Rascasse Audience Intelligence

African-American music Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about African-American music in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. African-American music has an estimated audience of 1,437,125 people in South Africa.

#13among Musical genre in South Africa
#333among Topic in South Africa
#25in Music & Radio

African-American music has an estimated audience of 1,437,125 people in South Africa. 48.9% are female, 51.1% are male, average age 34.0. Top brand affinities: Bologna F.C. 1909, Millie Bobby Brown, Malt whisky, Supreme, Cannes Film Festival.

Top brand affinities include Bologna F.C. 1909, Millie Bobby Brown, Malt whisky, with strongest over-indexing on Bologna F.C. 1909 (1.57× the country average).

Demographically, the African-American music audience skews balanced with an average age of 34.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Mindfulness.

The typical African-American music fan in South Africa is balanced, around 34.0 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Bologna F.C. 1909.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 African-American music profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.4M
in South Africa
Gender
48.9%
51.1% male
Age
34.0
average years
Country rank
#479
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+34%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of African-American music fans

48.9% are female, 51.1% are male, average age 34.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.9%
Female
51.1%
Male
Demographic split for African-American music audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female48.9%
Male51.1%
Average age34.0
Estimated audience size1,437,125
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.0
average years
Age distribution of the African-American music audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1934%
20-2925%
30-3915%
40-499%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide African-American music audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for African-American music
CountryShare
United States29.5%
Brazil7.3%
China5.0%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for African-American music audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Ariel (detergent)Home & Garden1.69×
02Atlanta United FCSports1.66×
03Dave ChappelleMovies & TV1.65×
04Cannes Film FestivalMovies & TV1.63×
05KenzoFashion & Accessoires1.63×
06PatagoniaFashion & Accessoires1.61×
07Better Call SaulMovies & TV1.60×
08NBA 2KGames1.59×
09Bologna F.C. 1909Sports1.57×
10Porsche BoxsterCars & Mobility1.56×
11Rip CurlFashion & Accessoires1.55×
12New York YankeesSports1.55×
13StussyFashion & Accessoires1.55×
14SupremeFashion & Accessoires1.54×
15Malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.53×
16Nintendo SwitchGames1.53×
17New York KnicksSports1.53×
18Arc'teryxFashion & Accessoires1.53×
19Millie Bobby BrownMovies & TV1.51×
20Will FerrellMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the African-American music 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 African-American music audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE1.14×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.10×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.09×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by African-American music audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.78×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.84×
CreativityOPEN0.87×
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 African-American music. 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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