Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 16 biggest Challenger Pro League fan bases in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 16 largest challenger pro league teams in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. RAAL La Louvière, SK Beveren and Lommel SK lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 54k people. Across all 16 entries the average audience size is 5.2k, and the largest, RAAL La Louvière, reaches around 30k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each challenger pro league 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 16, 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 RAAL La Louvière 30k 35.5 40.9% Soccer
2 SK Beveren 14k 38.0 38.4% Soccer
3 Lommel SK 10k 37.9 47.9% Soccer
4 Club NXT 9.4k 35.5 40.9% Soccer
5 KAS Eupen 2.9k 37.0 43.2% Soccer
6 Jong Genk 2.7k 33.9 38.8% Soccer
7 R.W.D. Molenbeek 2.6k 36.9 51.6% Soccer
8 RFC Seraing 2.4k 35.5 40.9% Soccer
9 K.S.C. Lokeren-Temse 1.5k 35.5 40.9% Soccer
10 FCV Dender 1.1k 37.7 45.3% Soccer
11 Patro Eisden Maasmechelen 650 38.8 50.1% Soccer
12 Lierse Kempenzonen 630 36.4 49.3% Soccer
13 RSCA Futures 113 33.0 34.6% Soccer
14 KMSK Deinze 61 35.5 40.9% Soccer
15 RFC de Liège 31 36.4 42.3% Soccer
16 U21 Standard 0 36.4 42.3% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular challenger pro league teams compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each challenger pro league 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 challenger pro league team in South Africa?

RAAL La Louvière currently leads with an estimated audience of 30k people in South Africa.

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