Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Plays Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Plays in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Plays has an estimated audience of 1,182,438 people in South Africa.

#442among Topic in South Africa
#13in Literature

Plays has an estimated audience of 1,182,438 people in South Africa. 52.7% are female, 47.3% are male, average age 36.8. Top brand affinities: Strategy games, TV game shows, Bologna F.C. 1909, Crime fiction, Single malt whisky.

Top brand affinities include Strategy games, TV game shows, Bologna F.C. 1909, with strongest over-indexing on Strategy games (2.16× the country average).

Demographically, the Plays audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Indulgence, Sustainability.

The typical Plays fan in South Africa is balanced, around 36.8 years old, with strong Indulgence tendencies and a notable affinity for Strategy games.

Category: Literature · 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 Plays profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.2M
in South Africa
Gender
52.7%
47.3% male
Age
36.8
average years
Country rank
#625
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+40%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Plays fans

52.7% are female, 47.3% are male, average age 36.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.7%
Female
47.3%
Male
Demographic split for Plays audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female52.7%
Male47.3%
Average age36.8
Estimated audience size1,182,438
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.8
average years
Age distribution of the Plays audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2925%
30-3918%
40-4912%
50+20%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Plays audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Plays
CountryShare
United States17.2%
Japan8.1%
India4.3%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Plays audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Will FerrellMovies & TV2.94×
02Better Call SaulMovies & TV2.90×
03Toyota PriusCars & Mobility2.55×
04Cannes Film FestivalMovies & TV2.28×
05True DetectiveMovies & TV2.17×
06Strategy gamesGames2.16×
07Anne HathawayMovies & TV1.95×
08Counter-Strike: Global OffensiveGames1.95×
09Bologna F.C. 1909Sports1.83×
10Malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.70×
11Dota 2Games1.67×
12Bradley CooperMovies & TV1.67×
13Tom HardyMovies & TV1.66×
14TV game showsMovies & TV1.63×
15Single malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.62×
16Electronic sportsSports1.56×
17Comedy clubMovies & TV1.53×
18Film festivalMovies & TV1.53×
19Private equityBusiness & Career1.51×
20Crime fictionLiterature1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Plays 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 Plays audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
IndulgenceJOY1.36×
SustainabilityBALANCE1.24×
Pet OwnershipJOY1.20×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Plays audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.71×
Social Media UsageJOY0.84×
CreativityOPEN0.86×
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 Plays. 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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