Rascasse Audience Intelligence

KFC Target Market in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about KFC in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. KFC has an estimated audience of 2,705,176 people in South Africa.

#1among Fast food restaurants in South Africa
#13among Brand in South Africa
#9in Food & Beverages

KFC has an estimated audience of 2,705,176 people in South Africa. 60.4% are female, 39.6% are male, average age 35.9. Top brand affinities: ShopRite (United States), Yum! Brands, Brazilian Portuguese, Peruvian cuisine, Drive-through.

Top brand affinities include ShopRite (United States), Yum! Brands, Brazilian Portuguese, with strongest over-indexing on ShopRite (United States) (1.52× the country average).

Demographically, the KFC audience skews more female with an average age of 35.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.

The typical KFC fan in South Africa is more female, around 35.9 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for ShopRite (United States).

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Brand · Subtype: Fast food restaurants

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 KFC profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.7M
in South Africa
Gender
60.4%
39.6% male
Age
35.9
average years
Country rank
#184
Brand in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+0%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Customer demographics of KFC

60.4% are female, 39.6% are male, average age 35.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

60.4%
Female
39.6%
Male
Demographic split for KFC audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female60.4%
Male39.6%
Average age35.9
Estimated audience size2,705,176
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.9
average years
Age distribution of the KFC audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2928%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.5%

of the worldwide KFC audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for KFC
CountryShare
United States18.5%
United Kingdom5.8%
Japan4.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for KFC audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Kim ZolciakMovies & TV2.73×
02Yum! BrandsFood & Beverages2.03×
03Multichannel retailingShopping2.01×
04Peruvian cuisineFood & Beverages1.99×
05Drive-throughFood & Beverages1.94×
06New York UniversityBusiness & Career1.94×
07ClearblueHealth1.92×
08GravyFood & Beverages1.88×
09GanacheFood & Beverages1.75×
10Boston CollegeBusiness & Career1.68×
11Brazilian PortuguesePolitics & Society1.64×
12Black Forest cakeFood & Beverages1.59×
13Ranch dressingFood & Beverages1.58×
14Jo Malone LondonBeauty & Wellness1.58×
15TelemarketingBusiness & Career1.55×
16Engineering & TechnologyBusiness & Career1.55×
17TrenzaBeauty & Wellness1.53×
18Part-timeBusiness & Career1.53×
19ShopRite (United States)Food & Beverages1.52×
20Opera (web browser)Internet & Social Media1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the KFC 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 KFC audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.85×
TravellingTHRILL0.83×
Social Media UsageJOY0.53×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by KFC audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.43×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.51×
Social Media UsageJOY0.53×
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 KFC. 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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