Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Energy drinks Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Energy drinks in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Energy drinks has an estimated audience of 1,133,242 people in South Africa.

#5among Beverage in South Africa
#468among Topic in South Africa
#56in Food & Beverages

Energy drinks has an estimated audience of 1,133,242 people in South Africa. 48.7% are female, 51.3% are male, average age 35.4. Top brand affinities: Red Bull, Cash Converters, German cuisine, Korean cuisine, Middle Eastern cuisine.

Top brand affinities include Red Bull, Cash Converters, German cuisine, with strongest over-indexing on Red Bull (3.18× the country average).

Demographically, the Energy drinks audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Patriotism.

The typical Energy drinks fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.4 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Red Bull.

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Beverage

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 Energy drinks profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.1M
in South Africa
Gender
48.7%
51.3% male
Age
35.4
average years
Country rank
#657
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Energy drinks fans

48.7% are female, 51.3% are male, average age 35.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.7%
Female
51.3%
Male
Demographic split for Energy drinks audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female48.7%
Male51.3%
Average age35.4
Estimated audience size1,133,242
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.4
average years
Age distribution of the Energy drinks audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1926%
20-2929%
30-3918%
40-4911%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.0%

of the worldwide Energy drinks audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Energy drinks
CountryShare
United States13.6%
Japan7.5%
China6.8%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Energy drinks audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Red BullFood & Beverages3.18×
02Korean cuisineFood & Beverages1.85×
03Cash ConvertersBusiness & Career1.76×
04Ethiopian AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.73×
05German cuisineFood & Beverages1.71×
06CAF Champions LeagueSports1.70×
07Middle Eastern cuisineFood & Beverages1.69×
08FA CupSports1.68×
09Spanish cuisineFood & Beverages1.67×
10Goalkeeper (association football)Sports1.67×
11SuperSport FootballSports1.61×
12HeinekenFood & Beverages1.60×
13Pale lagerFood & Beverages1.59×
14Vietnamese cuisineFood & Beverages1.55×
15Cassper NyovestMusic & Radio1.55×
16Viu (streaming media)Movies & TV1.54×
17Film scoreMusic & Radio1.53×
18Volkswagen GolfCars & Mobility1.53×
19ShenzhenTravel & Leisure1.53×
20Rent-to-ownHome & Garden1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Energy drinks 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 Energy drinks audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.97×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.80×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.79×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Energy drinks audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL0.45×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.49×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.79×
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 Energy drinks. 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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