Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Electronic publishing Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Electronic publishing in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Electronic publishing has an estimated audience of 1,057,354 people in South Africa.

#513among Topic in South Africa
#9in News

Electronic publishing has an estimated audience of 1,057,354 people in South Africa. 51.2% are female, 48.8% are male, average age 37.5. Top brand affinities: Online newspaper, Innovation, Hostel, Emirates, Tom Hardy.

Top brand affinities include Online newspaper, Innovation, Hostel, with strongest over-indexing on Online newspaper (2.58× the country average).

Demographically, the Electronic publishing audience skews balanced with an average age of 37.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Career Orientation.

The typical Electronic publishing fan in South Africa is balanced, around 37.5 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Online newspaper.

Category: News · 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 Electronic publishing profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.1M
in South Africa
Gender
51.2%
48.8% male
Age
37.5
average years
Country rank
#719
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-50%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Electronic publishing fans

51.2% are female, 48.8% are male, average age 37.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.2%
Female
48.8%
Male
Demographic split for Electronic publishing audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female51.2%
Male48.8%
Average age37.5
Estimated audience size1,057,354
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.5
average years
Age distribution of the Electronic publishing audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2923%
30-3919%
40-4913%
50+21%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Electronic publishing audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Electronic publishing
CountryShare
United States20.7%
Brazil5.5%
India5.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Electronic publishing audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Emma WatsonMovies & TV2.87×
02Tom HardyMovies & TV2.82×
03Malt whiskyFood & Beverages2.80×
04Online newspaperNews2.58×
05Sandra BullockMovies & TV2.48×
06BuddhismHealth2.35×
07HostelTravel & Leisure2.33×
08BirkenstockFashion & Accessoires2.11×
09ProseccoFood & Beverages2.10×
10ZooKids & Family1.99×
11Dow Jones Industrial AverageBusiness & Career1.91×
12British AirwaysTravel & Leisure1.87×
13Mineral waterFood & Beverages1.84×
14Single malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.82×
15InnovationBusiness & Career1.75×
16EmiratesTravel & Leisure1.71×
17Sustainable energyHome & Garden1.62×
18Non-alcoholic beverageFood & Beverages1.61×
19Department storeShopping1.53×
20Apple TVMovies & TV1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Electronic publishing 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 Electronic publishing audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.47×
Career OrientationPOWER1.34×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.30×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Electronic publishing audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.51×
Social Media UsageJOY0.68×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.72×
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 Electronic publishing. 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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