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
51 Lebanon Hanover 1k 41.1 43.6% New wave
52 Perturbator 807 0.0 0.0% New wave
53 Love and Rockets 791 38.5 50.3% New wave
54 THUS LOVE 787 35.8 57.3% New wave
55 Pixel Grip 647 34.2 68.0% New wave
56 Bambara 645 40.7 49.2% New wave
57 Shortparis 633 49.8 43.4% New wave
58 Urban Heat 614 0.0 0.0% New wave
59 Helena Hauff 569 34.0 50.8% New wave
60 The Icicle Works 568 49.0 45.9% New wave
61 The Clockworks 544 38.1 43.8% New wave
62 EGYPTIAN BLUE 527 38.1 55.0% New wave
63 She Past Away 469 0.0 0.0% New wave
64 Heavy Lungs 465 42.3 59.5% New wave
65 Total Control 441 41.8 53.5% New wave
66 Nabihah Iqbal 427 49.8 43.4% New wave
67 TRAITRS 423 49.8 43.4% New wave
68 Drab Majesty 380 0.0 0.0% New wave
69 Provoker 363 49.8 43.4% New wave
70 Molly Nilsson 363 37.5 45.8% New wave
71 The Motels 357 38.2 45.3% New wave
72 Crack Cloud 339 41.6 58.6% New wave
73 Ultra Sunn 328 49.8 43.4% New wave
74 IST IST 326 42.4 62.0% New wave
75 Gustaf 320 39.9 49.8% 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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