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Top 100 New waves in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 172 new waves tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. HighSchool, Iceage and ADULT. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 14M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 429k, and the largest, HighSchool, reaches around 7.4M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States 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 United States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 HighSchool 7.4M 47.0 39.4% New wave
2 Iceage 3.7M 44.3 46.3% New wave
3 ADULT. 2.8M 39.7 69.4% New wave
4 Crows 2.7M 41.9 73.2% New wave
5 ACTORS 2.5M 40.7 82.4% New wave
6 BODEGA 2M 32.9 54.4% New wave
7 SPRINTS 1.7M 47.0 39.4% New wave
8 David Byrne 1.7M 46.9 38.6% New wave
9 Spoons 1.7M 47.7 55.8% New wave
10 Home Front 1.7M 41.6 45.4% New wave
11 Television 1.6M 44.3 46.0% New wave
12 Ductape 1.2M 47.0 39.4% New wave
13 The Nightingales 1.2M 34.6 21.6% New wave
14 Psyche 808k 37.8 38.3% New wave
15 Heartworms 754k 41.6 74.8% New wave
16 shame 703k 42.1 57.1% New wave
17 Automatic 663k 34.6 50.3% New wave
18 Merchandise 595k 40.0 40.1% New wave
19 Pylon 588k 44.4 48.7% New wave
20 Fontaines D.C. 567k 40.9 48.9% New wave
21 Do Nothing 526k 38.8 51.7% New wave
22 Spear of Destiny 464k 42.8 60.7% New wave
23 Gary Numan 405k 42.5 46.1% New wave
24 Ought 312k 37.5 49.0% New wave
25 Courting 289k 41.1 48.7% New wave

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States 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 United States?

HighSchool currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.4M people in United States.

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