For marketing, sponsorship & live-entertainment teams
Working with audiences like these?
This ranking is built on Rascasse audience intelligence — behavioural signals on 500,000+ brands, teams, artists and topics across 30+ markets. See what teams like yours do with it:
Trusted by teams at Volkswagen · DFB · Sony Music · Red Bull · Infront
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 | Country share | Avg age | Female share | Subtype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | FFansite | 289k | 0.6% | 35.1 | 45.3% | Content type |
| 52 | GGoogle Images | 279k | 0.7% | 41.0 | 62.0% | |
| 53 | BBlog | 269k | 0.5% | 35.8 | 53.2% | Content type |
| 54 | SSelfie | 260k | 0.4% | 33.3 | 56.2% | Content type |
| 55 | OOnline dating service | 257k | 1.0% | 39.1 | 50.1% | |
| 56 | WWattpad | 256k | 0.3% | 31.7 | 61.3% | |
| 57 | HHyperlink | 238k | 0.6% | 33.5 | 49.4% | |
| 58 | LLoaded (magazine) | 230k | 2.2% | 41.9 | 51.2% | |
| 59 | SSkype | 223k | 0.6% | 35.7 | 50.5% | Communication |
| 60 | IIShowSpeed | 218k | 1.3% | 25.1 | 52.8% | Social media influencer |
| 61 | GGoogle Chrome | 214k | 0.5% | 36.7 | 48.7% | Browser |
| 62 | PPractical joke | 208k | 0.6% | 35.7 | 34.6% | Content type |
| 63 | CCrackle (company) | 208k | 3.7% | 38.4 | 69.3% | TV / music streaming |
| 64 | UUrban Dictionary | 205k | 1.1% | 35.0 | 75.9% | |
| 65 | AAndrew Tate | 203k | 0.8% | 23.4 | 13.0% | Social media influencer |
| 66 | CChat room | 171k | 0.6% | 38.9 | 56.4% | |
| 67 | BBored Panda | 167k | 0.8% | 38.0 | 56.9% | Humor website |
| 68 | BBitly | 164k | 0.9% | 37.2 | 62.8% | |
| 69 | HHinge | 155k | 1.0% | 37.8 | 57.5% | Dating |
| 70 | GGeoGuessr | 155k | 0.3% | 35.2 | 46.1% | |
| 71 | DDeviantArt | 145k | 0.2% | 33.7 | 41.9% | |
| 72 | SStream | 144k | 0.7% | 39.4 | 53.7% | |
| 73 | AAutomotive news | 140k | 1.6% | 41.0 | 30.9% | Newspaper |
| 74 | TTMZ | 140k | 0.2% | 30.8 | 64.6% | Humor website |
| 75 | Mmedium | 137k | 0.9% | 33.9 | 67.0% | Blogs / blogging |
Want the full picture for any of these audiences?
Open any profile to see psychographics, top regions, peer affinities and demographic splits — all derived from the same anonymized signals.
Frequently asked questions
How is this list of the most popular internet & social media audiences compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each internet & social media 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 internet & social media audience in South Africa?
Instagram currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.7M people in South Africa.