Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Manchester United F.C. Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Manchester United F.C. in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Manchester United F.C. has an estimated audience of 6,561,746 people in South Africa.

#3among Soccer in South Africa
#3among Team in South Africa
#3in Sports

Manchester United F.C. has an estimated audience of 6,561,746 people in South Africa. 30.2% are female, 69.8% are male, average age 33.8. Top brand affinities: Manchester City F.C., Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Real Madrid C.F., Orlando Pirates, Premier League.

Top brand affinities include Manchester City F.C., Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Real Madrid C.F., with strongest over-indexing on Manchester City F.C. (3.93× the country average).

Demographically, the Manchester United F.C. audience skews more male with an average age of 33.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Social Media Usage.

The typical Manchester United F.C. fan in South Africa is more male, around 33.8 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Manchester City F.C..

Category: Sports · Type: Team · Subtype: Soccer

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 Manchester United F.C. profile in South Africa.

Audience size
6.6M
in South Africa
Gender
30.2%
69.8% male
Age
33.8
average years
Country rank
#20
Team in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+7%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Manchester United F.C. fans

30.2% are female, 69.8% are male, average age 33.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

30.2%
Female
69.8%
Male
Demographic split for Manchester United F.C. audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female30.2%
Male69.8%
Average age33.8
Estimated audience size6,561,746
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 33.8
average years
Age distribution of the Manchester United F.C. audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1932%
20-2927%
30-3918%
40-499%
50+15%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.7%

of the worldwide Manchester United F.C. audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Manchester United F.C.
CountryShare
United Kingdom12.8%
United States7.1%
Indonesia5.6%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Manchester United F.C. audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Manchester United F.C. audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Marcus RashfordSports5.45×
02Manchester City F.C.Sports3.93×
03Arsenal F.C.Sports3.55×
04Aston Villa F.C.Sports3.50×
05Chelsea F.C.Sports3.36×
06Liverpool F.C.Sports3.28×
07Cristiano RonaldoSports3.12×
08Premier LeagueSports3.04×
09Inter MilanSports3.00×
10SofascoreSports2.96×
11FC Bayern MunichSports2.87×
12Paris Saint-GermainSports2.79×
13UEFA Champions LeagueSports2.69×
14Real Madrid C.F.Sports2.58×
15FC BarcelonaSports2.55×
16FIFA World CupSports2.50×
17Soccer-LadumaSports2.48×
18Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.Sports1.91×
19Orlando PiratesSports1.87×
20Kaizer Chiefs F.C.Sports1.76×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Manchester United F.C. 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 Manchester United F.C. audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.49×
Social Media UsageJOY0.75×
TravellingTHRILL0.72×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Manchester United F.C. audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.61×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.67×
TravellingTHRILL0.72×
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 Manchester United F.C.. 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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