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Thriller movies Audience in South Africa

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Thriller movies in South Africa — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Thriller movies has an estimated audience of 1,593,749 people in South Africa.

#6among Movie genre in South Africa
#289among Topic in South Africa
#25in Movies & TV

Thriller movies has an estimated audience of 1,593,749 people in South Africa. 50.0% are female, 50.0% are male, average age 35.9. Top brand affinities: Millie Bobby Brown, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hardy, Malt whisky, Late-night talk show.

Top brand affinities include Millie Bobby Brown, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hardy, with strongest over-indexing on Millie Bobby Brown (1.53× the country average).

Demographically, the Thriller movies audience skews balanced with an average age of 35.9, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Early Adopter Mentality, Indulgence.

The typical Thriller movies fan in South Africa is balanced, around 35.9 years old, with strong Early Adopter Mentality tendencies and a notable affinity for Millie Bobby Brown.

Category: Movies & TV · Type: Topic · Subtype: Movie genre

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 Thriller movies profile in South Africa.

Audience size
1.6M
in South Africa
Gender
50.0%
50.0% male
Age
35.9
average years
Country rank
#426
Topic in South Africa
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-12%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Thriller movies fans

50.0% are female, 50.0% are male, average age 35.9.

Fig. 02

Gender split

50.0%
Female
50.0%
Male
Demographic split for Thriller movies audience in South Africa
MetricValue
Female50.0%
Male50.0%
Average age35.9
Estimated audience size1,593,749
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 35.9
average years
Age distribution of the Thriller movies audience in South Africa
Age bracketShare%
16-1926%
20-2926%
30-3919%
40-4912%
50+18%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

0.5%

of the worldwide Thriller movies audience comes from South Africa.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Thriller movies
CountryShare
United States19.5%
Japan5.5%
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 Thriller movies audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Thriller movies audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Sandra BullockMovies & TV1.72×
02Will FerrellMovies & TV1.66×
03Emma WatsonMovies & TV1.65×
04Chris PineMovies & TV1.65×
05Ariel (detergent)Home & Garden1.62×
06Buffy the Vampire SlayerMovies & TV1.58×
07Isle of Man TTSports1.57×
08Vikings (TV series)Movies & TV1.56×
09True DetectiveMovies & TV1.56×
10Malt whiskyFood & Beverages1.55×
11Quentin TarantinoMovies & TV1.55×
12Cate BlanchettMovies & TV1.54×
13Moto GuzziCars & Mobility1.54×
14Millie Bobby BrownMovies & TV1.53×
15Late-night talk showMovies & TV1.53×
16Alanis MorissetteMusic & Radio1.53×
17Tom HardyMovies & TV1.51×
18Nintendo SwitchGames1.51×
19Jennifer LawrenceMovies & TV1.50×
20Ryan GoslingMovies & TV1.50×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Thriller movies 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 Thriller movies audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.18×
IndulgenceJOY1.08×
ExtroversionTHRILL1.08×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Thriller movies audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Need for SecurityCONSERVATISM0.67×
Social Media UsageJOY0.83×
Risk AppetiteTHRILL0.83×
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 Thriller movies. 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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