Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Nightlife Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Nightlife in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Nightlife has an estimated audience of 878,593 people in South Africa.

#674among Topic in South Africa
#10in Arts & Culture

Nightlife has an estimated audience of 878,593 people in South Africa. 48.4% are female, 51.6% are male, average age 36.5. Top brand affinities: Autotrader, TikTok, Nike, FNB, FIFA World Cup.

Top brand affinities include Autotrader, TikTok, Nike, with strongest over-indexing on Autotrader (1.88× the country average).

Demographically, the Nightlife audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.5, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Patriotism.

The typical Nightlife fan in South Africa is balanced, around 36.5 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for Autotrader.

Category: Arts & Culture · 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 Nightlife profile in South Africa.

Audience size
879K
in South Africa
Gender
48.4%
51.6% male
Age
36.5
average years
Country rank
#913
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-30%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Nightlife fans

48.4% are female, 51.6% are male, average age 36.5.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.4%
Female
51.6%
Male
Demographic split for Nightlife audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female48.4%
Male51.6%
Average age36.5
Estimated audience size878,593
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.5
average years
Age distribution of the Nightlife audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1918%
20-2932%
30-3922%
40-4912%
50+16%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Nightlife audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Nightlife
CountryShare
United States20.7%
Italy6.2%
Brazil5.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Nightlife audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Daniel WellingtonFashion & Accessoires5.70×
02LivemusicMusic & Radio3.96×
03Hair ExtensionsBeauty & Wellness3.62×
04Sex and the CityMovies & TV3.59×
05Purchase discountShopping3.48×
06Online food orderingFood & Beverages3.31×
07SnapchatInternet & Social Media3.31×
08VideographyInternet & Social Media3.12×
09Home businessBusiness & Career3.03×
10Local foodFood & Beverages2.91×
11Red Velvet (band)Music & Radio2.89×
12Natural skin careBeauty & Wellness2.83×
13Fast casual restaurantsFood & Beverages2.79×
14Expensive TasteBusiness & Career2.70×
15NikeFashion & Accessoires2.55×
16TikTokInternet & Social Media2.18×
17FIFA World CupSports1.97×
18AutotraderCars & Mobility1.88×
19Mr. PriceFashion & Accessoires1.70×
20FNBBusiness & Career1.61×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Nightlife 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 Nightlife audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL2.50×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM2.28×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE2.17×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Nightlife audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.76×
SpiritualityBALANCE2.00×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE2.17×
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 Nightlife. 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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