Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Arts & Culture audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest arts & culture audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.3k arts & culture audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Popular culture, Painting and Decorative arts lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 308k, and the largest, Popular culture, reaches around 2.5M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each arts & culture audience, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Watercolor painting 368k 40.0 66.8%
27 Graffiti 350k 33.9 45.5% Art movement
28 Sculpture 342k 38.0 53.9%
29 Portrait 325k 32.4 52.5%
30 Digital art 308k 33.3 52.2% Art movement
31 Metropolitan Opera 307k 39.6 56.8% Opera house
32 Textile arts 287k 39.3 69.4%
33 Performance art 269k 35.3 54.7% Art movement
34 Thingiverse 249k 35.2 21.6%
35 Plastic arts 239k 40.6 58.5% Art movement
36 Digital printing 232k 37.8 57.2%
37 Acrylic paint 216k 38.2 71.7%
38 Syrian jewish culture 212k 29.8 21.4%
39 Improvisational theatre 211k 33.0 45.8%
40 Poster 182k 37.7 61.5%
41 Ceramic art 182k 41.4 64.6% Art movement
42 Modernism 182k 37.3 60.1% Art movement
43 Cultural history 178k 36.9 47.1%
44 Street art 177k 31.6 41.0% Art movement
45 Art history 170k 36.8 55.7% Field of study
46 Digital illustration 169k 31.4 53.9%
47 Contemporary dance 162k 33.7 66.7%
48 African art 160k 33.7 54.4% Art movement
49 Japanese art 160k 28.6 50.0% Art movement
50 Liberal arts college 155k 32.6 61.0%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular arts & culture audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each arts & culture audience by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest arts & culture audience in South Africa?

Popular culture currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.5M people in South Africa.

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