Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 17 biggest 3. Liga fan bases in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 17 largest 3. liga teams in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Fortuna Düsseldorf, F.C. Hansa Rostock and SSV Jahn Regensburg lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 45k people. Across all 17 entries the average audience size is 5.7k, and the largest, Fortuna Düsseldorf, reaches around 17k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each 3. liga team, 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 17, 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 Fortuna Düsseldorf 17k 36.0 41.9% Soccer
2 F.C. Hansa Rostock 16k 39.4 61.5% Soccer
3 SSV Jahn Regensburg 12k 37.9 28.9% Soccer
4 SC Preußen Münster 10k 34.2 14.0% Soccer
5 FC Erzgebirge Aue 9.2k 39.0 24.5% Soccer
6 SpVgg Unterhaching 6.6k 31.7 33.0% Soccer
7 SV Sandhausen 5.6k 43.5 32.6% Soccer
8 Rot-Weiss Essen 5.3k 28.5 15.2% Soccer
9 FC Ingolstadt 04 5.3k 36.4 19.3% Soccer
10 Alemannia Aachen 3.7k 28.7 17.4% Soccer
11 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 2.2k 36.5 34.2% Soccer
12 SC Verl 1.3k 35.6 24.3% Soccer
13 1. FC Saarbrücken 1.3k 34.6 35.1% Soccer
14 SV Waldhof Mannheim 668 29.7 19.1% Soccer
15 TSV 1860 München 402 38.2 19.6% Soccer
16 SSV Ulm 1846 388 24.3 13.1% Soccer
17 FC Viktoria Köln 199 44.5 12.2% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular 3. liga teams compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each 3. liga team 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 3. liga team in South Africa?

Fortuna Düsseldorf currently leads with an estimated audience of 17k people in South Africa.

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