Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Nike Target Market in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Nike in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Nike has an estimated audience of 2,320,694 people in South Africa.

#1among Sportswear in South Africa
#16among Brand in South Africa
#10in Fashion & Accessoires

Nike has an estimated audience of 2,320,694 people in South Africa. 50.9% are female, 49.1% are male, average age 33.3. Top brand affinities: Autotrader, Manchester United F.C., TikTok, Adidas, FIFA World Cup.

Top brand affinities include Autotrader, Manchester United F.C., TikTok, with strongest over-indexing on Autotrader (1.65× the country average).

Demographically, the Nike audience skews balanced with an average age of 33.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Spirituality.

The typical Nike fan in South Africa is balanced, around 33.3 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Autotrader.

Category: Fashion & Accessoires · Type: Brand · Subtype: Sportswear

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 Nike profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.3M
in South Africa
Gender
50.9%
49.1% male
Age
33.3
average years
Country rank
#246
Brand in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

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

Customer demographics of Nike

50.9% are female, 49.1% are male, average age 33.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.9%
Female
49.1%
Male
Demographic split for Nike audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female50.9%
Male49.1%
Average age33.3
Estimated audience size2,320,694
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 33.3
average years
Age distribution of the Nike audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1932%
20-2928%
30-3918%
40-499%
50+13%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.5%

of the worldwide Nike audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Nike
CountryShare
United States24.3%
Japan9.6%
Germany6.1%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Nike audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sneaker collectingFashion & Accessoires3.45×
02Stranger ThingsMovies & TV3.16×
03PumaFashion & Accessoires2.91×
04New BalanceFashion & Accessoires2.66×
05AdidasFashion & Accessoires2.45×
06Steve MaddenFashion & Accessoires2.36×
07StreetwearFashion & Accessoires2.28×
08Sportswear (activewear)Fashion & Accessoires2.11×
09Expensive TasteBusiness & Career1.95×
10Local foodFood & Beverages1.92×
11Sneakers (footwear)Fashion & Accessoires1.77×
12FIFA World CupSports1.75×
13SofascoreSports1.69×
14AutotraderCars & Mobility1.65×
15Mr. PriceFashion & Accessoires1.65×
16UEFA Champions LeagueSports1.57×
17Manchester United F.C.Sports1.53×
18TikTokInternet & Social Media1.52×
19Fashion designBusiness & Career1.52×
20Mr Price / MRPBrand1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Nike 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 Nike audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM2.09×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.62×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.52×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Nike audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.75×
TravellingTHRILL1.33×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.52×
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 Nike. 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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