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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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 Solitaire 220k 41.1 63.2% Card game
77 League of Legends 220k 29.4 35.9% Online game
78 The Sims 212k 32.1 47.5% Simulation
79 Simulation 207k 35.2 51.4%
80 Call of Duty 204k 27.5 32.4% Shooter
81 How to Train Your Dragon (video game) 203k 21.8 27.1%
82 PlayStation 4 202k 32.0 31.0% Console
83 Grand Theft Auto VI 196k 22.3 5.5% Video game
84 Pac-Man (Atari 2600) 192k 31.2 50.7%
85 Pirates of the Caribbean (video game) 184k
86 Pokémon 183k 27.6 41.0% Animation
87 Platform game 182k 32.6 42.7% Gaming genre
88 World of Warcraft 178k 28.8 39.9% Video game
89 Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012 video game) 178k 42.3 16.3% Racing
90 Minecraft 178k 31.6 40.7% Open world game
91 Dota 2 175k 28.9 37.2% Video game
92 Looting (gaming) 175k 37.3 26.9%
93 FIFA 23 174k 29.1 22.0% Video game
94 Candy Crush Saga 170k 35.0 57.8% Card game
95 Hive (game) 164k 30.2 27.4% Board game
96 Poker 162k 36.0 35.1%
97 Crunchyroll 159k 26.3 34.5%
98 Riddle 158k 37.4 60.8%
99 Link (The Legend of Zelda) 156k 36.8 49.7%
100 Trivia 155k 35.3 55.6%

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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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