Independent or Independents may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Artist groups

Independents (artist group) The Independents were a group of Modern Art, modernist painting, painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s. They evolved out of The New Group (founded in 1930), a collecti ...

, a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States *

Independentes Independentes ('Independents') was a Portuguese artist group known for exhibitions of abstract art, active in the 1940s. The exhibitions' main organizer and coordinator, painter and architect Fernando Lanhas, coincidentally is the central figure o ...

(English: Independents), a Portuguese artist group

Music

Groups, labels, and genres

Independent music Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a DIY ethic, do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties aff ...

, a number of genres associated with independent labels *

Independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

, a record label not associated with a major label *

Independent Albums The Independent Albums chart (previously titled Top Independent Albums) ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by '' Billboard'' mag ...

, American albums chart

Albums

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

Songs

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

News media organizations

Independent Media Center The Independent Media Center, better known as Indymedia, is an open publishing network of activist journalist collectives that report on political and social issues. Following beginnings during the 1999 Carnival Against Capital and 1999 Seat ...

(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) ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is b ...

(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