Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Cupcake Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Cupcake in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Cupcake has an estimated audience of 880,687 people in South Africa.

#4among Sweet in South Africa
#672among Topic in South Africa
#77in Food & Beverages

Cupcake has an estimated audience of 880,687 people in South Africa. 80.7% are female, 19.3% are male, average age 37.6. Top brand affinities: Cake, Icing (food), Wig, Desserts, Ackermans.

Top brand affinities include Cake, Icing (food), Wig, with strongest over-indexing on Cake (2.33× the country average).

Demographically, the Cupcake audience skews more female with an average age of 37.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.

The typical Cupcake fan in South Africa is more female, around 37.6 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Cake.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sweet

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 Cupcake profile in South Africa.

Audience size
881K
in South Africa
Gender
80.7%
19.3% male
Age
37.6
average years
Country rank
#911
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 Cupcake fans

80.7% are female, 19.3% are male, average age 37.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

80.7%
Female
19.3%
Male
Demographic split for Cupcake audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female80.7%
Male19.3%
Average age37.6
Estimated audience size880,687
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.6
average years
Age distribution of the Cupcake audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2925%
30-3919%
40-4914%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Cupcake audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Cupcake
CountryShare
United States16.3%
Japan10.8%
China8.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Cupcake audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01GanacheFood & Beverages7.10×
02Fondant icingFood & Beverages4.85×
03Icing (food)Food & Beverages4.21×
04Birthday cakeFood & Beverages3.05×
05Cake decoratingFood & Beverages2.83×
06CakeFood & Beverages2.33×
07PastryFood & Beverages2.30×
08WigBeauty & Wellness2.12×
09BraidHome & Garden2.12×
10Lace wigBeauty & Wellness1.98×
11CreamFood & Beverages1.98×
12Event managementBusiness & Career1.94×
13BakeryFood & Beverages1.81×
14CateringFood & Beverages1.76×
15DessertsFood & Beverages1.66×
16ShopRite (United States)Food & Beverages1.63×
17SkirtFashion & Accessoires1.63×
18BakingFood & Beverages1.62×
19AckermansShopping1.57×
20HairstyleBeauty & Wellness1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Cupcake 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 Cupcake audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE1.25×
TravellingTHRILL1.11×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.86×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Cupcake audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.48×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.55×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.86×
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 Cupcake. 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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