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
76 Working Men’s Club 188 44.9 56.0% New wave
77 The Icicle Works 184 38.2 65.3% New wave
78 Wall of Voodoo 179 43.0 64.9% New wave
79 Dance With the Dead 176 0.0 0.0% New wave
80 Bootblacks 172 44.9 56.0% New wave
81 Love Like Blood 170 43.4 49.4% New wave
82 Kirlian Camera 169 39.7 52.3% New wave
83 P-MODEL 166 41.4 37.9% New wave
84 Rosegarden Funeral Party 159 43.7 40.8% New wave
85 VOWWS 157 44.9 56.0% New wave
86 The Fixx 146 33.6 77.7% New wave
87 That Petrol Emotion 144 43.2 68.5% New wave
88 Drab Majesty 143 0.0 0.0% New wave
89 Soft Kill 139 35.3 50.3% New wave
90 Dreadful Shadows 137 41.9 50.1% New wave
91 The Lords of the New Church 137 43.1 68.0% New wave
92 45 Grave 132 New wave
93 Theatre of Hate 132 0.0 0.0% New wave
94 The March Violets 131 42.2 50.0% New wave
95 Molly Nilsson 130 34.4 46.1% New wave
96 Pink Turns Blue 130 42.1 51.6% New wave
97 Wire Train 128 42.2 49.2% New wave
98 Yard Act 126 37.8 49.6% New wave
99 The Crüxshadows 121 38.2 48.2% New wave
100 Gurriers 119 37.4 71.4% 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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