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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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
26 Deeper 4.6k 40.0 54.7% New wave
27 Lene Lovich 4.2k 48.9 51.0% New wave
28 Courting 4k 47.4 59.9% New wave
29 French Police 3.4k 49.8 43.4% New wave
30 Heartworms 2.9k 44.7 64.5% New wave
31 Hotel Lux 2.8k 0.0 0.0% New wave
32 Death in June 2.7k 44.1 59.6% New wave
33 GosT 2.6k 0.0 0.0% New wave
34 fIREHOSE 2.5k 35.0 54.0% New wave
35 Big Special 2.5k 41.8 57.8% New wave
36 Warmduscher 2.2k 41.9 44.6% New wave
37 Yard Act 2.2k 42.6 54.3% New wave
38 Home Counties 2.1k 44.0 42.4% New wave
39 Peter Hook & the Light 1.8k 39.0 49.1% New wave
40 Blurt 1.8k 31.3 100.0% New wave
41 That Petrol Emotion 1.7k 49.7 70.5% New wave
42 DEADLETTER 1.6k 49.8 43.4% New wave
43 Black Marble 1.5k 39.2 43.9% New wave
44 Big Audio Dynamite 1.5k 47.1 40.9% New wave
45 Talk Show 1.5k 39.2 39.1% New wave
46 Empathy Test 1.4k 43.5 50.2% New wave
47 Carpenter Brut 1.3k 0.0 0.0% New wave
48 Twin Tribes 1.2k 49.8 43.4% New wave
49 The Suburbs 1.1k 49.4 43.4% New wave
50 Preoccupations 1k 42.7 54.8% 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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