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Top 11 Alternative / Indies in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 11 largest alternative / indies in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. PJ Harvey, Tom Grennan and Tilly Birds lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 50k people. Across all 11 entries the average audience size is 5.2k, and the largest, PJ Harvey, reaches around 38k people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each alternative / indie, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 11, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

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

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 PJ Harvey 38k 35.4 57.1% Alternative / Indie
2 Tom Grennan 8.7k 30.0 57.0% Alternative / Indie
3 Tilly Birds 3.9k 30.2 57.0% Alternative / Indie
4 Mark Tremonti 3.6k 23.4 44.8% Alternative / Indie
5 Nick Mulvey 796 48.8 39.8% Alternative / Indie
6 Hayko Cepkin 760 29.9 71.0% Alternative / Indie
7 Huey Morgan 483 46.7 38.7% Alternative / Indie
8 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly 359 28.3 44.2% Alternative / Indie
9 Czesław Śpiewa 317 29.6 77.3% Alternative / Indie
10 David Ramírez 282 23.0 58.6% Alternative / Indie
11 Kicker Dibs 102 31.7 56.4% Alternative / Indie

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 11 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each alternative / indie 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 alternative / indie in Japan?

PJ Harvey currently leads with an estimated audience of 38k people in Japan.

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