Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Rugby union Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Rugby union in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Rugby union has an estimated audience of 1,720,509 people in South Africa.

#4among Sport in South Africa
#252among Topic in South Africa
#32in Sports

Rugby union has an estimated audience of 1,720,509 people in South Africa. 35.1% are female, 64.9% are male, average age 37.3.

Category: Sports · Type: Topic · Subtype: Sport

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 Rugby union profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.7M
in South Africa
Gender
35.1%
64.9% male
Age
37.3
average years
Country rank
#379
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 Rugby union fans

35.1% are female, 64.9% are male, average age 37.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

35.1%
Female
64.9%
Male
Demographic split for Rugby union audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female35.1%
Male64.9%
Average age37.3
Estimated audience size1,720,509
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 37.3
average years
Age distribution of the Rugby union audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2922%
30-3918%
40-4914%
50+21%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

2.2%

of the worldwide Rugby union audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Rugby union
CountryShare
United States18.9%
United Kingdom14.6%
France9.0%
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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in South Africa who actively search for Rugby union. 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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