Rascasse Audience Intelligence

News24 Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about News24 in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. News24 has an estimated audience of 6,912,634 people in South Africa.

#5among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
#1in News

News24 has an estimated audience of 6,912,634 people in South Africa. 51.6% are female, 48.4% are male, average age 40.8. Top brand affinities: Online newspaper, Rugby World Cup, CNN, Sustainable energy, Tabloid (newspaper format).

Top brand affinities include Online newspaper, Rugby World Cup, CNN, with strongest over-indexing on Online newspaper (1.62× the country average).

Demographically, the News24 audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Family Orientation, Indulgence.

The typical News24 fan in South Africa is balanced, around 40.8 years old, with strong Family Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Online newspaper.

Category: News · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine

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 News24 profile in South Africa.

Audience size
6.9M
in South Africa
Gender
51.6%
48.4% male
Age
40.8
average years
Country rank
#18
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-17%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of News24

51.6% are female, 48.4% are male, average age 40.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

51.6%
Female
48.4%
Male
Demographic split for News24 audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female51.6%
Male48.4%
Average age40.8
Estimated audience size6,912,634
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.8
average years
Age distribution of the News24 audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1916%
20-2921%
30-3919%
40-4917%
50+26%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

41.8%

of the worldwide News24 audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for News24
CountryShare
South Africa41.8%
India32.2%
Italy12.0%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the News24 audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for News24 audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Slow cookerFood & Beverages1.79×
02Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature1.78×
03Diabetes mellitus type 2 awarenessHealth1.75×
04Meghan MarkleFashion & Accessoires1.72×
05Singapore AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.67×
06Ryan GoslingMovies & TV1.65×
07Ice skatingSports1.64×
08Online newspaperNews1.62×
09Garden centreHome & Garden1.60×
10Air FranceTravel & Leisure1.60×
11HostelTravel & Leisure1.59×
12KLMTravel & Leisure1.59×
13Rugby World CupSports1.58×
14GuinnessFood & Beverages1.58×
15LufthansaTravel & Leisure1.56×
16Sustainable energyHome & Garden1.55×
17ZooKids & Family1.55×
18CNNMovies & TV1.54×
19The EconomistBusiness & Career1.54×
20Crime fictionLiterature1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the News24 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 News24 audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM1.24×
IndulgenceJOY1.23×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by News24 audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.70×
Social Media UsageJOY0.79×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.81×
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 News24. 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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