Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Bands in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest bands in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 4.4k bands tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Fun, AAA (band) and Girl group lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 62M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.8M, and the largest, Fun, reaches around 39M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each band, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

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 Fun 39M 39.0 56.5% Band
2 AAA (band) 14M — — Band
3 Girl group 9.4M 35.2 73.3% Band
4 Bruno Mars 9.2M 30.9 58.4% Band
5 Genesis (band) 8.9M 42.7 38.5% Band
6 Génesis (band) 8.3M — — Band
7 The Beach Boys 7.8M 44.0 61.5% Band
8 Can (band) 6.5M — — Band
9 Queen (band) 5.9M 40.3 62.6% Band
10 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 5.9M 47.3 59.4% Band
11 The Beatles 5M 45.1 47.2% Band
12 Pet Shop Boys 4.6M 34.8 57.3% Band
13 The Dream Academy 4.6M 40.4 64.2% Band
14 Metallica 4.5M 38.8 35.6% Band
15 HIM (Finnish band) 4.5M 41.6 54.6% Band
16 Hole (band) 4.3M 43.8 48.6% Band
17 Wizard (band) 4.3M — — Band
18 Jotdog 4.3M 27.5 52.4% Band
19 Survivor (band) 4.2M — — Band
20 Marching band 4.1M 41.9 56.0% Band
21 Arrested Development (group) 4M 44.9 54.0% Band
22 Fleetwood Mac 3.9M 42.9 52.7% Band
23 RIVERSIDE 3.9M 42.3 53.4% Band
24 Athena (band) 3.9M — — Band
25 RÜFÜS 3.8M 36.7 42.7% Band
26 Gorillaz 3.7M 31.9 35.6% Band
27 Brookes Brothers 3.7M 32.3 36.7% Band
28 MainStreet (boy band) 3.6M — — Band
29 Nirvana (band) 3.6M 34.2 49.6% Band
30 War (band) 3.5M — — Band
31 Snap! 3.4M 38.2 59.6% Band
32 Paradox (Thai band) 3.4M — — Band
33 Spice Girls 3.4M 36.4 64.3% Band
34 Temples (band) 3.4M — — Band
35 Green Day 3.4M 31.7 51.6% Band
36 Black Sabbath 3.3M 38.6 37.7% Band
37 AC/DC 3.3M 39.4 41.7% Band
38 Cemetary (band) 3.3M 43.6 56.4% Band
39 Pink Floyd 3.2M 42.3 42.1% Band
40 Down (band) 3.2M — — Band
41 Crocodiles (band) 3.2M — — Band
42 Capone-N-Noreaga 3.2M — — Band
43 Blondie (band) 3.2M 39.6 37.0% Band
44 Sparks (band) 3.2M 39.4 73.8% Band
45 Jonas Brothers 3.2M 32.9 70.8% Band
46 Coldplay 3.2M 32.0 59.9% Band
47 Tame Impala 3.1M 28.6 57.2% Band
48 Evanescence 3.1M 37.7 45.2% Band
49 Air (French band) 3M 40.6 43.2% Band
50 One Direction 2.9M 28.9 71.4% Band
51 Slipknot (band) 2.9M 34.2 41.0% Band
52 E-Rotic 2.8M — — Band
53 Red Hot Chili Peppers 2.8M 34.8 49.0% Band
54 Mötley Crüe 2.7M 42.8 41.9% Band
55 Limp Bizkit 2.7M 38.9 34.2% Band
56 Alice Cooper (band) 2.7M 44.0 38.0% Band
57 Sweet (band) 2.7M — — Band
58 BIG TIME RUSH (fans) 2.7M — — Band
59 The Doors 2.7M 42.8 46.6% Band
60 Lorde 2.6M 29.0 66.4% Band
61 Models (band) 2.6M — — Band
62 MGMT 2.6M 30.6 55.3% Band
63 Cranes (band) 2.6M 47.4 12.5% Band
64 Fridge (band) 2.6M — — Band
65 Low (band) 2.6M — — Band
66 Antique (band) 2.5M 42.5 70.8% Band
67 Callalily 2.5M 38.7 50.7% Band
68 IRA (Polish band) 2.5M — — Band
69 My Chemical Romance 2.5M 30.6 55.8% Band
70 Propaganda (band) 2.5M — — Band
71 ABBA 2.5M 46.3 57.0% Band
72 Constantines 2.4M — — Band
73 IM 2.4M 27.2 100.0% Band
74 Backstreet Boys 2.4M 36.1 69.8% Band
75 Collage 2.4M 36.1 67.5% Band
76 Muse (band) 2.4M 38.0 57.3% Band
77 Fall Out Boy 2.3M 29.9 54.9% Band
78 ZZ Top 2.3M 43.3 44.9% Band
79 Heavenly (British band) 2.3M — — Band
80 Faker (band) 2.3M — — Band
81 Guns N' Roses 2.3M 39.1 41.5% Band
82 Bracket (band) 2.3M 42.6 21.3% Band
83 Iron Maiden 2.2M 37.4 39.4% Band
84 B12 (band) 2.2M — — Band
85 S.H.E 2.2M 40.9 54.8% Band
86 Mumford & Sons 2.1M 37.3 54.5% Band
87 Cheech & Chong 2.1M 38.5 42.5% Band
88 Pentatonix 2.1M 44.0 66.4% Band
89 Corrosion of Conformity 2.1M 40.8 28.7% Band
90 Earth, Wind & Fire 2.1M 49.7 54.8% Band
91 Foo Fighters 2.1M 36.1 46.5% Band
92 Mindless Self Indulgence 2.1M 34.5 28.4% Band
93 Radiohead 2.1M 32.8 48.0% Band
94 Hurt (band) 2.1M — — Band
95 Filter (band) 2M — — Band
96 Swans (band) 2M — — Band
97 Everclear (band) 2M 41.2 46.7% Band
98 Miss A 2M 41.3 52.9% Band
99 Big Data (band) 2M — — Band
100 New Kids on the Block 2M 42.6 66.6% Band

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular bands compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each band by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest band in United States?

Fun currently leads with an estimated audience of 39M people in United States.

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