Rascasse Audience Intelligence

American football Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about American football in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. American football has an estimated audience of 1,311,907 people in South Africa.

#8among Sport in South Africa
#388among Topic in South Africa
#43in Sports

American football has an estimated audience of 1,311,907 people in South Africa. 40.1% are female, 59.9% are male, average age 36.1. Top brand affinities: Manchester City F.C., Soccer-Laduma, La Liga, Premier Soccer League, Aston Villa F.C..

Top brand affinities include Manchester City F.C., Soccer-Laduma, La Liga, with strongest over-indexing on Manchester City F.C. (1.54× the country average).

Demographically, the American football audience skews more male with an average age of 36.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Social Media Usage.

The typical American football fan in South Africa is more male, around 36.1 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Manchester City F.C..

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

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 American football profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
40.1%
59.9% male
Age
36.1
average years
Country rank
#549
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-15%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of American football fans

40.1% are female, 59.9% are male, average age 36.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

40.1%
Female
59.9%
Male
Demographic split for American football audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female40.1%
Male59.9%
Average age36.1
Estimated audience size1,311,907
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.1
average years
Age distribution of the American football audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1927%
20-2925%
30-3918%
40-4912%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide American football audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for American football
CountryShare
United States34.4%
Japan4.5%
Italy4.4%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for American football audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sparta RotterdamSports2.84×
02SC CambuurSports2.84×
03CAF Champions LeagueSports2.11×
04SuperSport FootballSports2.04×
05Premier Soccer LeagueSports1.95×
06Kevin De BruyneSports1.95×
07FA CupSports1.85×
08Soccer-LadumaSports1.83×
09Borussia DortmundSports1.79×
10Marcus RashfordSports1.74×
11La LigaSports1.73×
12Goalkeeper (association football)Sports1.69×
13National Rugby LeagueSports1.65×
14AS Monaco FCSports1.63×
15Jude BellinghamSports1.57×
16Manchester City F.C.Sports1.54×
17NeymarSports1.54×
18Aston Villa F.C.Sports1.53×
19Club Brugge KVSports1.52×
20Juventus F.C.Sports1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the American football 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 American football audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.82×
Social Media UsageJOY0.78×
TravellingTHRILL0.62×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by American football audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.50×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.61×
TravellingTHRILL0.62×
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 American football. 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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