Popularity ranking · Sweden

The 100 most popular New Waves in Sweden

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in Sweden, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 164 new waves tracked in Sweden, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Television, BODEGA and David Byrne lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 248k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 8.8k, and the largest, Television, reaches around 88k people in Sweden. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Sweden who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Sweden 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 Sweden who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Big Special 762 44.3 53.2% New wave
77 Drab Majesty 747 0.0 0.0% New wave
78 The Fixx 618 44.9 54.6% New wave
79 Crime & the City Solution 564 40.0 78.1% New wave
80 The Motels 552 44.4 49.5% New wave
81 Edwin Rosen 534 41.7 41.9% New wave
82 Dame Area 509 41.6 36.3% New wave
83 TR/ST 508 37.3 46.3% New wave
84 Wall of Voodoo 488 45.4 65.1% New wave
85 Bootblacks 476 51.8 50.5% New wave
86 Deep Tan 475 51.8 50.5% New wave
87 Helena Hauff 470 38.6 47.6% New wave
88 Peter Hook & the Light 470 43.1 45.7% New wave
89 Warmduscher 462 44.0 36.7% New wave
90 Soft Kill 461 42.1 42.0% New wave
91 Ganser 452 43.2 44.0% New wave
92 Lust for Youth 451 37.3 46.3% New wave
93 Pink Turns Blue 419 41.9 52.3% New wave
94 The Soft Moon 416 42.1 42.0% New wave
95 Desperate Journalist 402 53.0 100.0% New wave
96 Tuxedomoon 399 38.6 59.7% New wave
97 The Crüxshadows 381 40.5 49.1% New wave
98 Gurriers 376 47.2 76.1% New wave
99 VOWWS 375 51.8 50.5% New wave
100 The Icicle Works 373 46.4 52.8% 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 Sweden 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 Sweden?

Television currently leads with an estimated audience of 88k people in Sweden.

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