A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Gospel music in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Gospel music has an estimated audience of 1,658,052 people in South Africa.
Gospel music has an estimated audience of 1,658,052 people in South Africa. 55.2% are female, 44.8% are male, average age 35.3. Top brand affinities: Hymn, Ethiopian Airlines, Christian country music, southern gospel music, CeCe Winans.
Top brand affinities include Hymn, Ethiopian Airlines, Christian country music, with strongest over-indexing on Hymn (1.83× the country average).
Demographically, the Gospel music audience skews more female with an average age of 35.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.
The typical Gospel music fan in South Africa is more female, around 35.3 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Hymn.
The key figures that characterise the Gospel music profile in South Africa.
55.2% are female, 44.8% are male, average age 35.3.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Female | 55.2% |
| Male | 44.8% |
| Average age | 35.3 |
| Estimated audience size | 1,658,052 |
| Age bracket | Share | % |
|---|---|---|
| 16-19 | 30% | |
| 20-29 | 25% | |
| 30-39 | 16% | |
| 40-49 | 11% | |
| 50+ | 18% |
of the worldwide Gospel music audience comes from South Africa.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 27.1% |
| Brazil | 8.5% |
| Italy | 4.0% |
The strongest cross-interests of the Gospel music audience — brands, topics and people combined.
| # | · | Interest | Category | Affinity | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Amhara Region | Travel & Leisure | 2.63× | ||
| 02 | Tigray Region | Travel & Leisure | 2.60× | ||
| 03 | Ethiopia national football team | Sports | 2.51× | ||
| 04 | Somali Region | Travel & Leisure | 2.38× | ||
| 05 | Ethiopian cuisine | Food & Beverages | 2.33× | ||
| 06 | Oromia Region | Travel & Leisure | 2.30× | ||
| 07 | Eritrea | Travel & Leisure | 2.26× | ||
| 08 | Tigrinya language | Politics & Society | 2.26× | ||
| 09 | Addis Ababa | Travel & Leisure | 2.25× | ||
| 10 | Egyptian language | Politics & Society | 2.20× | ||
| 11 | southern gospel music | Music & Radio | 2.16× | ||
| 12 | Christian country music | Music & Radio | 2.14× | ||
| 13 | Somaliland | Travel & Leisure | 2.04× | ||
| 14 | Horn of Africa | Travel & Leisure | 1.90× | ||
| 15 | Ethiopian Airlines | Travel & Leisure | 1.88× | ||
| 16 | Somali language | Politics & Society | 1.87× | ||
| 17 | Haile Selassie | Politics & Society | 1.87× | ||
| 18 | Hymn | Music & Radio | 1.83× | ||
| 19 | Urban contemporary gospel | Music & Radio | 1.79× | ||
| 20 | CeCe Winans | Music & Radio | 1.55× |
Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirituality | BALANCE | 0.73× | |
| Travelling | THRILL | 0.68× | |
| Social Media Usage | JOY | 0.56× |
| Trait | Cluster | Deviation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy Lifestyle | BALANCE | 0.43× | |
| Patriotism | CONSERVATISM | 0.52× | |
| Social Media Usage | JOY | 0.56× |
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Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Africa who actively search for Gospel music. 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.
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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