Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Academy Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Academy in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Academy has an estimated audience of 1,679,554 people in South Africa.

#264among Topic in South Africa
#63in Business & Career

Academy has an estimated audience of 1,679,554 people in South Africa. 54.6% are female, 45.4% are male, average age 34.4. Top brand affinities: Innovation, Hostel, Singapore Airlines, Massive open online course, Nobel Peace Prize.

Top brand affinities include Innovation, Hostel, Singapore Airlines, with strongest over-indexing on Innovation (1.53× the country average).

Demographically, the Academy audience skews balanced with an average age of 34.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Career Orientation.

The typical Academy fan in South Africa is balanced, around 34.4 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Innovation.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Topic

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-18.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Academy profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.7M
in South Africa
Gender
54.6%
45.4% male
Age
34.4
average years
Country rank
#393
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Academy fans

54.6% are female, 45.4% are male, average age 34.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.6%
Female
45.4%
Male
Demographic split for Academy audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female54.6%
Male45.4%
Average age34.4
Estimated audience size1,679,554
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.4
average years
Age distribution of the Academy audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1933%
20-2924%
30-3916%
40-4911%
50+16%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Academy audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Academy
CountryShare
United States17.5%
Brazil8.9%
Italy5.3%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Academy audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Academy audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SchnappsFood & Beverages1.95×
02PfizerHealth1.89×
03Massive open online courseBusiness & Career1.80×
04Freedom of thoughtPolitics & Society1.76×
05Vietnam AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.70×
06Consumer debtBusiness & Career1.64×
07Duty-free shopBeauty & Wellness1.64×
08Washington CapitalsSports1.64×
09PlaymobilKids & Family1.64×
10New England RevolutionSports1.60×
11OsteopathyHealth1.60×
12Block chain (database)Technology & Electronics1.57×
13Organic chemistryBusiness & Career1.57×
14Singapore AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.55×
15Nobel Peace PrizePolitics & Society1.54×
16T-MobileTechnology & Electronics1.54×
17InnovationBusiness & Career1.53×
18HostelTravel & Leisure1.52×
19Dallas StarsSports1.52×
20Stem cell therapyHealth1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Academy audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Academy audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.30×
Career OrientationPOWER1.22×
Community OrientationOPEN1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Academy audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.77×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.84×
Social Media UsageJOY0.88×
1.00× baseline
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Africa who actively search for Academy. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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