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
76 Museum of Modern Art 102k 36.1 57.7% Museum
77 Victoria and Albert Museum 100k 38.5 65.1% Museum
78 Artistic inspiration 93k 40.8 73.2%
79 Art Collecting 83k 38.5 55.8%
80 Polygon 81k 40.2 42.5%
81 Installation art 77k 39.1 46.1% Art movement
82 Portrait painting 76k 36.0 63.0%
83 Tony Award 75k 37.9 56.1% Award
84 Classical ballet 74k 37.2 75.4%
85 Art auction 71k 39.4 60.2%
86 Collage 70k 36.7 63.3% Band
87 Calligraphy 70k 37.9 69.3%
88 Landscape painting 66k 31.9 58.5% Art movement
89 Frida Kahlo 66k 37.9 57.7% Painter
90 Popping 65k 39.3 46.6%
91 Michelangelo 62k 43.9 67.2% Painter
92 British Museum 62k 41.0 55.5% Museum
93 Surrealism 62k 39.3 59.0% Art movement
94 Eye Magazine 62k 31.1 60.5%
95 Mural 62k 35.2 53.8%
96 Saatchi Gallery 60k 39.6 55.7% Museum
97 Motion graphics 58k 34.2 36.2%
98 Metropolitan Museum of Art 57k 36.4 50.0% Museum
99 Realism (arts) 57k 32.7 54.7%
100 Empire style 57k 28.7 37.2%

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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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