Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Discovery+ Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Discovery+ in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Discovery+ has an estimated audience of 1,656,004 people in South Africa.

#7among TV Channel in South Africa
#23in Movies & TV

Discovery+ has an estimated audience of 1,656,004 people in South Africa. 52.4% are female, 47.6% are male, average age 35.9. Top brand affinities: Toyota Hilux, Toyota Land Cruiser, Volkswagen Amarok, Solar power, Toyota RAV4.

Top brand affinities include Toyota Hilux, Toyota Land Cruiser, Volkswagen Amarok, with strongest over-indexing on Toyota Hilux (2.56× the country average).

Demographically, the Discovery+ audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Quality Awareness, Sustainability.

The typical Discovery+ fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.9 years old, with strong Quality Awareness tendencies and a notable affinity for Toyota Hilux.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: TV Channel

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 Discovery+ profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.7M
in South Africa
Gender
52.4%
47.6% male
Age
35.9
average years
Country rank
#400
TV Channel in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Audience demographics of Discovery+

52.4% are female, 47.6% are male, average age 35.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.4%
Female
47.6%
Male
Demographic split for Discovery+ audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female52.4%
Male47.6%
Average age35.9
Estimated audience size1,656,004
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.9
average years
Age distribution of the Discovery+ audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1926%
20-2926%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

25.9%

of the worldwide Discovery+ audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Discovery+
CountryShare
South Africa25.9%
United States24.1%
Germany10.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Discovery+ audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Opel MokkaCars & Mobility3.48×
02Toyota HiluxCars & Mobility2.56×
03Toyota RAV4Cars & Mobility2.49×
04Toyota Land CruiserCars & Mobility2.32×
05Volkswagen AmarokCars & Mobility2.24×
06Ford EcoSportCars & Mobility2.23×
07BMW X3Cars & Mobility2.20×
08OpelCars & Mobility2.04×
09Ford FiestaCars & Mobility1.96×
10BMW X5Cars & Mobility1.94×
11Toyota YarisCars & Mobility1.94×
12Automobile repair shopCars & Mobility1.92×
13Hyundai i20Cars & Mobility1.88×
14BMW 3 SeriesCars & Mobility1.80×
15Toyota CorollaCars & Mobility1.72×
16Volkswagen TiguanCars & Mobility1.71×
17Solar powerHome & Garden1.61×
18NASDAQBusiness & Career1.61×
19VolvoCars & Mobility1.60×
20Air pollutionHealth1.56×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Discovery+ 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 Discovery+ audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.37×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.15×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.13×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Discovery+ audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.81×
Social Media UsageJOY0.84×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.85×
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 Discovery+. 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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