Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Machine Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Machine in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Machine has an estimated audience of 2,007,468 people in South Africa.

#205among Topic in South Africa
#47in Business & Career

Machine has an estimated audience of 2,007,468 people in South Africa. 45.6% are female, 54.4% are male, average age 38.5. Top brand affinities: Family car, Smart device, Projectors, Air pollution, Toyota Land Cruiser.

Top brand affinities include Family car, Smart device, Projectors, with strongest over-indexing on Family car (1.57× the country average).

Demographically, the Machine audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Quality Awareness, Luxury Orientation.

The typical Machine fan in South Africa is balanced, around 38.5 years old, with strong Quality Awareness tendencies and a notable affinity for Family car.

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 Machine profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2M
in South Africa
Gender
45.6%
54.4% male
Age
38.5
average years
Country rank
#309
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 Machine fans

45.6% are female, 54.4% are male, average age 38.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

45.6%
Female
54.4%
Male
Demographic split for Machine audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female45.6%
Male54.4%
Average age38.5
Estimated audience size2,007,468
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.5
average years
Age distribution of the Machine audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1919%
20-2924%
30-3920%
40-4915%
50+22%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Machine audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Machine
CountryShare
United States20.3%
Brazil6.7%
Italy5.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Machine audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01BMW 1 SeriesCars & Mobility1.71×
02Mid-size carCars & Mobility1.69×
03BMW X3Cars & Mobility1.69×
04ProjectorsTechnology & Electronics1.68×
05CarcareCars & Mobility1.67×
06Toyota RAV4Cars & Mobility1.66×
07Smart deviceTechnology & Electronics1.64×
08Toyota YarisCars & Mobility1.62×
09BMW X5Cars & Mobility1.61×
10Volkswagen AmarokCars & Mobility1.59×
11Hyundai TucsonCars & Mobility1.58×
12Family carCars & Mobility1.57×
13Alfa RomeoCars & Mobility1.57×
14Air pollutionHealth1.54×
15Toyota Land CruiserCars & Mobility1.54×
16OpelCars & Mobility1.54×
17Volkswagen TiguanCars & Mobility1.52×
18BMW 3 SeriesCars & Mobility1.52×
19Off-road vehicleCars & Mobility1.52×
20Ford FiestaCars & Mobility1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Machine 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 Machine audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Quality AwarenessPREMIUM1.30×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.24×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.19×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Machine audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.79×
MindfulnessBALANCE0.85×
CreativityOPEN0.85×
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 Machine. 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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