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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
76 EGYPTIAN BLUE 1.7k 33.0 61.8% New wave
77 Crack Cloud 1.5k 33.6 66.0% New wave
78 Provoker 1.5k 36.8 68.0% New wave
79 Working Men’s Club 1.5k 36.8 68.0% New wave
80 Pixel Grip 1.4k 29.4 68.1% New wave
81 Wall of Voodoo 1.4k 43.6 45.5% New wave
82 Crime & the City Solution 1.3k 32.2 81.1% New wave
83 Lene Lovich 1.3k 0.0 0.0% New wave
84 Soft Kill 1.3k 30.2 49.9% New wave
85 The Soft Moon 1.3k 30.2 49.9% New wave
86 Molly Nilsson 1.3k 27.5 49.7% New wave
87 Big Special 1.3k 41.7 78.8% New wave
88 Dance With the Dead 1.2k 0.0 0.0% New wave
89 HMLTD 1.2k 34.6 60.0% New wave
90 Warmduscher 1.2k 31.1 43.4% New wave
91 TRAITRS 1.1k 36.8 68.0% New wave
92 She Past Away 1k 0.0 0.0% New wave
93 Pink Turns Blue 1k 37.8 53.2% New wave
94 Nabihah Iqbal 914 36.8 68.0% New wave
95 Bush Tetras 870 29.0 45.8% New wave
96 Heavy Lungs 841 39.9 76.8% New wave
97 Ganser 803 38.8 41.9% New wave
98 The Homesick 763 40.3 86.6% New wave
99 That Petrol Emotion 757 33.2 78.3% New wave
100 Peter Hook & the Light 706 33.0 48.4% 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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