Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 biggest Premier League fan bases in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest premier league teams in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 543 premier league teams tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Manchester United F.C., Manchester City F.C. and Liverpool F.C. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 13M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 268k, and the largest, Manchester United F.C., reaches around 6.6M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each premier league 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
1 Manchester United F.C. 6.6M 33.8 30.2% Soccer
2 Manchester City F.C. 4.9M 32.2 24.7% Soccer
3 Liverpool F.C. 1.3M 33.8 27.3% Soccer
4 Carlos Alcaraz 1.1M 34.8 38.0% Tennis
5 Chelsea F.C. 854k 33.5 30.0% Soccer
6 Arsenal F.C. 788k 33.5 30.1% Soccer
7 Aston Villa F.C. 776k 34.2 44.3% Soccer
8 Alexander Isak 379k 33.4 27.7% Soccer
9 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 379k 32.9 30.8% Soccer
10 Crystal Palace F.C. 364k 33.7 27.3% Soccer
11 Leeds United FC 361k 20.3 0.0% Soccer
12 West Ham United F.C. 333k 36.0 50.5% Soccer
13 Mohamed Salah 328k 34.0 27.9% Soccer
14 Viktor Gyökeres 317k 33.9 29.3% Soccer
15 Erling Haaland 305k 32.6 27.6% Soccer
16 Bryan Mbeumo 295k 33.7 22.9% Soccer
17 Lyle Foster 276k 35.7 26.3% Soccer
18 Bruno Fernandes 275k 34.0 29.3% Soccer
19 Cole Palmer 259k 33.3 27.7% Soccer
20 Florian Wirtz 253k 32.8 29.1% Soccer
21 Nottingham Forest 241k 33.6 8.1% Soccer
22 Everton F.C. 171k 32.7 31.4% Soccer
23 Fulham F.C. 166k 34.2 43.5% Soccer
24 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 160k 37.4 39.4% Soccer
25 Rayan Cherki 159k 31.9 32.4% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Manchester United F.C. currently leads with an estimated audience of 6.6M people in South Africa.

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