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Top 100 New waves in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 169 new waves tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Spoons, ADULT. and Crows lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 76k, and the largest, Spoons, reaches around 3.1M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each new wave, 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 100, 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
26 fIREHOSE 30k 30.1 52.1% New wave
27 Courting 28k 34.6 60.0% New wave
28 The The 23k 34.4 60.4% New wave
29 TVOD 23k 37.5 55.3% New wave
30 Spear of Destiny 18k 38.3 63.6% New wave
31 Preoccupations 16k 33.6 66.2% New wave
32 Bow Wow Wow 16k 50.9 47.8% New wave
33 Blurt 15k 32.2 81.1% New wave
34 GosT 15k 0.0 0.0% New wave
35 Gary Numan 12k 41.5 52.4% New wave
36 Talk Show 9.9k 27.2 48.5% New wave
37 The Nightingales 9.4k 32.8 69.1% New wave
38 Hotel Lux 6.5k 0.0 0.0% New wave
39 Big Audio Dynamite 6.5k 35.6 42.4% New wave
40 IST IST 6.4k 41.7 78.8% New wave
41 The Fixx 6.3k 42.9 44.4% New wave
42 High Vis 6.1k 29.2 47.7% New wave
43 Death in June 6.1k 40.0 48.4% New wave
44 Tramhaus 5.8k 41.7 78.8% New wave
45 Love and Rockets 5.7k 42.9 68.0% New wave
46 Toyah 5.3k 46.9 54.2% New wave
47 DEADLETTER 5.3k 36.8 68.0% New wave
48 Alien Sex Fiend 5k 42.9 71.6% New wave
49 Motorama 4.8k 33.1 87.2% New wave
50 The Monochrome Set 4.7k 32.8 67.2% New wave

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan 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 Japan?

Spoons currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.1M people in Japan.

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