Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Online newspaper Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Online newspaper in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 1,264,198 people in South Africa.

#410among Topic in South Africa
#5in News

Online newspaper has an estimated audience of 1,264,198 people in South Africa. 49.1% are female, 50.9% are male, average age 40.4. Top brand affinities: Daily Maverick, News24, Breaking news, Electronic publishing, Wikipedia.

Top brand affinities include Daily Maverick, News24, Breaking news, with strongest over-indexing on Daily Maverick (5.05× the country average).

Demographically, the Online newspaper audience skews balanced with an average age of 40.4, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Patriotism.

The typical Online newspaper fan in South Africa is balanced, around 40.4 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Daily Maverick.

Category: News · 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 Online newspaper profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
49.1%
50.9% male
Age
40.4
average years
Country rank
#577
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+12%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Online newspaper fans

49.1% are female, 50.9% are male, average age 40.4.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.1%
Female
50.9%
Male
Demographic split for Online newspaper audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female49.1%
Male50.9%
Average age40.4
Estimated audience size1,264,198
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 40.4
average years
Age distribution of the Online newspaper audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1914%
20-2924%
30-3922%
40-4915%
50+25%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Online newspaper audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Online newspaper
CountryShare
United States15.3%
India8.0%
Italy6.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Online newspaper audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Dernières Nouvelles d'AlsaceNews5.48×
02Daily MaverickNews5.05×
03MSNNews3.33×
04Electronic publishingNews2.58×
05Tabloid (newspaper format)Literature2.53×
06MyBroadbandTechnology & Electronics2.49×
07Benjamin NetanyahuPolitics & Society2.47×
08CNNMovies & TV2.37×
09WikipediaInternet & Social Media2.34×
10Daily MailNews1.93×
11Breaking newsMovies & TV1.77×
12News24.comNews1.77×
13News broadcastingBusiness & Career1.70×
14Internet celebrityInternet & Social Media1.66×
15Local newsNews1.63×
16GrokTechnology & Electronics1.63×
17News24News1.62×
18Shelf LivesMusic & Radio1.59×
19DatabaseTechnology & Electronics1.54×
20Carlos AlcarazSports1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Online newspaper 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 Online newspaper audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.38×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.94×
TravellingTHRILL0.75×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Online newspaper audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.62×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.73×
TravellingTHRILL0.75×
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 Online newspaper. 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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