Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Ethics Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Ethics in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Ethics has an estimated audience of 1,305,235 people in South Africa.

#34among Field of study in South Africa
#389among Topic in South Africa
#91in Business & Career

Ethics has an estimated audience of 1,305,235 people in South Africa. 55.5% are female, 44.5% are male, average age 36.1. Top brand affinities: Buddhism, Social shopping, Emma Watson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Alanis Morissette.

Top brand affinities include Buddhism, Social shopping, Emma Watson, with strongest over-indexing on Buddhism (1.59× the country average).

Demographically, the Ethics audience skews more female with an average age of 36.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Sustainability.

The typical Ethics fan in South Africa is more female, around 36.1 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Buddhism.

Category: Business & Career · Type: Topic · Subtype: Field of study

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 Ethics profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
55.5%
44.5% male
Age
36.1
average years
Country rank
#550
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Ethics fans

55.5% are female, 44.5% are male, average age 36.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

55.5%
Female
44.5%
Male
Demographic split for Ethics audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female55.5%
Male44.5%
Average age36.1
Estimated audience size1,305,235
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.1
average years
Age distribution of the Ethics audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1929%
20-2922%
30-3917%
40-4912%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Ethics audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Ethics
CountryShare
United States24.4%
Italy6.2%
United Kingdom4.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Ethics audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Social shoppingShopping1.73×
02Criticism of religionPolitics & Society1.71×
03DeliverooFood & Beverages1.65×
04AmazonFreshShopping1.63×
05BuddhismHealth1.59×
06Alanis MorissetteMusic & Radio1.59×
07GiveawaysShopping1.58×
08Deutsche WelleMusic & Radio1.57×
09Gwyneth PaltrowMovies & TV1.54×
10Emma WatsonMovies & TV1.51×
11Jean-Michel JarreMusic & Radio1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Ethics 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 Ethics audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.24×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.15×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.15×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Ethics audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.61×
Social Media UsageJOY0.81×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.85×
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 Ethics. 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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