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 317 42.2 48.4% New wave
77 Sextile 282 34.2 68.0% New wave
78 Vision Video 277 New wave
79 Dame Area 277 40.5 42.8% New wave
80 Motorama 275 40.5 82.7% New wave
81 The Lords of the New Church 270 50.2 43.5% New wave
82 Wall of Voodoo 247 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 229 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 212 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 Vosh 196 49.8 43.4% New wave
92 Selofan 196 49.8 43.4% New wave
93 Bootblacks 196 49.8 43.4% New wave
94 Elvis Costello & The Attractions 185 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 179 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 166 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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