Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Reggae Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Reggae in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Reggae has an estimated audience of 1,097,143 people in South Africa.

#18among Musical genre in South Africa
#489among Topic in South Africa
#36in Music & Radio

Reggae has an estimated audience of 1,097,143 people in South Africa. 43.9% are female, 56.1% are male, average age 32.7. Top brand affinities: Dancehalls, Reggaeton, Roots reggae, Reggae en Español, Music of Africa.

Top brand affinities include Dancehalls, Reggaeton, Roots reggae, with strongest over-indexing on Dancehalls (2.33× the country average).

Demographically, the Reggae audience skews more male with an average age of 32.7, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Spirituality.

The typical Reggae fan in South Africa is more male, around 32.7 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for Dancehalls.

Category: Music & Radio · Type: Topic · Subtype: Musical genre

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 Reggae profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.1M
in South Africa
Gender
43.9%
56.1% male
Age
32.7
average years
Country rank
#688
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+8%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Reggae fans

43.9% are female, 56.1% are male, average age 32.7.

Fig. 02

Gender split

43.9%
Female
56.1%
Male
Demographic split for Reggae audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female43.9%
Male56.1%
Average age32.7
Estimated audience size1,097,143
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 32.7
average years
Age distribution of the Reggae audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1937%
20-2925%
30-3916%
40-498%
50+14%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.8%

of the worldwide Reggae audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Reggae
CountryShare
United States26.6%
Brazil5.4%
Mexico4.9%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Reggae audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sean PaulMusic & Radio6.32×
02Peter ToshMusic & Radio3.76×
03Reggae en EspañolMusic & Radio3.42×
04ReggaetonMusic & Radio3.09×
05Roots reggaeMusic & Radio2.84×
06RaggaMusic & Radio2.71×
07Reggae genresMusic & Radio2.63×
08KalimbaPolitics & Society2.37×
09Reggae fusionMusic & Radio2.36×
10DancehallsMusic & Radio2.33×
11RhythmMusic & Radio2.30×
12MainzTravel & Leisure2.14×
13Angela White (athlete)Movies & TV2.02×
14KuduroMusic & Radio1.74×
15Music of AfricaMusic & Radio1.73×
16Erlang (programming language)Technology & Electronics1.73×
17Chris BrownMusic & Radio1.59×
18African popular musicMusic & Radio1.58×
19Television comedyMovies & TV1.58×
20TylaMusic & Radio1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Reggae 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 Reggae audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.80×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.76×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.75×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Reggae audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.51×
TravellingTHRILL0.67×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.75×
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 Reggae. 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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