Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Soft drinks Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Soft drinks in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Soft drinks has an estimated audience of 1,295,993 people in South Africa.

#3among Beverage in South Africa
#393among Topic in South Africa
#48in Food & Beverages

Soft drinks has an estimated audience of 1,295,993 people in South Africa. 55.5% are female, 44.5% are male, average age 36.1. Top brand affinities: ShopRite (United States), Coca-Cola, Debonairs Pizza (Official), German cuisine, Korean cuisine.

Top brand affinities include ShopRite (United States), Coca-Cola, Debonairs Pizza (Official), with strongest over-indexing on ShopRite (United States) (1.6× the country average).

Demographically, the Soft drinks audience skews more female with an average age of 36.1, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Social Media Usage, Spirituality.

The typical Soft drinks fan in South Africa is more female, around 36.1 years old, with strong Social Media Usage tendencies and a notable affinity for ShopRite (United States).

Category: Food & Beverages · Type: Topic · Subtype: Beverage

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 Soft drinks profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.3M
in South Africa
Gender
55.5%
44.5% male
Age
36.1
average years
Country rank
#555
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-16%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Soft drinks fans

55.5% are female, 44.5% are male, average age 36.1.

Fig. 02

Gender split

55.5%
Female
44.5%
Male
Demographic split for Soft drinks audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female55.5%
Male44.5%
Average age36.1
Estimated audience size1,295,993
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 36.1
average years
Age distribution of the Soft drinks audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1925%
20-2926%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.6%

of the worldwide Soft drinks audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Soft drinks
CountryShare
United States16.2%
Japan7.8%
Brazil5.5%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Soft drinks audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sodium bicarbonateHealth3.66×
02Coca-ColaFood & Beverages3.00×
03Summer TimePolitics & Society2.25×
04Korean cuisineFood & Beverages2.08×
05German cuisineFood & Beverages2.00×
06Middle Eastern cuisineFood & Beverages1.97×
07Spanish cuisineFood & Beverages1.95×
08Vietnamese cuisineFood & Beverages1.84×
09Latin American cuisineFood & Beverages1.82×
10Mineral waterFood & Beverages1.82×
11Greek cuisineFood & Beverages1.68×
12SmântânăFood & Beverages1.64×
13ShopRite (United States)Food & Beverages1.60×
14StewFood & Beverages1.60×
15Mr. DMovies & TV1.57×
16Thai cuisineFood & Beverages1.56×
17Egg (food)Food & Beverages1.56×
18Debonairs Pizza (Official)Brand1.53×
19Frying panHome & Garden1.52×
20SnackingFood & Beverages1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Soft drinks 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 Soft drinks audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY1.11×
SpiritualityBALANCE1.01×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.72×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Soft drinks audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE0.60×
TravellingTHRILL0.61×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.72×
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 Soft drinks. 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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