Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Literature audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest literature audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 3.1k literature audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Magazines, Books and Humour lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 526k, and the largest, Magazines, reaches around 3.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each literature 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
51 Psychological thriller 267k 42.3 78.7% Literary genre
52 Narrative 261k 34.3 59.5%
53 Transformers (comics) 260k 41.1 28.2%
54 Candace Owens 234k 45.3 38.8% Author
55 Bookbinding 233k 43.5 62.1%
56 Contemporary romance 222k 38.9 84.8% Literary genre
57 Black Coffee (play) 221k 34.2 30.4%
58 Devil May Cry (novels) 220k
59 Outliers (book) 218k 46.6 47.2%
60 Psalm 51 216k 52.4 70.1%
61 Woodstock (Peanuts) 213k 40.5 79.1%
62 Insomnia (novel) 212k 41.7 53.8%
63 Access (comics) 203k
64 How to Train Your Dragon 194k 29.9 74.2%
65 IS (Infinite Stratos) 193k 27.4 32.2%
66 Webcomic 190k 37.9 42.9%
67 Book discussion club 189k 42.7 83.4%
68 Idiom 187k 44.3 72.3%
69 Anime and manga fandom 185k 27.0 41.9% Literary genre
70 Illuminati (comics) 174k 46.6 73.0%
71 Anime convention 170k 27.7 43.7%
72 Matilda (novel) 168k 42.2 63.1%
73 Editing 162k 35.7 45.6%
74 Public library 161k 39.9 70.9%
75 Angus Buchan 158k 45.1 65.5% Entrepreneur

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Magazines currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.3M people in South Africa.

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