×
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×
01Duran DuranMusic & Radio5.03×
02Depeche ModeMusic & Radio5.03×
03SynthpopMusic & Radio4.95×
04This Is EnglandMovies & TV4.61×
05Debbie HarryMusic & Radio4.33×
06Paul WellerMusic & Radio4.25×
07Fleetwood MacMusic & Radio3.83×
08Boy GeorgeMusic & Radio2.61×
09WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.53×
10LivemusicMusic & Radio2.39×
11Sketch comedyMovies & TV2.37×
12Jazz fusionMusic & Radio2.16×
13Glastonbury FestivalMusic & Radio2.09×
14BritpopMusic & Radio1.94×
15SatireLiterature1.83×
16Risk managementBusiness & Career1.74×
17Electronic dance musicMusic & Radio1.72×
18Michael JacksonMusic & Radio1.65×
19TicketmasterTravel & Leisure1.63×
20PhilanthropyArts & Culture1.61×
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
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.44×
Community OrientationOPEN1.41×
TraditionCONSERVATISM1.35×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by New wave music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.74×
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM0.82×
CreativityOPEN0.89×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does New wave music have in United Kingdom?

New wave music has an estimated audience of 6,403,441 people in United Kingdom, concentrated in England and South East.

02

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

49.1% of New wave music fans are female, 50.9% are male, with an average age of 44.2 years.

03

Which brands do New wave music fans like most?

New wave music fans show strongest brand affinity for Wikipedia (2.53×), Livemusic (2.39×), and Ticketmaster (1.63×) over the country average.

04

Where do New wave music fans live in United Kingdom?

New wave music fans in United Kingdom are most concentrated in England (reach ~5M), South East (reach ~800K), and Scotland (reach ~600K). 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 Livemusic (2.39×), Ticketmaster (1.63×), This Is England (4.61×), and Michael Jackson (1.65×) compared to the United Kingdom average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom. 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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