Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Movies & TV audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest movies & tv audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 16k movies & tv audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Tubi TV, YouTube and DStv lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 32M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.3M, and the largest, Tubi TV, reaches around 20M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each movies & tv 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
26 NBC 1.4M 38.2 50.2%
27 Musical theatre 1.3M 36.0 52.7%
28 Short film 1.3M 35.9 49.7%
29 Comedian 1.3M 34.3 50.4%
30 Science fiction movies 1.3M 35.8 50.1% Movie genre
31 Musical film 1.3M 33.6 56.5% Movie genre
32 Gold rush 1.2M 40.2 37.4% TV series
33 Cocomelon 1.1M 36.5 60.2%
34 Anime movies 1.1M 33.8 47.1% Movie genre
35 C (anime) 1M — —
36 Art film 1M 35.4 49.6% Movie genre
37 BET Networks 1M 20.7 41.3%
38 Variety show 1M 45.3 57.2%
39 TV game shows 1M 37.2 53.3%
40 CNN Newsroom 987k 43.9 35.7% TV series
41 Madea's Class Reunion 979k 43.2 69.2% Novel
42 SABC 2 947k 36.1 61.1%
43 Bollywood movies 947k 37.0 49.5% Movie genre
44 Digital television 935k 36.4 48.1%
45 Television network 885k 37.5 42.6%
46 Financial plan 885k 39.4 48.9%
47 History (Australian TV channel) 861k 52.2 35.0%
48 Fun 854k 35.8 62.3% Band
49 SABC 3 845k 36.2 61.6%
50 Sketch comedy 822k 36.1 44.4% Movie genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular movies & tv audiences compiled?

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

Tubi TV currently leads with an estimated audience of 20M people in South Africa.

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