Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Data Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Data in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Data has an estimated audience of 1,091,676 people in South Africa.

#491among Topic in South Africa
#111in Business & Career

Data has an estimated audience of 1,091,676 people in South Africa. 50.4% are female, 49.6% are male, average age 37.1. Top brand affinities: Cloud computing, Internet service provider, Mobile payment, Data science, The Sims.

Top brand affinities include Cloud computing, Internet service provider, Mobile payment, with strongest over-indexing on Cloud computing (1.85× the country average).

Demographically, the Data audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Individualism.

The typical Data fan in South Africa is balanced, around 37.1 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Cloud computing.

Category: Business & Career · 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 Data profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.1M
in South Africa
Gender
50.4%
49.6% male
Age
37.1
average years
Country rank
#692
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+22%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Data fans

50.4% are female, 49.6% are male, average age 37.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.4%
Female
49.6%
Male
Demographic split for Data audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female50.4%
Male49.6%
Average age37.1
Estimated audience size1,091,676
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.1
average years
Age distribution of the Data audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2926%
30-3920%
40-4913%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.1%

of the worldwide Data audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Data
CountryShare
United States19.8%
India6.5%
United Kingdom4.6%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Data audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Deep learningTechnology & Electronics2.31×
02Data scienceBusiness & Career2.30×
03Microsoft AzureTechnology & Electronics2.22×
04The SimsGames2.05×
05DashcamCars & Mobility1.94×
06Amazon Web ServicesTechnology & Electronics1.92×
07Cloud computingTechnology & Electronics1.85×
08X-MenMovies & TV1.78×
09Block chain (database)Technology & Electronics1.76×
10Information privacyTechnology & Electronics1.73×
11Battery chargerHome & Garden1.63×
12Toulouse FCSports1.63×
13Derivative (finance)Business & Career1.59×
14Massive open online courseBusiness & Career1.57×
15LenovoTechnology & Electronics1.55×
16Hotspot (Wi-Fi)Technology & Electronics1.55×
17RoboticsTechnology & Electronics1.54×
18Internet service providerTechnology & Electronics1.51×
19Malaysia AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.51×
20Mobile paymentBusiness & Career1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Data 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 Data audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.24×
IndividualismJOY1.11×
IndulgenceJOY1.09×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Data audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Design AffinityPREMIUM0.66×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.73×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.74×
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 Data. 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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