Popularity ranking · Ireland

The 100 most popular New Waves in Ireland

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in Ireland, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 162 new waves tracked in Ireland, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Fontaines D.C., David Byrne and Gary Numan lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 371k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 8.9k, and the largest, Fontaines D.C., reaches around 254k people in Ireland. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Ireland and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Ireland who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Fontaines D.C. 254k 38.2 54.4% New wave
2 David Byrne 64k 49.8 43.4% New wave
3 Gary Numan 53k 48.7 45.2% New wave
4 Crows 48k 41.7 64.4% New wave
5 BODEGA 42k 35.8 57.3% New wave
6 Television 40k 45.5 37.5% New wave
7 ACTORS 38k 44.3 84.5% New wave
8 Home Front 38k 41.6 47.5% New wave
9 Spoons 34k 44.0 73.2% New wave
10 ADULT. 30k 35.3 67.8% New wave
11 The Nightingales 23k 36.3 19.7% New wave
12 Gurriers 22k 45.6 80.1% New wave
13 shame 15k 43.3 55.2% New wave
14 Pylon 13k 43.9 41.3% New wave
15 Merchandise 13k 40.5 55.3% New wave
16 Psyche 13k 42.0 43.0% New wave
17 Automatic 12k 38.1 43.7% New wave
18 The Murder Capital 10k 46.5 70.0% New wave
19 The The 10k 43.8 52.7% New wave
20 Toyah 9.3k 51.0 49.8% New wave
21 High Vis 8.9k 37.9 48.7% New wave
22 Do Nothing 6.9k 42.4 53.2% New wave
23 Molchat Doma 6.3k 49.8 43.4% New wave
24 Ought 6.2k 43.6 51.1% New wave
25 Spear of Destiny 5.8k 45.8 56.6% 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 Ireland 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 Ireland?

Fontaines D.C. currently leads with an estimated audience of 254k people in Ireland.

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