Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Netflix Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Netflix in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Netflix has an estimated audience of 2,317,619 people in South Africa.

#4among TV / music streaming in South Africa
#5among TV Channel in South Africa
#15in Movies & TV

Netflix has an estimated audience of 2,317,619 people in South Africa. 53.8% are female, 46.2% are male, average age 36.6. Top brand affinities: Ginny And Georgia, Virtual private network, Emily in Paris, Landscapes, Ahn Hyo-seop.

Top brand affinities include Ginny And Georgia, Virtual private network, Emily in Paris, with strongest over-indexing on Ginny And Georgia (1.7× the country average).

Demographically, the Netflix audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.6, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.

The typical Netflix fan in South Africa is balanced, around 36.6 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Ginny And Georgia.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: TV Channel · Subtype: TV / music streaming

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 Netflix profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.3M
in South Africa
Gender
53.8%
46.2% male
Age
36.6
average years
Country rank
#248
TV Channel in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-23%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Netflix

53.8% are female, 46.2% are male, average age 36.6.

Fig. 02

Gender split

53.8%
Female
46.2%
Male
Demographic split for Netflix audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female53.8%
Male46.2%
Average age36.6
Estimated audience size2,317,619
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.6
average years
Age distribution of the Netflix audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1923%
20-2927%
30-3920%
40-4913%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Netflix audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Netflix
CountryShare
United States15.2%
Brazil5.8%
China4.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Netflix audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Ginny And GeorgiaMovies & TV1.70×
02Emily in ParisMovies & TV1.70×
03LandscapesMusic & Radio1.70×
04Ahn Hyo-seopMovies & TV1.70×
05Erin MoriartyMovies & TV1.70×
06Tanner BuchananMovies & TV1.70×
07Emma MackeyMovies & TV1.70×
08Ester ExpósitoMovies & TV1.70×
09Katherine LangfordMovies & TV1.70×
10Aidan GallagheMovies & TV1.70×
11Damian HardungMovies & TV1.70×
12The GloryMovies & TV1.70×
13The OrderMovies & TV1.70×
14Courtney HenggelerMovies & TV1.70×
15CrooksMovies & TV1.70×
16Ahn Bo-hyunMovies & TV1.70×
17Camille RazatMovies & TV1.70×
18FrancescafaragoMovies & TV1.70×
19Hotspot (Wi-Fi)Technology & Electronics1.53×
20Virtual private networkTechnology & Electronics1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Netflix 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 Netflix audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.79×
TravellingTHRILL0.61×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.58×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Netflix audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.48×
Social Media UsageJOY0.57×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.58×
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 Netflix. 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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