Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Horror movies Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Horror movies in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Horror movies has an estimated audience of 1,410,209 people in South Africa.

#7among Movie genre in South Africa
#350among Topic in South Africa
#30in Movies & TV

Horror movies has an estimated audience of 1,410,209 people in South Africa. 48.7% are female, 51.3% are male, average age 36.0. Top brand affinities: Symbian, Erlang (programming language), Attachment theory, Interpersonal attraction, Web fiction.

Top brand affinities include Symbian, Erlang (programming language), Attachment theory, with strongest over-indexing on Symbian (1.52× the country average).

Demographically, the Horror movies audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Spirituality.

The typical Horror movies fan in South Africa is balanced, around 36.0 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Symbian.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic · Subtype: Movie 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 Horror movies profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.4M
in South Africa
Gender
48.7%
51.3% male
Age
36.0
average years
Country rank
#498
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 Horror movies fans

48.7% are female, 51.3% are male, average age 36.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.7%
Female
51.3%
Male
Demographic split for Horror movies audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female48.7%
Male51.3%
Average age36.0
Estimated audience size1,410,209
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.0
average years
Age distribution of the Horror movies audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1926%
20-2925%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Horror movies audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Horror movies
CountryShare
United States22.4%
India5.6%
China4.3%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Horror movies audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Dylan O’BrienMovies & TV2.23×
02Illuminati (comics)Literature2.00×
03Young-adult fictionLiterature1.99×
04Aliens (film)Movies & TV1.91×
05Jensen AcklesMovies & TV1.73×
06Web fictionLiterature1.68×
07Erlang (programming language)Technology & Electronics1.64×
08Mondo filmMovies & TV1.64×
09Horror fictionMovies & TV1.63×
10Psychological thrillerLiterature1.60×
11CourtshipBusiness & Career1.58×
12Summer campKids & Family1.58×
13Attachment theoryKids & Family1.54×
14StomachHealth1.54×
15CowsMusic & Radio1.54×
16TextingTechnology & Electronics1.53×
17Jason MomoaMovies & TV1.53×
18Gerard ButlerMovies & TV1.53×
19SymbianTechnology & Electronics1.52×
20Interpersonal attractionKids & Family1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Horror movies 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 Horror movies audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.97×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.96×
TravellingTHRILL0.80×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Horror movies audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.58×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.67×
TravellingTHRILL0.80×
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 Horror movies. 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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