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
76 Alien Sex Fiend 318 42.2 48.4% New wave
77 Sextile 283 34.2 68.0% New wave
78 Dame Area 278 40.5 42.8% New wave
79 Vision Video 278 New wave
80 Motorama 276 40.5 82.7% New wave
81 The Lords of the New Church 270 50.2 43.5% New wave
82 Wall of Voodoo 248 36.3 51.3% New wave
83 Deep Tan 246 49.8 43.4% New wave
84 The Underground Youth 242 40.1 38.7% New wave
85 Tramhaus 230 41.7 64.4% New wave
86 The Crüxshadows 218 38.1 50.3% New wave
87 Anne Clark 213 39.6 47.4% New wave
88 VOWWS 213 49.8 43.4% New wave
89 HMLTD 207 47.4 59.9% New wave
90 Pink Turns Blue 204 41.1 43.6% New wave
91 Bootblacks 197 49.8 43.4% New wave
92 Selofan 197 49.8 43.4% New wave
93 Vosh 197 49.8 43.4% New wave
94 Elvis Costello & The Attractions 186 45.6 41.2% New wave
95 Kirlian Camera 185 39.7 52.3% New wave
96 Grave Pleasures 180 49.8 43.4% New wave
97 Theatre of Hate 180 0.0 0.0% New wave
98 Vive la Fête 173 47.4 64.5% New wave
99 Dance With the Dead 168 0.0 0.0% New wave
100 TVOD 167 40.3 59.4% 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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