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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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 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
51 Molly Nilsson 1k 34.4 46.1% New wave
52 Black Marble 998 41.0 41.8% New wave
53 French Police 988 49.9 44.9% New wave
54 Toyah 987 50.5 52.5% New wave
55 Dame Area 947 41.7 31.8% New wave
56 Selofan 932 49.9 44.9% New wave
57 The Suburbs 909 49.1 41.8% New wave
58 Motorama 843 41.6 67.4% New wave
59 Helena Hauff 798 37.4 42.4% New wave
60 Preoccupations 685 43.3 51.0% New wave
61 Perturbator 678 0.0 0.0% New wave
62 Then Comes Silence 667 43.7 40.8% New wave
63 Big Audio Dynamite 641 48.2 42.5% New wave
64 Tuxedomoon 627 38.2 59.2% New wave
65 Alien Sex Fiend 609 42.2 48.4% New wave
66 Gustaf 575 42.9 43.4% New wave
67 Kirlian Camera 540 39.7 52.3% New wave
68 Ultra Sunn 536 49.9 44.9% New wave
69 Pink Turns Blue 466 42.1 51.6% New wave
70 Heavy Lungs 465 42.3 56.8% New wave
71 EGYPTIAN BLUE 447 42.7 51.6% New wave
72 Big Special 442 41.3 54.5% New wave
73 The Lords of the New Church 438 43.1 68.0% New wave
74 Home Counties 436 46.2 35.9% New wave
75 Urban Heat 419 31.3 46.5% 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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