# Independent

Independent or Independents may refer to:

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Artist groups

* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independents (Oporto artist group), a Portuguese artist group historically linked to abstract art and to Fernando Lanhas, the central figure of Portuguese abstractionism

### 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), 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 (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, A Bangladeshi news television.

### Newspapers

* Grand Island Independent, a newspaper published in Grand Island, Nebraska
* The Independent, a British online newspaper.
* 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), 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), 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, 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