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
26 Newcastle United F.C. 151k 32.2 27.2% Soccer
27 Benjamin Šeško 147k 32.1 27.4% Soccer
28 Antoine Semenyo 138k 33.2 26.6% Soccer
29 Rio Ngumoha 137k 34.0 27.9% Soccer
30 AFC Bournemouth 136k 26.6 10.6% Soccer
31 Xavi Simons 134k 31.8 27.5% Soccer
32 Matheus Cunha 122k 33.6 28.9% Soccer
33 Alejandro Garnacho 120k 33.8 29.5% Soccer
34 Kobbie Mainoo 118k 34.0 29.3% Soccer
35 Jadon Sancho 113k 31.2 21.1% Soccer
36 Bukayo Saka 112k 34.7 34.0% Soccer
37 Phil Foden 112k 32.5 23.7% Soccer
38 Jack Grealish 108k 33.0 28.2% Soccer
39 Virgil van Dijk 107k 33.8 27.7% Soccer
40 Senne Lammens 105k 36.0 39.5% Soccer
41 Dominik Szoboszlai 105k 32.7 26.5% Soccer
42 Amad Diallo 102k 32.4 30.2% Soccer
43 Rodri 100k 32.6 24.0% Soccer
44 Eberechi Eze 97k 33.1 26.0% Soccer
45 Marc Guéhi 93k 33.4 26.8% Soccer
46 Noni Madueke 93k 33.7 29.5% Soccer
47 Omar Marmoush 89k 34.5 29.5% Soccer
48 Max Dowman 88k 33.9 29.3% Soccer
49 Declan Rice 86k 34.6 36.3% Soccer
50 Casemiro 84k 34.0 29.3% 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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