Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Reddit Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Reddit in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Reddit has an estimated audience of 1,083,729 people in South Africa.

#9among Social media in South Africa
#30among Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
#24in Internet & Social Media

Reddit has an estimated audience of 1,083,729 people in South Africa. 48.9% are female, 51.1% are male, average age 35.7. Top brand affinities: ShopRite (United States), Python (programming language), Cinema of Nigeria, Gemini, Mainz.

Top brand affinities include ShopRite (United States), Python (programming language), Cinema of Nigeria, with strongest over-indexing on ShopRite (United States) (1.86× the country average).

Demographically, the Reddit audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Travelling.

The typical Reddit fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.7 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for ShopRite (United States).

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Social media

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 Reddit profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.1M
in South Africa
Gender
48.9%
51.1% male
Age
35.7
average years
Country rank
#700
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+70%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of Reddit

48.9% are female, 51.1% are male, average age 35.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

48.9%
Female
51.1%
Male
Demographic split for Reddit audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female48.9%
Male51.1%
Average age35.7
Estimated audience size1,083,729
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.7
average years
Age distribution of the Reddit audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1926%
20-2926%
30-3918%
40-4912%
50+17%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Reddit audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Reddit
CountryShare
United States28.6%
China12.7%
Germany4.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Reddit audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Cinema of NigeriaMovies & TV6.71×
02vikiMovies & TV5.42×
03ShemPolitics & Society4.42×
04Kimi AntonelliSports3.61×
05Python (programming language)Technology & Electronics2.92×
06MainzTravel & Leisure2.88×
07Economic Community of West African StatesPolitics & Society2.27×
08CameroonTravel & Leisure2.11×
09Metropolitan OperaArts & Culture2.04×
10Oscar PiastriSports2.04×
11Open-source softwareTechnology & Electronics1.98×
12Television comedyMovies & TV1.94×
13ShopRite (United States)Food & Beverages1.86×
14Opera MiniInternet & Social Media1.75×
15West AfricaTravel & Leisure1.71×
16AramexBusiness & Career1.68×
17GeminiTechnology & Electronics1.65×
18ChadTravel & Leisure1.62×
19LinuxTechnology & Electronics1.56×
20Viu (streaming media)Movies & TV1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Reddit 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 Reddit audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.95×
TravellingTHRILL0.89×
Social Media UsageJOY0.56×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Reddit audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.27×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.38×
Social Media UsageJOY0.56×
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 Reddit. 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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