Independent or Independents may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Artist groups

* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist group

Music

Groups, labels, and genres

* Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels * Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label * Independent Albums, American albums chart

Albums

* Independent (Ai album), ''Independent'' (Ai album), 2012 * Independent (Faze album), ''Independent'' (Faze album), 2006 * Independent (Sacred Reich album), ''Independent'' (Sacred Reich album), 1993

Songs

* Independent (song), "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie * "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from ''H (Ayumi Hamasaki EP), H''

News media organizations

* Independent Media Center (also known as Indymedia or IMC), an open publishing network of journalist collectives that report on political and social issues, e.g., in ''The Indypendent'' newspaper of NYC * ITV (TV network) (Independent Television), a British television channel * Independent Television (Bangladesh), Independent Television, A Bangladeshi news television.

Newspapers

*''Grand Island Independent'', a newspaper published in Grand Island, Nebraska * ''The Independent'', a British online newspaper. *''South County Newspapers#The Independent, The IndependentRI (South County Newspapers)'', covering South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and The University of Rhode Island * Independent News & Media, a print publisher in South Africa, owner of ''Independent Online'' (South Africa) until 2013 ** Independent Online (South Africa), ''Independent Online'' (South Africa), a news and information website based in South Africa, owned by Sekunjalo Investments since 2013 *''Indy Week'', formerly known as the ''Independent Weekly'' and originally the ''North Carolina Independent'' *''The Indypendent'', a newspaper of the New York City Independent Media Center * ''Irish Independent'', newspaper * ''Long Beach Independent'', a morning edition newspaper published in Long Beach, California * ''The Malta Independent'', a Maltese newspaper and online newspaper * ''Marshall Independent'', a daily newspaper published in Marshall, Minnesota * ''Santa Barbara Independent'', a news, arts, and alternative newspaper published every Thursday in Santa Barbara, California, United States * ''San Francisco Independent'', formerly the largest non-daily U.S. newspaper

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Independents (film), ''Independents'' (film), a 2008 American documentary * Independent bookstore, bookstore that is not part of a chain * Independent film, film produced by a small movie studio * Independent media, media that is free of influence by government or corporate interests * Independent publisher, small press not associated with a major publisher * Independent radio, radio stations independent of government or conglomerate interference * Independent sources, in journalism, two or more sources which attest to a given piece of information * Independent station, television or radio station that is not affiliated with any network

Mathematics and statistics

* Dependent and independent variables, the argument of a mathematical function * Independent, in Independence (probability theory), a variable whose occurrence does not affect the probability of occurrence of another * Independence (mathematical logic), unprovability of a sentence (e.g. the Parallel postulate) from other sentences (e.g. the remaining Euclidean geometry axioms)

Military

* Independent Company, a World War II British unit * Independent Highland Companies, units of Scottish Highlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries * Independent Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Companies of the American Civil War * Norwegian Independent Company 1, a World War II Norwegian unit * British Army Independent Companies of Foot, British units in the French and Indian Wars * Vickers A1E1 Independent, British multi-turreted tank designed during the Interwar period

Politics

*Independent city, city that does not form part of another local government entity *Independent politician, not affiliated with any political party *Independent voter, not a member of any political party *Independent voting movement (U.S.), not affiliated with any political party *Independents (political party), a political party in the Czech Republic

Religion

* Independent (religion), name for supporters of a disestablished Protestant church during the English Civil War, closely identified with support for the English Commonwealth, of which Oliver Cromwell is best known * Independent church, or non-denominational church, a church unaffiliated with a denominational organization * Union of Welsh Independents, Congregational church, Congregationalist denomination in Wales

Sports

* Independent circuit, professional wrestling shows not associated with the major wrestling promotions In U.S. college sports, schools that are not members of an NCAA or NAIA athletic conference, including: * NCAA Division I FBS independent schools, for football * NCAA Division I FCS independent schools, for football * NCAA Division I independent schools (baseball) * NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball) * NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey) * NCAA Division I independent schools (soccer) * NCAA Division II independent schools, for all sports * NCAA Division III independent schools, for all sports * NCAA independent schools (lacrosse), for all divisions * NAIA independent schools, for all sports

Other uses

*Independent Institute, an American libertarian think tank *Dependent and independent verb forms in Goidelic languages *Independent business, privately owned companies *Independent clothes store, boutique not associated with the larger retailers *Independent contractor, organisation or individual which provides goods or services under terms specified in a contract *Independent school, school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation *Independent Truck Company, an American skateboarding brand