Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular New Waves in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest new waves in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 163 new waves tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Television, ADULT. and ACTORS lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 390k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 9.3k, and the largest, Television, reaches around 156k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each new wave, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa 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 South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Television 156k 37.3 46.1% New wave
2 ADULT. 147k 35.3 51.6% New wave
3 ACTORS 88k 44.3 84.5% New wave
4 Crows 68k 36.2 62.2% New wave
5 Spoons 64k 48.9 71.1% New wave
6 Automatic 46k 37.1 51.5% New wave
7 Merchandise 44k 34.1 59.6% New wave
8 Home Front 31k 38.9 36.5% New wave
9 Pylon 29k 39.9 45.1% New wave
10 shame 26k 38.6 54.1% New wave
11 Psyche 24k 36.0 50.4% New wave
12 Ought 21k 40.6 48.4% New wave
13 Courting 19k 40.5 46.2% New wave
14 Do Nothing 17k 37.3 54.7% New wave
15 BODEGA 15k 30.8 60.2% New wave
16 The Nightingales 12k 37.7 65.4% New wave
17 Deeper 11k 37.5 56.1% New wave
18 GosT 11k 0.0 0.0% New wave
19 fIREHOSE 9.6k 41.4 36.5% New wave
20 David Byrne 8.3k 49.8 43.4% New wave
21 The The 8.1k 35.9 58.3% New wave
22 Blurt 7k 35.4 85.6% New wave
23 Urban Heat 6.9k 31.3 46.5% New wave
24 Spear of Destiny 6.3k 41.7 66.4% New wave
25 Fontaines D.C. 4.7k 37.4 48.5% 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 South Africa 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 South Africa?

Television currently leads with an estimated audience of 156k people in South Africa.

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