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
51 Graphics 154k 33.7 48.3%
52 Leonardo da Vinci 153k 40.8 57.8% Painter
53 Japanese aesthetics 148k 37.7 16.9%
54 Lincoln Center 147k 40.4 59.2% Theatre
55 Ballet dancer 147k 36.0 75.2%
56 Arts and Crafts movement 139k 40.3 73.4%
57 Lavender (magazine) 137k 41.2 74.4%
58 Icon (magazine) 135k 41.8 63.5%
59 Romeo and Juliet 133k 47.0 91.2%
60 Spray painting 127k 39.4 31.3% Art movement
61 Urban art 126k 30.1 33.9% Art movement
62 Contemporary art gallery 124k 38.9 58.3%
63 Pop art 119k 33.4 50.8% Art movement
64 Stock photography 118k 37.2 59.7%
65 Vincent van Gogh 117k 37.1 59.4% Painter
66 Illusion 116k 37.5 46.7%
67 Folk art 115k 42.6 77.5% Art movement
68 Food photography 113k 36.6 71.8%
69 Screen printing 113k 36.1 63.4%
70 Art Deco 112k 42.7 66.7% Art movement
71 The arts 111k 34.0 52.7%
72 Byzantine art 111k 42.5 71.4% Art movement
73 Art school 108k 35.7 51.9%
74 Outdoor Photographer Magazine 108k 42.8 50.6%
75 Exhibition 103k 39.2 50.5%

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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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