Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Public transport Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Public transport in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Public transport has an estimated audience of 1,116,892 people in South Africa.

#480among Topic in South Africa
#26in Cars & Mobility

Public transport has an estimated audience of 1,116,892 people in South Africa. 47.1% are female, 52.9% are male, average age 36.2. Top brand affinities: Gmail, ShopRite (United States), Logistics, Taxicab, Commercial vehicle.

Top brand affinities include Gmail, ShopRite (United States), Logistics, with strongest over-indexing on Gmail (1.9× the country average).

Demographically, the Public transport audience skews balanced with an average age of 36.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Spirituality.

The typical Public transport fan in South Africa is balanced, around 36.2 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Gmail.

Category: Cars & Mobility · 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 Public transport profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.1M
in South Africa
Gender
47.1%
52.9% male
Age
36.2
average years
Country rank
#675
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-2%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Public transport fans

47.1% are female, 52.9% are male, average age 36.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

47.1%
Female
52.9%
Male
Demographic split for Public transport audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female47.1%
Male52.9%
Average age36.2
Estimated audience size1,116,892
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.2
average years
Age distribution of the Public transport audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1924%
20-2927%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.9%

of the worldwide Public transport audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Public transport
CountryShare
United States18.3%
Brazil6.1%
United Kingdom5.3%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Public transport audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Mode of transportCars & Mobility5.43×
02Vehicle for hireCars & Mobility4.19×
03Haul truckCars & Mobility2.95×
04TaxicabCars & Mobility2.17×
05Suzuki SwiftCars & Mobility2.04×
06Dump truckCars & Mobility1.98×
07GmailInternet & Social Media1.90×
08Car financeCars & Mobility1.86×
09Commercial vehicleCars & Mobility1.85×
10Mobile homeCars & Mobility1.82×
11Driver's licenseCars & Mobility1.78×
12TrafficCars & Mobility1.69×
13Electric carCars & Mobility1.69×
14MinivansCars & Mobility1.66×
15LogisticsBusiness & Career1.59×
16SymbianTechnology & Electronics1.57×
17Solar energyHome & Garden1.54×
18Air conditioningTechnology & Electronics1.54×
19Risk managementBusiness & Career1.53×
20ShopRite (United States)Food & Beverages1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Public transport 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 Public transport audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.17×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.78×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.60×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Public transport audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.41×
TravellingTHRILL0.58×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.60×
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 Public transport. 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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