Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Daily Maverick Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Daily Maverick in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Daily Maverick has an estimated audience of 1,473,534 people in South Africa.

#1among Newspaper in South Africa
#23among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
#2in News

Daily Maverick has an estimated audience of 1,473,534 people in South Africa. 41.9% are female, 58.1% are male, average age 46.0. Top brand affinities: Online newspaper, LinkedIn, Sustainable energy, Airbnb, Rugby World Cup.

Top brand affinities include Online newspaper, LinkedIn, Sustainable energy, with strongest over-indexing on Online newspaper (5.05× the country average).

Demographically, the Daily Maverick audience skews more male with an average age of 46.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Sustainability, Early Adopter Mentality.

The typical Daily Maverick fan in South Africa is more male, around 46.0 years old, with strong Sustainability tendencies and a notable affinity for Online newspaper.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Newspaper

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 Daily Maverick profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.5M
in South Africa
Gender
41.9%
58.1% male
Age
46.0
average years
Country rank
#467
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-28%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Daily Maverick

41.9% are female, 58.1% are male, average age 46.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

41.9%
Female
58.1%
Male
Demographic split for Daily Maverick audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female41.9%
Male58.1%
Average age46.0
Estimated audience size1,473,534
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 46.0
average years
Age distribution of the Daily Maverick audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-197%
20-2914%
30-3918%
40-4924%
50+37%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

93.7%

of the worldwide Daily Maverick audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Daily Maverick
CountryShare
South Africa93.7%
United States1.7%
Germany1.3%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Daily Maverick audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Online newspaperNews5.05×
02The EconomistBusiness & Career3.93×
03Sustainable energyHome & Garden3.51×
04CNNMovies & TV2.66×
05Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature2.65×
06Apple TVMovies & TV2.42×
07EcotourismBusiness & Career2.10×
08Efficient energy useTechnology & Electronics2.06×
09InnovationBusiness & Career2.01×
10Rugby World CupSports1.97×
11Renewable energyBusiness & Career1.96×
12EmiratesTravel & Leisure1.96×
13MuseumArts & Culture1.90×
14LinkedInInternet & Social Media1.72×
15AirbnbTravel & Leisure1.69×
16Air travelTravel & Leisure1.60×
17PodcastMusic & Radio1.59×
18AirlineTravel & Leisure1.56×
19E-booksLiterature1.55×
20Nonprofit organizationPolitics & Society1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Daily Maverick 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 Daily Maverick audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SustainabilityBALANCE2.40×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER2.22×
Career OrientationPOWER1.75×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Daily Maverick audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.51×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.67×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.71×
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 Daily Maverick. 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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