Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Premier League Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Premier League in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Premier League has an estimated audience of 2,554,233 people in South Africa.

#7among Soccer in South Africa
#2among Event in South Africa
#15in Sports

Premier League has an estimated audience of 2,554,233 people in South Africa. 28.4% are female, 71.6% are male, average age 34.2. Top brand affinities: Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C., Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Orlando Pirates, Real Madrid C.F..

Top brand affinities include Manchester City F.C., Manchester United F.C., Kaizer Chiefs F.C., with strongest over-indexing on Manchester City F.C. (3.73× the country average).

Demographically, the Premier League audience skews more male with an average age of 34.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Social Media Usage.

The typical Premier League fan in South Africa is more male, around 34.2 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Manchester City F.C..

Category: Sports · Type: Event · Subtype: Soccer

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 Premier League profile in South Africa.

Audience size
2.6M
in South Africa
Gender
28.4%
71.6% male
Age
34.2
average years
Country rank
#210
Event in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+41%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Premier League fans

28.4% are female, 71.6% are male, average age 34.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

28.4%
Female
71.6%
Male
Demographic split for Premier League audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female28.4%
Male71.6%
Average age34.2
Estimated audience size2,554,233
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.2
average years
Age distribution of the Premier League audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1930%
20-2927%
30-3919%
40-499%
50+15%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.1%

of the worldwide Premier League audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Premier League
CountryShare
United Kingdom9.7%
United States7.3%
Brazil5.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Premier League audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01La LigaSports4.33×
02Manchester City F.C.Sports3.73×
03PedroSports3.58×
04Arsenal F.C.Sports3.47×
05SofascoreSports3.36×
06Soccer-LadumaSports3.31×
07Aston Villa F.C.Sports3.31×
08Lamine YamalSports3.09×
09Inter MilanSports3.00×
10Liverpool F.C.Sports2.89×
11UEFA Champions LeagueSports2.87×
12Manchester United F.C.Sports2.85×
13FC Bayern MunichSports2.75×
14Paris Saint-GermainSports2.71×
15Real Madrid C.F.Sports2.51×
16Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.Sports2.43×
17Orlando PiratesSports2.40×
18FC BarcelonaSports2.25×
19FIFA World CupSports2.23×
20Kaizer Chiefs F.C.Sports2.14×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Premier League 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 Premier League audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.34×
Social Media UsageJOY0.83×
TravellingTHRILL0.57×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Premier League audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.44×
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.46×
TravellingTHRILL0.57×
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 Premier League. 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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