Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Hotels Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Hotels in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Hotels has an estimated audience of 3,106,211 people in South Africa.

#1among Travel type in South Africa
#77among Topic in South Africa
#16in Travel & Leisure

Hotels has an estimated audience of 3,106,211 people in South Africa. 56.5% are female, 43.5% are male, average age 38.4. Top brand affinities: Ecotourism, Hostel, Trivago, Skyscanner, Hilton Hotels & Resorts.

Top brand affinities include Ecotourism, Hostel, Trivago, with strongest over-indexing on Ecotourism (1.5× the country average).

Demographically, the Hotels audience skews more female with an average age of 38.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Design Affinity.

The typical Hotels fan in South Africa is more female, around 38.4 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for Ecotourism.

Category: Travel & Leisure · Type: Topic · Subtype: Travel type

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 Hotels profile in South Africa.

Audience size
3.1M
in South Africa
Gender
56.5%
43.5% male
Age
38.4
average years
Country rank
#137
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+2%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Hotels fans

56.5% are female, 43.5% are male, average age 38.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.5%
Female
43.5%
Male
Demographic split for Hotels audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female56.5%
Male43.5%
Average age38.4
Estimated audience size3,106,211
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.4
average years
Age distribution of the Hotels audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1920%
20-2925%
30-3920%
40-4914%
50+22%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Hotels audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Hotels
CountryShare
United States15.8%
Italy4.9%
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 Hotels audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Hotels audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Shangri-LaTravel & Leisure1.78×
02Courtyard by MarriottTravel & Leisure1.78×
03Waldorf Astoria Hotels & ResortsTravel & Leisure1.78×
04Holiday Inn ExpressTravel & Leisure1.76×
05HyattTravel & Leisure1.75×
06Ritz-Carlton Hotel CompanyTravel & Leisure1.69×
07Hilton Hotels & ResortsTravel & Leisure1.64×
08Thai AirwaysTravel & Leisure1.64×
09ConciergeHome & Garden1.63×
10SkyscannerTravel & Leisure1.62×
11Water pollutionPolitics & Society1.60×
12TrivagoTravel & Leisure1.58×
13Radisson HotelsTravel & Leisure1.57×
14KartellHome & Garden1.57×
15HostelTravel & Leisure1.56×
16Marriott Hotels & ResortsTravel & Leisure1.54×
17Slow FoodFood & Beverages1.53×
18Best WesternTravel & Leisure1.53×
19FjällrävenFashion & Accessoires1.52×
20EcotourismBusiness & Career1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Hotels 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 Hotels audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.32×
Design AffinityPREMIUM1.32×
IndulgenceJOY1.31×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Hotels audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.75×
Social Media UsageJOY0.80×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.84×
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 Hotels. 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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