Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 biggest NHL fan bases in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest nhl teams in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1k nhl teams tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 81k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.1k, and the largest, Vancouver Canucks, reaches around 30k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each nhl team, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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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 Juraj Slafkovský 897 34.3 32.7% Ice hockey
52 Marco Rossi 892 36.4 45.0% Ice hockey
53 Matthew Tkachuk 755 35.3 29.0% Ice hockey
54 William Eklund 747 38.5 32.7% Ice hockey
55 Matthew Wood 662 30.8 29.0% Ice hockey
56 Nico Hischier 658 41.3 32.3% Ice hockey
57 Sam Bennett 656 35.3 29.0% Ice hockey
58 Harrison Brunicke 643 35.5 42.2% Ice hockey
59 Matthew Schaefer 615 32.0 37.9% Ice hockey
60 Josh Brown 595 33.2 37.4% Ice hockey
61 Carter Hart 558 35.7 30.0% Ice hockey
62 Vince Dunn 551 35.3 36.9% Ice hockey
63 Brady Tkachuk 548 37.9 36.5% Ice hockey
64 Logan Thompson 505 34.0 32.2% Ice hockey
65 Morgan Rielly 496 35.0 32.2% Ice hockey
66 Ryan Ellis 491 34.9 37.8% Ice hockey
67 Trevor Zegras 489 34.2 38.3% Ice hockey
68 William Nylander 461 35.0 32.2% Ice hockey
69 Connor Hellebuyck 423 35.5 34.5% Ice hockey
70 Beckett Sennecke 410 39.2 46.5% Ice hockey
71 Mikko Rantanen 392 33.7 32.2% Ice hockey
72 Nick Suzuki 386 34.3 32.7% Ice hockey
73 Brent Burns 381 32.9 30.8% Ice hockey
74 Matt Nieto 376 35.5 42.2% Ice hockey
75 Mark Stone 375 35.7 30.0% Ice hockey

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular nhl teams compiled?

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

Vancouver Canucks currently leads with an estimated audience of 30k people in South Africa.

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