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
51 Lamine Yamal 894k 31.6 23.6% Soccer
52 DP World Tour 864k 38.8 38.4% Golf
53 Tennis 862k 38.7 48.9% Sport
54 NBA 860k 33.8 40.7% Basketball
55 Chelsea F.C. 854k 33.5 30.0% Soccer
56 La Liga 845k 32.5 31.2% Soccer
57 Pedro 832k 30.7 22.6% Soccer
58 Jannik Sinner 829k 36.2 38.9% Tennis
59 A.C. Milan 814k 31.5 24.9% Soccer
60 Italian Open (tennis) 804k 31.5 56.1% Tennis
61 Arsenal F.C. 788k 33.5 30.1% Soccer
62 Atlético Madrid 786k 31.5 18.8% Soccer
63 Martial arts 783k 36.2 31.3% Sport
64 Al-Jazira 781k 35.5 63.4% Soccer
65 Mixed martial arts 777k 36.3 24.2% Sport
66 Aston Villa F.C. 776k 34.2 44.3% Soccer
67 Cycling 776k 39.6 43.0% Sport
68 Stormers 776k 39.1 50.0%
69 WWE 739k 33.9 20.7% Wrestling
70 Saudi Professional League 734k 22.1 9.2% Soccer
71 Miami Masters 719k 45.2 51.7% Tennis
72 Road running 710k Sport
73 Golf course 686k 41.3 43.3%
74 Bodybuilding 682k 37.5 49.6% Sport
75 Mountain biking 680k 39.3 46.9% Sport

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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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