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
51 Gustaf 401 35.7 59.0% New wave
52 TRAITRS 376 44.9 56.0% New wave
53 Carpenter Brut 341 0.0 0.0% New wave
54 TVOD 339 36.5 58.3% New wave
55 Big Special 337 37.2 54.9% New wave
56 Home Counties 325 40.7 57.7% New wave
57 Selofan 313 44.9 56.0% New wave
58 Perturbator 308 0.0 0.0% New wave
59 Death in June 307 40.6 53.5% New wave
60 Anne Clark 296 43.0 65.7% New wave
61 She Past Away 264 0.0 0.0% New wave
62 Big Audio Dynamite 257 42.1 61.6% New wave
63 Secret Discovery 251 44.9 56.0% New wave
64 Hotel Lux 242 0.0 0.0% New wave
65 Heavy Lungs 233 38.6 58.0% New wave
66 Vosh 219 44.9 56.0% New wave
67 Vision Video 209 New wave
68 Pixel Grip 207 30.6 75.9% New wave
69 Alien Sex Fiend 205 42.2 48.4% New wave
70 Deep Tan 204 44.9 56.0% New wave
71 Nabihah Iqbal 204 44.9 56.0% New wave
72 Then Comes Silence 202 43.7 40.8% New wave
73 The Motels 201 37.3 52.9% New wave
74 Shortparis 188 44.9 56.0% New wave
75 Ultra Sunn 188 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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