Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Leadership Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Leadership in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Leadership has an estimated audience of 1,299,964 people in South Africa.

#391among Topic in South Africa
#92in Business & Career

Leadership has an estimated audience of 1,299,964 people in South Africa. 56.3% are female, 43.7% are male, average age 37.2. Top brand affinities: LinkedIn, Innovation, Activism, Business school, Passive income.

Top brand affinities include LinkedIn, Innovation, Activism, with strongest over-indexing on LinkedIn (1.57× the country average).

Demographically, the Leadership audience skews more female with an average age of 37.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Career Orientation, Sustainability.

The typical Leadership fan in South Africa is more female, around 37.2 years old, with strong Career Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for LinkedIn.

Category: Business & Career · 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 Leadership profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
56.3%
43.7% male
Age
37.2
average years
Country rank
#552
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-6%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Leadership fans

56.3% are female, 43.7% are male, average age 37.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

56.3%
Female
43.7%
Male
Demographic split for Leadership audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female56.3%
Male43.7%
Average age37.2
Estimated audience size1,299,964
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.2
average years
Age distribution of the Leadership audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2924%
30-3919%
40-4914%
50+19%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Leadership audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Leadership
CountryShare
United States22.5%
Japan6.1%
Brazil4.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Leadership audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Nobel Peace PrizePolitics & Society2.34×
02Massive open online courseBusiness & Career2.18×
03Business schoolBusiness & Career1.98×
04American AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.96×
05Private equityBusiness & Career1.92×
06Derivative (finance)Business & Career1.87×
07InnovationBusiness & Career1.86×
08Freedom of speechPolitics & Society1.75×
09Data scienceBusiness & Career1.74×
10Malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.74×
11Amazon Web ServicesTechnology & Electronics1.71×
12UNESCOPolitics & Society1.71×
13CommutingCars & Mobility1.62×
14Energy barFood & Beverages1.59×
15Tom HardyMovies & TV1.58×
16LinkedInInternet & Social Media1.57×
17Passive incomeBusiness & Career1.57×
18ActivismPolitics & Society1.56×
19RoboticsTechnology & Electronics1.54×
20Amazon KindleLiterature1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Leadership 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 Leadership audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Career OrientationPOWER1.48×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.36×
Community OrientationOPEN1.33×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Leadership audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.77×
ExtroversionTHRILL0.84×
Social Media UsageJOY0.88×
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 Leadership. 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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