Popularity ranking · Portugal

The 100 most popular New Waves in Portugal

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in Portugal, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 164 new waves tracked in Portugal, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Merchandise, The The and David Byrne lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 191k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 5.2k, and the largest, Merchandise, reaches around 90k people in Portugal. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Portugal who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Portugal 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 Portugal who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Merchandise 90k 39.7 40.4% New wave
2 The The 62k 45.1 49.3% New wave
3 David Byrne 40k 49.8 43.4% New wave
4 Fontaines D.C. 35k 41.7 46.9% New wave
5 Crows 25k 41.8 60.4% New wave
6 BODEGA 25k 39.7 51.0% New wave
7 ADULT. 20k 38.4 48.3% New wave
8 Spoons 18k 46.0 77.5% New wave
9 ACTORS 16k 44.3 84.5% New wave
10 Molchat Doma 15k 49.9 44.9% New wave
11 Home Front 14k 42.8 51.3% New wave
12 shame 13k 45.4 47.1% New wave
13 Automatic 10k 40.2 42.8% New wave
14 Deeper 7.9k 41.9 51.5% New wave
15 Television 7.2k 42.1 46.2% New wave
16 GosT 6.6k 0.0 0.0% New wave
17 Ought 6.3k 44.1 47.3% New wave
18 Hotel Lux 5.8k 0.0 0.0% New wave
19 Gary Numan 5.6k 47.8 44.1% New wave
20 Spear of Destiny 5.3k 49.1 55.2% New wave
21 The Nightingales 5.1k 37.7 65.4% New wave
22 Pylon 5k 44.5 37.1% New wave
23 Psyche 5k 42.0 42.8% New wave
24 Do Nothing 4.8k 43.9 46.0% New wave
25 She Past Away 4.7k 0.0 0.0% 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 Portugal 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 Portugal?

Merchandise currently leads with an estimated audience of 90k people in Portugal.

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