Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Meme Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Meme in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Meme has an estimated audience of 1,246,316 people in South Africa.

#3among Content type in South Africa
#421among Topic in South Africa
#21in Internet & Social Media

Meme has an estimated audience of 1,246,316 people in South Africa. 52.0% are female, 48.0% are male, average age 31.0. Top brand affinities: Sarcasm, Anti-lock braking system, Late-night talk show, Buddhism, Emma Watson.

Top brand affinities include Sarcasm, Anti-lock braking system, Late-night talk show, with strongest over-indexing on Sarcasm (2.15× the country average).

Demographically, the Meme audience skews balanced with an average age of 31.0, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Extroversion, Early Adopter Mentality.

The typical Meme fan in South Africa is balanced, around 31.0 years old, with strong Extroversion tendencies and a notable affinity for Sarcasm.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Topic · Subtype: Content type

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 Meme profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.2M
in South Africa
Gender
52.0%
48.0% male
Age
31.0
average years
Country rank
#592
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Demographics of Meme fans

52.0% are female, 48.0% are male, average age 31.0.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.0%
Female
48.0%
Male
Demographic split for Meme audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female52.0%
Male48.0%
Average age31.0
Estimated audience size1,246,316
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 31.0
average years
Age distribution of the Meme audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1944%
20-2924%
30-3912%
40-498%
50+12%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Meme audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Meme
CountryShare
United States32.4%
India5.0%
Brazil4.8%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Meme audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01SarcasmPolitics & Society2.15×
02Player versus playerGames2.01×
03Criticism of religionPolitics & Society2.00×
04Emma WatsonMovies & TV1.97×
05Cypress HillMusic & Radio1.90×
06Buffy the Vampire SlayerMovies & TV1.81×
07Late-night talk showMovies & TV1.79×
08Vikings (TV series)Movies & TV1.78×
09Anti-lock braking systemCars & Mobility1.77×
10Goth subcultureFashion & Accessoires1.73×
11Will FerrellMovies & TV1.67×
12Alanis MorissetteMusic & Radio1.67×
13Electronic ArtsGames1.59×
14Sons of AnarchyMovies & TV1.58×
15BuddhismHealth1.57×
16Mayhem (band)Music & Radio1.54×
17Gender equalityPolitics & Society1.53×
18Deutsche WelleMusic & Radio1.53×
19The 100 (TV series)Movies & TV1.52×
20BritpopMusic & Radio1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Meme 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 Meme audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
ExtroversionTHRILL1.23×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.15×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.10×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Meme audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.73×
Social Media UsageJOY0.86×
Urban LifestyleOPEN0.91×
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 Meme. 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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