Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Short film Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Short film in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Short film has an estimated audience of 1,338,890 people in South Africa.

#378among Topic in South Africa
#33in Movies & TV

Short film has an estimated audience of 1,338,890 people in South Africa. 49.7% are female, 50.3% are male, average age 35.9. Top brand affinities: Internet celebrity, Radio, Bologna F.C. 1909, Breakfast television, Boxing.

Top brand affinities include Internet celebrity, Radio, Bologna F.C. 1909, with strongest over-indexing on Internet celebrity (2.04× the country average).

Demographically, the Short film audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Spirituality, Indulgence.

The typical Short film fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.9 years old, with strong Spirituality tendencies and a notable affinity for Internet celebrity.

Category: Movies & TV · 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 Short film profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
49.7%
50.3% male
Age
35.9
average years
Country rank
#535
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+0%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Short film fans

49.7% are female, 50.3% are male, average age 35.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

49.7%
Female
50.3%
Male
Demographic split for Short film audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female49.7%
Male50.3%
Average age35.9
Estimated audience size1,338,890
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.9
average years
Age distribution of the Short film audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1928%
20-2924%
30-3918%
40-4912%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Short film audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Short film
CountryShare
United States19.0%
India8.5%
China4.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Short film audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Cannes Film FestivalMovies & TV2.96×
02Film festivalMovies & TV2.28×
03Emma WatsonMovies & TV2.11×
04Late-night talk showMovies & TV2.08×
05Internet celebrityInternet & Social Media2.04×
06Anne HathawayMovies & TV2.00×
07BuddhismHealth1.98×
08Bologna F.C. 1909Sports1.96×
09Tom HardyMovies & TV1.94×
10romantic comediesMovies & TV1.82×
11HinduismPolitics & Society1.77×
12RadioTechnology & Electronics1.65×
13Golden Globe AwardMovies & TV1.65×
14BBCMovies & TV1.61×
15Tom CruiseMovies & TV1.61×
16Henry CavillMovies & TV1.59×
17Brad PittMovies & TV1.58×
18Leonardo DiCaprioMovies & TV1.58×
19Breakfast televisionMovies & TV1.57×
20BoxingSports1.53×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Short film 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 Short film audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE1.25×
IndulgenceJOY1.19×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.15×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Short film audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.67×
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.77×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.79×
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 Short film. 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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