Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Politics & Society audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest politics & society audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 5.9k politics & society audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Arsenal, Afrikaans and Union of South Africa lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, Arsenal, reaches around 6.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each politics & society 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 Easter 693k 38.4 62.5%
52 Middle ages 688k 37.1 63.9%
53 President of the United States 684k 40.4 45.6%
54 Lord 683k 36.7 58.2%
55 Animal husbandry 679k 39.5 50.8% Field of study
56 Nelson Mandela 660k 37.4 48.0% Politician
57 Social change 652k 38.2 56.4%
58 Sovereign state 619k 39.4 49.0%
59 Sarcasm 615k 33.4 53.2%
60 Angel 602k 38.6 63.8%
61 Social movement 594k 38.7 53.4%
62 Christian Church 584k 37.8 61.6%
63 Faith 576k 38.6 63.4%
64 Jacob Zuma 547k 40.9 37.8% Politician
65 Holy Spirit 543k 36.0 64.1%
66 International 536k 37.8 48.5%
67 Extraterrestrial life 535k 36.6 64.2%
68 Globalization 533k 37.9 41.0%
69 Ephemera 521k 40.0 56.4%
70 Government 521k 39.6 47.2%
71 Benjamin Netanyahu 506k 47.1 54.2% Politician
72 Order (biology) 505k
73 Non-governmental organization 501k 39.8 53.3%
74 Geopolitics 497k 38.8 53.4% Field of study
75 Agribusiness 496k 40.0 33.5%

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular politics & society audiences compiled?

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

Arsenal currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.3M people in South Africa.

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