Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Driving Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Driving in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Driving has an estimated audience of 1,712,747 people in South Africa.

#255among Topic in South Africa
#11in Cars & Mobility

Driving has an estimated audience of 1,712,747 people in South Africa. 41.4% are female, 58.6% are male, average age 37.3. Top brand affinities: Family car, Used car, City car, Hatchback, Car rentals.

Top brand affinities include Family car, Used car, City car, with strongest over-indexing on Family car (2.5× the country average).

Demographically, the Driving audience skews more male with an average age of 37.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Family Orientation, Early Adopter Mentality.

The typical Driving fan in South Africa is more male, around 37.3 years old, with strong Family Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Family car.

Category: Cars & Mobility · 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 Driving profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.7M
in South Africa
Gender
41.4%
58.6% male
Age
37.3
average years
Country rank
#383
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+40%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Driving fans

41.4% are female, 58.6% are male, average age 37.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

41.4%
Female
58.6%
Male
Demographic split for Driving audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female41.4%
Male58.6%
Average age37.3
Estimated audience size1,712,747
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.3
average years
Age distribution of the Driving audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2926%
30-3920%
40-4913%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.2%

of the worldwide Driving audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Driving
CountryShare
United States16.0%
Japan5.3%
United Kingdom5.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Driving audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Škoda AutoCars & Mobility3.61×
02CarcareCars & Mobility2.68×
03Family carCars & Mobility2.50×
04PeugeotCars & Mobility2.50×
05City carCars & Mobility2.40×
06Volkswagen TiguanCars & Mobility2.39×
07Full-size carCars & Mobility2.38×
08BMW X5Cars & Mobility2.36×
09OpelCars & Mobility2.34×
10Max VerstappenSports2.17×
11HondaCars & Mobility2.03×
12SuzukiCars & Mobility1.95×
13Range RoverCars & Mobility1.89×
14Land RoverCars & Mobility1.82×
15HatchbackCars & Mobility1.73×
16Sedan (automobile)Cars & Mobility1.69×
17Toyota HiluxCars & Mobility1.67×
18Used carCars & Mobility1.65×
19PorscheCars & Mobility1.58×
20Car rentalsCars & Mobility1.57×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Driving 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 Driving audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.32×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.28×
Career OrientationPOWER1.24×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Driving audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
CreativityOPEN0.71×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.71×
Social Media UsageJOY0.75×
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 Driving. 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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