Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Funk Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Funk in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Funk has an estimated audience of 1,074,950 people in South Africa.

#19among Musical genre in South Africa
#505among Topic in South Africa
#37in Music & Radio

Funk has an estimated audience of 1,074,950 people in South Africa. 45.5% are female, 54.5% are male, average age 32.0. Top brand affinities: Puma, Snapchat, Drake, Gangsta rap, Bologna F.C. 1909.

Top brand affinities include Puma, Snapchat, Drake, with strongest over-indexing on Puma (1.5× the country average).

Demographically, the Funk audience skews balanced with an average age of 32.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, Mindfulness.

The typical Funk fan in South Africa is balanced, around 32.0 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for Puma.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 Funk profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.1M
in South Africa
Gender
45.5%
54.5% male
Age
32.0
average years
Country rank
#708
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+35%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Funk fans

45.5% are female, 54.5% are male, average age 32.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

45.5%
Female
54.5%
Male
Demographic split for Funk audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female45.5%
Male54.5%
Average age32.0
Estimated audience size1,074,950
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 32.0
average years
Age distribution of the Funk audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1941%
20-2923%
30-3914%
40-498%
50+14%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Funk audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Funk
CountryShare
United States23.7%
Brazil10.8%
China5.1%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Funk audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01DrakeMusic & Radio1.81×
02Bologna F.C. 1909Sports1.73×
03ASAP RockyMusic & Radio1.72×
04Los Angeles LakersSports1.71×
05SupremeFashion & Accessoires1.69×
06Malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.68×
07Millie Bobby BrownMovies & TV1.66×
08LeBron JamesSports1.66×
09Forex Online TradingBusiness & Career1.65×
10Air JordanFashion & Accessoires1.61×
11Gangsta rapMusic & Radio1.60×
12Anne HathawayMovies & TV1.59×
13Late-night talk showMovies & TV1.56×
14Kanye WestMusic & Radio1.55×
15DAXBusiness & Career1.54×
16Street danceSports1.54×
17SnapchatInternet & Social Media1.53×
18romantic comediesMovies & TV1.52×
19West Ham United F.C.Sports1.51×
20PumaFashion & Accessoires1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Funk 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 Funk audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL1.18×
MindfulnessBALANCE1.12×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.12×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Funk audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.68×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.81×
CreativityOPEN0.82×
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 Funk. 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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