Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Sustainability Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Sustainability in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Sustainability has an estimated audience of 942,577 people in South Africa.

#603among Topic in South Africa
#31in Politics & Society

Sustainability has an estimated audience of 942,577 people in South Africa. 52.3% are female, 47.7% are male, average age 38.2. Top brand affinities: Sustainable living, Benjamin Netanyahu, Fertilizer, Sustainable products, Farmers Weekly.

Top brand affinities include Sustainable living, Benjamin Netanyahu, Fertilizer, with strongest over-indexing on Sustainable living (1.97× the country average).

Demographically, the Sustainability audience skews balanced with an average age of 38.2, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Healthy Lifestyle, Travelling.

The typical Sustainability fan in South Africa is balanced, around 38.2 years old, with strong Healthy Lifestyle tendencies and a notable affinity for Sustainable living.

Category: Politics & Society · 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 Sustainability profile in South Africa.

Audience size
943K
in South Africa
Gender
52.3%
47.7% male
Age
38.2
average years
Country rank
#833
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-18%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Sustainability fans

52.3% are female, 47.7% are male, average age 38.2.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.3%
Female
47.7%
Male
Demographic split for Sustainability audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female52.3%
Male47.7%
Average age38.2
Estimated audience size942,577
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 38.2
average years
Age distribution of the Sustainability audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1922%
20-2923%
30-3918%
40-4915%
50+22%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Sustainability audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Sustainability
CountryShare
United States21.4%
United Kingdom6.4%
Germany5.7%
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

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

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Sustainability audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sustainable productsPolitics & Society2.03×
02Sustainable designBusiness & Career2.00×
03Sustainable livingHome & Garden1.97×
04Greta ThunbergPolitics & Society1.89×
05Zero wasteHome & Garden1.88×
06Ethical consumerismShopping1.88×
07GlencoreBusiness & Career1.80×
08Plastic recyclingPolitics & Society1.78×
09LandfillHome & Garden1.77×
10Food securityFood & Beverages1.73×
11Plastic pollutionPolitics & Society1.71×
12Urban agricultureBusiness & Career1.63×
13Sustainable fashionFashion & Accessoires1.62×
14Farmers WeeklyHome & Garden1.58×
15DroughtFood & Beverages1.58×
16PollutionHealth1.57×
17Sustainable agricultureHome & Garden1.56×
18Benjamin NetanyahuPolitics & Society1.55×
19FertilizerHome & Garden1.52×
20Pension fundBusiness & Career1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Sustainability 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 Sustainability audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Healthy LifestyleBALANCE1.43×
TravellingTHRILL0.95×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.94×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Sustainability audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Social Media UsageJOY0.83×
PatriotismCONSERVATISM0.91×
SpiritualityBALANCE0.94×
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 Sustainability. 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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