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
26 Motorama 4.4k 37.7 67.2% New wave
27 Gary Numan 3.9k 49.0 44.2% New wave
28 Talk Show 3.7k 36.0 48.4% New wave
29 The Suburbs 3k 45.8 55.0% New wave
30 Molchat Doma 2.5k 44.9 56.0% New wave
31 Heartworms 2.5k 35.8 57.6% New wave
32 Empathy Test 2.5k 43.5 50.2% New wave
33 Sextile 2.2k 30.6 75.9% New wave
34 The Photos 2k 51.7 48.0% New wave
35 Black Marble 1.8k 35.3 50.3% New wave
36 Preoccupations 1.6k 39.7 52.1% New wave
37 DEADLETTER 1.5k 44.9 56.0% New wave
38 THUS LOVE 1.5k 30.8 60.2% New wave
39 Bambara 1.4k 39.2 51.3% New wave
40 French Police 1.4k 44.9 56.0% New wave
41 Toyah 940 41.0 69.4% New wave
42 Bow Wow Wow 893 51.5 46.8% New wave
43 EGYPTIAN BLUE 835 33.0 55.1% New wave
44 Total Control 767 41.3 26.1% New wave
45 High Vis 736 35.0 52.9% New wave
46 Lene Lovich 655 51.4 80.6% New wave
47 Twin Tribes 611 44.9 56.0% New wave
48 Lebanon Hanover 545 42.1 51.6% New wave
49 Love and Rockets 545 39.7 53.2% New wave
50 Provoker 439 44.9 56.0% 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 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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