Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Bollywood movies Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Bollywood movies in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Bollywood movies has an estimated audience of 946,612 people in South Africa.

#12among Movie genre in South Africa
#594among Topic in South Africa
#48in Movies & TV

Bollywood movies has an estimated audience of 946,612 people in South Africa. 49.5% are female, 50.5% are male, average age 37.0. Top brand affinities: Mumbai, Cinema of India, India, Hindi, Angela White (athlete).

Top brand affinities include Mumbai, Cinema of India, India, with strongest over-indexing on Mumbai (3.42× the country average).

Demographically, the Bollywood movies audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Travelling.

The typical Bollywood movies fan in South Africa is balanced, around 37.0 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Mumbai.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic · Subtype: Movie 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 Bollywood movies profile in South Africa.

Audience size
947K
in South Africa
Gender
49.5%
50.5% male
Age
37.0
average years
Country rank
#824
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Bollywood movies fans

49.5% are female, 50.5% are male, average age 37.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.5%
Female
50.5%
Male
Demographic split for Bollywood movies audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female49.5%
Male50.5%
Average age37.0
Estimated audience size946,612
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.0
average years
Age distribution of the Bollywood movies audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1923%
20-2925%
30-3920%
40-4913%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Bollywood movies audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Bollywood movies
CountryShare
India24.6%
United States11.3%
Indonesia3.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Bollywood movies audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Daily PakistanNews6.87×
02Shah Rukh KhanMovies & TV5.04×
03Star PlusMovies & TV4.58×
04EveMusic & Radio4.55×
05Tamil cinemaMovies & TV4.55×
06Cinema of IndiaMovies & TV4.08×
07Gujarati languagePolitics & Society3.93×
08HindiPolitics & Society3.78×
09MumbaiTravel & Leisure3.42×
10Angela White (athlete)Movies & TV3.37×
11Pakistan national cricket teamSports3.31×
12BangladeshTravel & Leisure2.79×
13India national cricket teamSports2.73×
14SariFashion & Accessoires2.62×
15Indian subcontinentTravel & Leisure2.25×
16PakistanTravel & Leisure2.15×
17IndiaTravel & Leisure2.00×
18Non-fiction booksLiterature1.77×
19South AsiaTravel & Leisure1.75×
20Digital televisionMovies & TV1.58×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Bollywood movies 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 Bollywood movies audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.11×
TravellingTHRILL0.99×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.90×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Bollywood movies audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.72×
Social Media UsageJOY0.83×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.90×
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 Bollywood movies. 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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