Rascasse Audience Intelligence

FIFA World Cup Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about FIFA World Cup in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. FIFA World Cup has an estimated audience of 3,493,146 people in South Africa.

#6among Soccer in South Africa
#1among Event in South Africa
#13in Sports

FIFA World Cup has an estimated audience of 3,493,146 people in South Africa. 37.0% are female, 63.0% are male, average age 35.0. Top brand affinities: Manchester United F.C., Manchester City F.C., Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Sofascore.

Top brand affinities include Manchester United F.C., Manchester City F.C., Orlando Pirates, with strongest over-indexing on Manchester United F.C. (3.38× the country average).

Demographically, the FIFA World Cup audience skews more male with an average age of 35.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Travelling.

The typical FIFA World Cup fan in South Africa is more male, around 35.0 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Manchester United F.C..

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: Soccer

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 FIFA World Cup profile in South Africa.

Audience size
3.5M
in South Africa
Gender
37.0%
63.0% male
Age
35.0
average years
Country rank
#115
Event in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+256%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of FIFA World Cup fans

37.0% are female, 63.0% are male, average age 35.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

37.0%
Female
63.0%
Male
Demographic split for FIFA World Cup audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female37.0%
Male63.0%
Average age35.0
Estimated audience size3,493,146
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.0
average years
Age distribution of the FIFA World Cup audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1927%
20-2928%
30-3920%
40-4910%
50+16%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide FIFA World Cup audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for FIFA World Cup
CountryShare
United States19.1%
India8.1%
United Kingdom7.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for FIFA World Cup audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01PedroSports4.82×
02UEFA Europa LeagueSports4.56×
03Aston Villa F.C.Sports4.17×
04Atlético MadridSports3.89×
05UEFA Champions LeagueSports3.72×
06SofascoreSports3.65×
07Manchester City F.C.Sports3.53×
08Inter MilanSports3.49×
09Cristiano RonaldoSports3.47×
10Manchester United F.C.Sports3.38×
11Liverpool F.C.Sports3.37×
12FC Bayern MunichSports3.29×
13Premier LeagueSports3.22×
14FC BarcelonaSports3.09×
15Real Madrid C.F.Sports2.47×
16Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.Sports2.38×
17Orlando PiratesSports2.12×
18Kaizer Chiefs F.C.Sports1.85×
19AutotraderCars & Mobility1.56×
20TikTokInternet & Social Media1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the FIFA World Cup 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 FIFA World Cup audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM2.26×
TravellingTHRILL1.41×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.29×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by FIFA World Cup audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.92×
Social Media UsageJOY1.10×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.29×
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 FIFA World Cup. 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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