Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Animal Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Animal in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Animal has an estimated audience of 2,266,247 people in South Africa.

#169among Topic in South Africa
#2in Pets & Animals

Animal has an estimated audience of 2,266,247 people in South Africa. 48.7% are female, 51.3% are male, average age 39.3. Top brand affinities: Pet food, Pet store, Animal rights, Zoo, Plastic pollution.

Top brand affinities include Pet food, Pet store, Animal rights, with strongest over-indexing on Pet food (1.6× the country average).

Demographically, the Animal audience skews balanced with an average age of 39.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Pet Ownership, Sustainability.

The typical Animal fan in South Africa is balanced, around 39.3 years old, with strong Pet Ownership tendencies and a notable affinity for Pet food.

Category: Pets & Animals · 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 Animal profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.3M
in South Africa
Gender
48.7%
51.3% male
Age
39.3
average years
Country rank
#259
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Animal fans

48.7% are female, 51.3% are male, average age 39.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.7%
Female
51.3%
Male
Demographic split for Animal audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female48.7%
Male51.3%
Average age39.3
Estimated audience size2,266,247
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 39.3
average years
Age distribution of the Animal audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2922%
30-3919%
40-4916%
50+24%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Animal audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Animal
CountryShare
United States20.7%
Japan5.3%
United Kingdom4.8%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Animal audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Dog groomingPets & Animals1.78×
02Endangered speciesPets & Animals1.74×
03Robbie WilliamsMusic & Radio1.70×
04Animal rightsPolitics & Society1.67×
05Burning ManMusic & Radio1.65×
06Pet foodPets & Animals1.60×
07Pet storePets & Animals1.59×
08MopedCars & Mobility1.59×
09SubwayFood & Beverages1.58×
10Machine embroideryHome & Garden1.58×
11Royal CaninPets & Animals1.58×
12Stephen KingLiterature1.57×
13Medicinal plantsHealth1.54×
14Malaysia AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.54×
15World Heritage SitePolitics & Society1.53×
16True DetectiveMovies & TV1.52×
17Plastic pollutionPolitics & Society1.51×
18Meryl StreepMovies & TV1.51×
19ZooKids & Family1.50×
20Bon JoviMusic & Radio1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Animal 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 Animal audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Pet OwnershipJOY1.60×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.26×
IndulgenceJOY1.19×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Animal audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.74×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.78×
Social Media UsageJOY0.81×
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 Animal. 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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