Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sneakers (footwear) Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sneakers (footwear) in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sneakers (footwear) has an estimated audience of 1,652,674 people in South Africa.

#269among Topic in South Africa
#16in Fashion & Accessoires

Sneakers (footwear) has an estimated audience of 1,652,674 people in South Africa. 54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 34.1. Top brand affinities: Nike, Adidas, Puma, Streetwear, New Balance.

Top brand affinities include Nike, Adidas, Puma, with strongest over-indexing on Nike (1.77× the country average).

Demographically, the Sneakers (footwear) audience skews balanced with an average age of 34.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Luxury Orientation, Early Adopter Mentality.

The typical Sneakers (footwear) fan in South Africa is balanced, around 34.1 years old, with strong Luxury Orientation tendencies and a notable affinity for Nike.

Category: Fashion & Accessoires · 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 Sneakers (footwear) profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.7M
in South Africa
Gender
54.7%
45.3% male
Age
34.1
average years
Country rank
#401
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-5%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Sneakers (footwear) fans

54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 34.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.7%
Female
45.3%
Male
Demographic split for Sneakers (footwear) audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female54.7%
Male45.3%
Average age34.1
Estimated audience size1,652,674
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 34.1
average years
Age distribution of the Sneakers (footwear) audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1930%
20-2928%
30-3918%
40-4910%
50+15%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.7%

of the worldwide Sneakers (footwear) audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Sneakers (footwear)
CountryShare
United States18.6%
Japan8.5%
China5.2%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Sneakers (footwear) audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Sneakers (footwear) audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Millie Bobby BrownMovies & TV2.07×
02PumaFashion & Accessoires2.04×
03G-Star RawFashion & Accessoires2.03×
04ConverseFashion & Accessoires1.93×
05New BalanceFashion & Accessoires1.92×
06LacosteFashion & Accessoires1.92×
07Nike+Sports1.88×
08ASICSFashion & Accessoires1.84×
09ReebokFashion & Accessoires1.83×
10GraffitiArts & Culture1.80×
11HermèsFashion & Accessoires1.79×
12NikeFashion & Accessoires1.77×
13OuterwearFashion & Accessoires1.77×
14Levi Strauss & Co.Fashion & Accessoires1.77×
15Under ArmourFashion & Accessoires1.70×
16AdidasFashion & Accessoires1.60×
17BurberryFashion & Accessoires1.60×
18StreetwearFashion & Accessoires1.59×
19Lip glossBeauty & Wellness1.54×
20VersaceFashion & Accessoires1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Sneakers (footwear) 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 Sneakers (footwear) audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM1.30×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.24×
IndulgenceJOY1.22×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sneakers (footwear) audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.83×
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.84×
TraditionCONSERVATISM0.90×
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 Sneakers (footwear). 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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