Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Sports audiences in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest sports audiences in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 22k sports audiences tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Kaizer Chiefs F.C., Orlando Pirates and Manchester United F.C. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 24M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.5M, and the largest, Kaizer Chiefs F.C., reaches around 10M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each sports 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
1 Kaizer Chiefs F.C. 10M 36.7 45.7% Soccer
2 Orlando Pirates 7.8M 35.2 49.7% Soccer
3 Manchester United F.C. 6.6M 33.8 30.2% Soccer
4 Manchester City F.C. 4.9M 32.2 24.7% Soccer
5 Real Madrid C.F. 4.2M 32.4 28.9% Soccer
6 Soccer 3.9M 35.3 41.0% Sport
7 FIFA World Cup 3.5M 35.0 37.0% Soccer
8 Sky Sport 3M 48.9 18.8%
9 Premier League 2.6M 34.2 28.4% Soccer
10 Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. 2.4M 36.7 36.5% Soccer
11 Springboks 2.4M 39.1 39.9%
12 Training 2.4M 37.0 50.8%
13 FC Barcelona 2.3M 33.2 27.3% Soccer
14 Springbok 2.3M 39.4 40.0%
15 Sofascore 2.2M 32.8 27.4% Soccer
16 Golf 2.2M 39.5 45.7% Sport
17 Australian Open (golf) 2.1M 43.3 0.0% Golf
18 UEFA Champions League 2.1M 33.9 31.0% Soccer
19 Basketball 2M 35.7 41.7% Sport
20 Team sport 2M
21 Super Rugby 1.9M 37.1 53.5% Rugby
22 Girona FC 1.9M 43.5 33.4% Soccer
23 Al Nassr FC 1.9M 30.6 7.6% Soccer
24 SA20 1.9M 34.3 32.6% Cricket
25 Soccer-Laduma 1.7M 36.8 10.0%

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Kaizer Chiefs F.C. currently leads with an estimated audience of 10M people in South Africa.

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