Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Internet celebrity Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Internet celebrity in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Internet celebrity has an estimated audience of 1,332,529 people in South Africa.

#2among Content type in South Africa
#382among Topic in South Africa
#20in Internet & Social Media

Internet celebrity has an estimated audience of 1,332,529 people in South Africa. 55.6% are female, 44.4% are male, average age 35.3. Top brand affinities: Sydney Sweeney, Wikipedia, forex trader, FIFA World Cup, Magic (illusion).

Top brand affinities include Sydney Sweeney, Wikipedia, forex trader, with strongest over-indexing on Sydney Sweeney (4.13× the country average).

Demographically, the Internet celebrity audience skews more female with an average age of 35.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Spirituality.

The typical Internet celebrity fan in South Africa is more female, around 35.3 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Sydney Sweeney.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Topic · Subtype: Content 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 Internet celebrity profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
55.6%
44.4% male
Age
35.3
average years
Country rank
#540
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-56%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Internet celebrity fans

55.6% are female, 44.4% are male, average age 35.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

55.6%
Female
44.4%
Male
Demographic split for Internet celebrity audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female55.6%
Male44.4%
Average age35.3
Estimated audience size1,332,529
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.3
average years
Age distribution of the Internet celebrity audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1929%
20-2925%
30-3919%
40-4911%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.2%

of the worldwide Internet celebrity audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Internet celebrity
CountryShare
United States22.5%
India10.4%
Mexico4.1%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Internet celebrity audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01HBOMovies & TV7.04×
02Porsche CayenneCars & Mobility5.98×
03Babies "R" UsKids & Family5.64×
04forex traderBusiness & Career5.52×
05University of OxfordBusiness & Career5.06×
06Structural engineeringBusiness & Career4.84×
07Sydney SweeneyMovies & TV4.13×
08Magic (illusion)Kids & Family3.32×
09WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.86×
10Shelf LivesMusic & Radio2.75×
11Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipSports2.73×
12Digital televisionMovies & TV2.31×
13Video hosting serviceTechnology & Electronics2.07×
14Short filmMovies & TV2.04×
15Radio broadcastingMusic & Radio1.93×
16Stand-up comedyMovies & TV1.73×
17Premier LeagueSports1.71×
18ShowMaxMovies & TV1.60×
19FIFA World CupSports1.56×
20LaughterMovies & TV1.54×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Internet celebrity 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 Internet celebrity audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.98×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.79×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.73×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Internet celebrity audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.73×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.79×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.98×
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 Internet celebrity. 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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