Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Personal care Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Personal care in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Personal care has an estimated audience of 2,163,581 people in South Africa.

#183among Topic in South Africa
#4in Health

Personal care has an estimated audience of 2,163,581 people in South Africa. 66.6% are female, 33.4% are male, average age 36.7. Top brand affinities: Skin care, Wig, Lace wig, Hair care, ShopRite (United States).

Top brand affinities include Skin care, Wig, Lace wig, with strongest over-indexing on Skin care (1.69× the country average).

Demographically, the Personal care audience skews more female with an average age of 36.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.

The typical Personal care fan in South Africa is more female, around 36.7 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Skin care.

Category: Health · 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 Personal care profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.2M
in South Africa
Gender
66.6%
33.4% male
Age
36.7
average years
Country rank
#280
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+46%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Personal care fans

66.6% are female, 33.4% are male, average age 36.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

66.6%
Female
33.4%
Male
Demographic split for Personal care audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female66.6%
Male33.4%
Average age36.7
Estimated audience size2,163,581
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.7
average years
Age distribution of the Personal care audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2927%
30-3921%
40-4913%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Personal care audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Personal care
CountryShare
United States14.9%
Brazil6.8%
Italy5.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Personal care audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01NiveaBeauty & Wellness2.35×
02Lace wigBeauty & Wellness1.87×
03Eyelash extensionsBeauty & Wellness1.86×
04Artificial nailsBeauty & Wellness1.82×
05Anti-aging creamBeauty & Wellness1.80×
06FacialBeauty & Wellness1.73×
07MoisturizerHome & Garden1.73×
08WigBeauty & Wellness1.71×
09HairbrushBeauty & Wellness1.71×
10Nail artBeauty & Wellness1.70×
11Skin careBeauty & Wellness1.69×
12BraidHome & Garden1.69×
13Hair ExtensionsBeauty & Wellness1.66×
14Hair careBeauty & Wellness1.64×
15Natural skin careBeauty & Wellness1.58×
16Human hair growthHealth1.57×
17Hair straighteningBeauty & Wellness1.57×
18Steve MaddenFashion & Accessoires1.56×
19Organic productFood & Beverages1.53×
20ShopRite (United States)Food & Beverages1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Personal care 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 Personal care audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE1.47×
TravellingTHRILL1.17×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.91×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Personal care audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.61×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.79×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.91×
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 Personal care. 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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