Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Adventure travel Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Adventure travel in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Adventure travel has an estimated audience of 1,258,945 people in South Africa.

#8among Travel type in South Africa
#416among Topic in South Africa
#49in Travel & Leisure

Adventure travel has an estimated audience of 1,258,945 people in South Africa. 53.0% are female, 47.0% are male, average age 38.2. Top brand affinities: Vacations, Safari, Beaches, Outdoor enthusiast, Travel Adventures.

Top brand affinities include Vacations, Safari, Beaches, with strongest over-indexing on Vacations (1.76× the country average).

Demographically, the Adventure travel audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Healthy Lifestyle, Patriotism.

The typical Adventure travel fan in South Africa is balanced, around 38.2 years old, with strong Healthy Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for Vacations.

Category: Travel & Leisure · Type: Topic · Subtype: Travel type

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 Adventure travel profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
53.0%
47.0% male
Age
38.2
average years
Country rank
#583
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+3%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Adventure travel fans

53.0% are female, 47.0% are male, average age 38.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.0%
Female
47.0%
Male
Demographic split for Adventure travel audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female53.0%
Male47.0%
Average age38.2
Estimated audience size1,258,945
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.2
average years
Age distribution of the Adventure travel audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2924%
30-3920%
40-4914%
50+21%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Adventure travel audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Adventure travel
CountryShare
United States17.6%
Italy5.1%
Japan5.0%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Adventure travel audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Outdoor enthusiastSports1.94×
02Travel photographyTechnology & Electronics1.83×
03VacationsTravel & Leisure1.76×
04Nature photographyTechnology & Electronics1.75×
05Travel AdventuresTravel & Leisure1.71×
06Safari lodgeTravel & Leisure1.67×
07Wildlife photographyTechnology & Electronics1.67×
08Kruger National ParkTravel & Leisure1.63×
09Travel websiteTravel & Leisure1.62×
10LakesTravel & Leisure1.62×
11Self careHealth1.60×
12Natural skin careBeauty & Wellness1.60×
13TravelstartTravel & Leisure1.59×
14BoatingTravel & Leisure1.57×
15BiodiversityPolitics & Society1.57×
16SafariTravel & Leisure1.56×
17Air travelTravel & Leisure1.52×
18CruisesTravel & Leisure1.52×
19BeachesTravel & Leisure1.51×
20Business classTravel & Leisure1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Adventure travel 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 Adventure travel audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.29×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.16×
TravellingTHRILL1.11×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Adventure travel audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.99×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.05×
TravellingTHRILL1.11×
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 Adventure travel. 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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