Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Metals in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest metals in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 910 metals tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Avalanch, W.A.S.P. and Tool lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 760k, and the largest, Avalanch, reaches around 5.5M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each metal, 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 Avalanch 5.5M 28.6 27.8% Metal
2 W.A.S.P. 3.9M 46.1 26.5% Metal
3 Tool 3.8M 37.9 31.4% Metal
4 Integrity (band) 3.8M — — Metal
5 Architects 3M 41.3 46.9% Metal
6 Crystal Lake 2.9M 36.0 34.2% Metal
7 Sleep Token 2.8M 22.4 22.7% Metal
8 Bret Michaels 2.5M 48.5 63.5% Metal
9 Tallah 2.3M 39.4 26.1% Metal
10 Possessed 1.6M 39.9 40.6% Metal
11 Malevolence 1.5M 30.9 18.9% Metal
12 Covenant 1.5M 39.3 39.0% Metal
13 Peter Steele 1.3M 36.0 44.6% Metal
14 Dark Angel 1.3M 40.4 29.5% Metal
15 Bad Omens 1.2M 34.9 43.5% Metal
16 Pain 1M 32.4 43.5% Metal
17 Vio-lence 983k 39.5 31.3% Metal
18 Wind Rose 950k 33.8 21.8% Metal
19 Shaman 872k 36.5 34.7% Metal
20 Boundaries 864k 29.9 33.5% Metal
21 Reveille 853k 33.3 16.0% Metal
22 Adept (band) 853k 37.5 65.9% Metal
23 Spiritbox 835k 32.8 38.0% Metal
24 Pestilence 784k 39.6 26.1% Metal
25 Battle Beast 781k 36.5 29.5% Metal
26 Alpha Wolf 772k 30.4 25.1% Metal
27 Sleep Theory 752k 36.7 43.9% Metal
28 Vulvodynia 731k 39.4 26.1% Metal
29 I Prevail 717k 33.1 42.1% Metal
30 Debauchery (band) 685k 39.5 18.2% Metal
31 Type O Negative 660k 37.4 28.8% Metal
32 thrown 655k 37.8 31.6% Metal
33 Intervals 634k 36.7 35.7% Metal
34 Rob Halford 620k 44.2 18.1% Metal
35 Windwaker 595k 31.4 29.5% Metal
36 Coroner 592k 38.3 42.3% Metal
37 Conan 587k 40.8 43.9% Metal
38 Dope 582k 39.0 35.6% Metal
39 Pallbearer 549k 42.4 43.6% Metal
40 Sigh 542k 44.8 33.1% Metal
41 Haggard 541k 38.3 40.1% Metal
42 Elder 536k 39.0 40.4% Metal
43 Siamese 504k 32.6 38.8% Metal
44 Caskets 503k 34.4 41.9% Metal
45 Silly Goose 497k 33.6 26.8% Metal
46 Mortician 489k 34.4 24.5% Metal
47 Tribulation 466k 39.1 49.6% Metal
48 Enforced 402k 41.1 15.7% Metal
49 Jason Newsted 390k 45.1 61.2% Metal
50 Spite 383k 35.5 39.3% Metal
51 Castle Rat 363k 35.5 13.9% Metal
52 Nevermore 358k 43.8 26.7% Metal
53 Monstrosity (band) 348k 38.1 13.2% Metal
54 Daron Malakian 346k 31.3 8.6% Metal
55 KANGA 345k 36.0 71.1% Metal
56 Fallujah 344k 32.6 8.2% Metal
57 Messa 342k 38.6 31.0% Metal
58 Ad Infinitum 334k 35.4 36.0% Metal
59 Dayseeker 331k 36.8 40.8% Metal
60 Enforcer (band) 331k 35.3 0.0% Metal
61 STÖNER 331k 38.8 17.0% Metal
62 Kilgore 328k 39.4 26.1% Metal
63 RYUJIN 324k 35.4 46.4% Metal
64 Visigoth 311k 36.4 6.4% Metal
65 Unleashed 311k 43.2 29.8% Metal
66 Dozer 310k 40.5 21.6% Metal
67 Dropdead 305k 42.7 45.2% Metal
68 Horrendous 300k 39.4 26.1% Metal
69 Ingested 298k 34.7 38.4% Metal
70 Impaled 294k 35.2 57.3% Metal
71 Hellyeah 291k 40.9 29.8% Metal
72 Pyrexia 291k 39.4 26.1% Metal
73 Prong 289k 40.3 23.3% Metal
74 Lacey Sturm 286k 31.0 50.4% Metal
75 The Accüsed 284k 40.8 32.4% Metal
76 Vinnie Paul 280k 38.8 32.4% Metal
77 Interloper 277k 36.2 35.8% Metal
78 Fox Lake 272k 34.8 36.1% Metal
79 Mushroomhead 272k 38.7 33.3% Metal
80 Thornhill 267k 32.0 34.1% Metal
81 Disbelief 256k 37.1 33.7% Metal
82 Gruesome 255k 38.4 37.5% Metal
83 Snot 255k 38.4 35.4% Metal
84 Thou 249k 42.5 58.1% Metal
85 Synyster Gates 249k 31.7 37.4% Metal
86 The HU 249k 37.0 37.4% Metal
87 Sanguisugabogg 233k 34.0 18.5% Metal
88 Internal Bleeding 232k 34.0 18.5% Metal
89 Sinister (band) 229k 28.3 73.7% Metal
90 Brand of Sacrifice 218k 31.6 24.0% Metal
91 Cenotaph 217k 39.4 26.1% Metal
92 The Obsessed 214k 39.5 33.1% Metal
93 Beastwars 213k 41.6 46.1% Metal
94 Sanhedrin 211k 35.6 51.4% Metal
95 Kublai Khan TX 211k 31.7 31.0% Metal
96 Carcosa 207k 33.3 28.3% Metal
97 Blood Incantation 201k 35.7 26.3% Metal
98 Dysrhythmia 197k 38.0 23.1% Metal
99 Alluvial 194k 32.6 8.2% Metal
100 Klone 190k 40.9 37.6% Metal

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular metals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each metal 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 metal in United States?

Avalanch currently leads with an estimated audience of 5.5M people in United States.

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