Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Humour Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Humour in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Humour has an estimated audience of 2,676,828 people in South Africa.

#1among Literary genre in South Africa
#120among Topic in South Africa
#5in Literature

Humour has an estimated audience of 2,676,828 people in South Africa. 50.0% are female, 50.0% are male, average age 35.3. Top brand affinities: Late-night talk show, Emma Watson, Will Ferrell, Deutsche Welle, Criticism of religion.

Top brand affinities include Late-night talk show, Emma Watson, Will Ferrell, with strongest over-indexing on Late-night talk show (1.76× the country average).

Demographically, the Humour audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, Spirituality.

The typical Humour fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.3 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for Late-night talk show.

Category: Literature · Type: Topic · Subtype: Literary 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 Humour profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.7M
in South Africa
Gender
50.0%
50.0% male
Age
35.3
average years
Country rank
#192
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-29%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Humour fans

50.0% are female, 50.0% are male, average age 35.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.0%
Female
50.0%
Male
Demographic split for Humour audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female50.0%
Male50.0%
Average age35.3
Estimated audience size2,676,828
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.3
average years
Age distribution of the Humour audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1930%
20-2924%
30-3917%
40-4911%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Humour audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Humour
CountryShare
United States22.5%
Brazil6.4%
India4.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Humour audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Deutsche WelleMusic & Radio1.77×
02Late-night talk showMovies & TV1.76×
03Criticism of religionPolitics & Society1.57×
04Emma WatsonMovies & TV1.55×
05Will FerrellMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Humour 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 Humour audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL1.13×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.12×
IndulgenceJOY1.08×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Humour audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.82×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.89×
Social Media UsageJOY0.90×
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 Humour. 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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