Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Games audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest games audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.7k games audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Betway, Video games and Betfred lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 53M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, Betway, reaches around 46M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each games 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
1 Betway 46M 35.7 49.2% Betting
2 Video games 3.5M 36.0 49.7% Gaming genre
3 Betfred 3.2M 35.4 43.7% Betting
4 Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game) 2.4M
5 Toys 2M 37.4 63.4%
6 Online games 1.9M 35.8 49.5% Gaming genre
7 Gambling 1.8M 37.8 48.7%
8 Mobile game 1.7M 36.9 52.3% Gaming genre
9 First-person shooter games 1.5M 35.5 47.2% Gaming genre
10 Powerball 1.4M 37.8 50.9%
11 Cars (video game) 1.2M 21.2 0.0%
12 Puzzle video games 1.2M 37.3 53.9% Gaming genre
13 Casino 1.2M 38.6 56.0%
14 Card games 1M 37.2 51.0% Gaming genre
15 Lottoland 941k 45.1 59.3%
16 National Lottery (Ireland) 940k 36.3 58.3% Lottery
17 Casino games 923k 38.3 52.5% Gaming genre
18 Action games 898k 35.7 46.5% Gaming genre
19 National Lottery 898k 36.1 45.5% Lottery
20 Gamer 887k 33.9 39.4%
21 Sports games 885k 35.7 42.6% Gaming genre
22 Racing games 860k 35.9 39.8% Gaming genre
23 CrazyGames 835k 35.8 49.5%
24 Board games 809k 37.1 51.1% Gaming genre
25 Role-playing games 789k 35.2 44.0% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular games audiences compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each games 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 games audience in South Africa?

Betway currently leads with an estimated audience of 46M people in South Africa.

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