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
51 Television channel 811k 36.6 47.0%
52 TV comedies 783k 36.4 50.2%
53 Dailymotion 781k 28.9 51.5% TV / music streaming
54 Comedy-drama 757k 34.2 63.0% Movie genre
55 Romance film 733k 37.0 65.0%
56 Pay television 731k 36.4 44.5%
57 Roma (1972 film) 723k — —
58 YouTube Kids 723k 36.9 64.1%
59 CNN 713k 39.7 41.5%
60 Fantasy movies 709k 34.4 51.6% Movie genre
61 Sex and the City (film) 707k 31.2 69.4%
62 KPop Demon Hunters 699k 31.7 49.5%
63 Feature film 695k 34.9 54.7%
64 Video production 694k 36.2 53.3%
65 Good Morning (film) 673k — —
66 Sex and the City 659k 36.8 72.1% TV series
67 Soap opera 630k 34.8 67.9%
68 Television station 615k 38.0 44.1%
69 Diane Keaton 613k 52.3 83.9% Actor Actress or TV Star
70 Mr. D 601k 45.9 64.4% Sitcom
71 Live television 598k 37.2 49.7%
72 Production company 576k 37.6 46.6%
73 Sydney Sweeney 563k 36.0 51.1% Actor Actress or TV Star
74 Centurion (film) 557k 40.0 37.8%
75 Independent film 557k 35.0 51.7% 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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