Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Internet television Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Internet television in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Internet television has an estimated audience of 931,547 people in South Africa.

#613among Topic in South Africa
#51in Technology & Electronics

Internet television has an estimated audience of 931,547 people in South Africa. 52.1% are female, 47.9% are male, average age 35.8. Top brand affinities: Radio, Internet celebrity, TV talkshows, Family car, Apple TV.

Top brand affinities include Radio, Internet celebrity, TV talkshows, with strongest over-indexing on Radio (1.66× the country average).

Demographically, the Internet television audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Sustainability.

The typical Internet television fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.8 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Radio.

Category: Technology & Electronics · Type: Topic

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 television profile in South Africa.

Audience size
932K
in South Africa
Gender
52.1%
47.9% male
Age
35.8
average years
Country rank
#845
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-20%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Internet television fans

52.1% are female, 47.9% are male, average age 35.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.1%
Female
47.9%
Male
Demographic split for Internet television audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female52.1%
Male47.9%
Average age35.8
Estimated audience size931,547
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.8
average years
Age distribution of the Internet television audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2928%
30-3920%
40-4911%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.9%

of the worldwide Internet television audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Internet television
CountryShare
United States14.4%
China7.3%
Japan6.3%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Internet television audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SennheiserTechnology & Electronics5.43×
02Bowers & WilkinsTechnology & Electronics4.62×
03Noise-cancelling headphonesTechnology & Electronics3.67×
04Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveGames2.63×
05Apple TVMovies & TV2.53×
06Mid-size carCars & Mobility1.90×
07CarcareCars & Mobility1.87×
08Crystal Palace F.C.Sports1.82×
09Internet celebrityInternet & Social Media1.76×
10Smart TVTechnology & Electronics1.75×
11Dow Jones Industrial AverageBusiness & Career1.71×
12RadioTechnology & Electronics1.66×
13TV talkshowsMovies & TV1.64×
14City carCars & Mobility1.64×
15Passive incomeBusiness & Career1.61×
16Family carCars & Mobility1.59×
17BoxingSports1.55×
18JudaismPolitics & Society1.54×
19TV game showsMovies & TV1.52×
20Breakfast televisionMovies & TV1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Internet television 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 television audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.29×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.20×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.18×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Internet television audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
MindfulnessBALANCE0.68×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.70×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM0.73×
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 television. 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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