Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Internet meme Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Internet meme in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Internet meme has an estimated audience of 964,209 people in South Africa.

#5among Content type in South Africa
#581among Topic in South Africa
#25in Internet & Social Media

Internet meme has an estimated audience of 964,209 people in South Africa. 51.5% are female, 48.5% are male, average age 32.4. Top brand affinities: TikTok, Laughter, Anthropology, Evolutionary psychology, Natural selection.

Top brand affinities include TikTok, Laughter, Anthropology, with strongest over-indexing on TikTok (1.53× the country average).

Demographically, the Internet meme audience skews balanced with an average age of 32.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Patriotism.

The typical Internet meme fan in South Africa is balanced, around 32.4 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for TikTok.

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 meme profile in South Africa.

Audience size
964K
in South Africa
Gender
51.5%
48.5% male
Age
32.4
average years
Country rank
#805
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-61%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Internet meme fans

51.5% are female, 48.5% are male, average age 32.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.5%
Female
48.5%
Male
Demographic split for Internet meme audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female51.5%
Male48.5%
Average age32.4
Estimated audience size964,209
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 32.4
average years
Age distribution of the Internet meme audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1937%
20-2927%
30-3915%
40-498%
50+13%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Internet meme audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Internet meme
CountryShare
United States26.5%
China11.2%
Japan7.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Internet meme audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01IShowSpeedInternet & Social Media2.73×
02Evolutionary psychologyHealth2.25×
03Natural selectionPolitics & Society2.14×
04AnthropologyBusiness & Career1.98×
05Internet slangInternet & Social Media1.94×
06IronyMovies & TV1.89×
07HumorismLiterature1.88×
08Illuminati (comics)Literature1.85×
09Jensen AcklesMovies & TV1.81×
10TextingTechnology & Electronics1.78×
11Dylan O’BrienMovies & TV1.69×
12TumblrInternet & Social Media1.62×
13Thai languagePolitics & Society1.62×
14SarcasmPolitics & Society1.60×
15FactsBusiness & Career1.56×
16Free willPolitics & Society1.54×
17TikTokInternet & Social Media1.53×
18LaughterMovies & TV1.53×
19Angela White (athlete)Movies & TV1.52×
20Michael B. JordanMovies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Internet meme 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 meme audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.91×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.86×
TravellingTHRILL0.78×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Internet meme audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.64×
Social Media UsageJOY0.73×
TravellingTHRILL0.78×
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 meme. 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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