Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular New Waves in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 166 new waves tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Spoons, Gary Numan and David Byrne lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 99k, and the largest, Spoons, reaches around 948k people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Spoons 948k 49.5 66.9% New wave
2 Gary Numan 818k 52.8 48.5% New wave
3 David Byrne 759k 50.4 54.7% New wave
4 Fontaines D.C. 753k 39.9 48.6% New wave
5 The Nightingales 738k 40.6 44.3% New wave
6 Crows 612k 41.3 59.4% New wave
7 ADULT. 598k 39.5 56.1% New wave
8 Toyah 397k 49.6 48.3% New wave
9 Pylon 369k 46.5 57.7% New wave
10 BODEGA 304k 38.5 54.6% New wave
11 Home Front 302k 40.2 42.1% New wave
12 ACTORS 235k 42.3 73.3% New wave
13 Automatic 170k 41.0 42.3% New wave
14 Psyche 166k 42.6 42.4% New wave
15 High Vis 155k 40.9 49.3% New wave
16 Lene Lovich 152k 50.4 66.8% New wave
17 Home Counties 148k 44.0 43.5% New wave
18 Merchandise 137k 44.3 42.8% New wave
19 shame 133k 43.0 54.3% New wave
20 Spear of Destiny 116k 48.1 46.8% New wave
21 The The 109k 47.7 46.0% New wave
22 Martin Fry 96k 53.1 43.8% New wave
23 Working Men’s Club 94k 48.7 42.5% New wave
24 Bow Wow Wow 88k 42.5 37.5% New wave
25 Do Nothing 75k 41.6 49.3% 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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?

Spoons currently leads with an estimated audience of 948k people in United Kingdom.

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