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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How to read this list

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 John 84k 33.9 18.3% Soccer
52 João Pedro 83k 33.9 29.2% Soccer
53 Gabriel Jesus 81k 33.3 27.8% Soccer
54 Jérémy Doku 77k 29.9 17.7% Soccer
55 Enzo Fernández 76k 34.3 24.2% Soccer
56 Burnley Football Club 75k 32.2 4.4% Soccer
57 Carlos Baleba 72k 35.7 36.9% Soccer
58 Harvey Elliott 71k 34.1 33.3% Soccer
59 Harry Maguire 71k 33.3 26.5% Soccer
60 Nick Woltemade 67k 34.2 27.3% Soccer
61 Martin Ødegaard 67k 33.0 29.8% Soccer
62 Savinho 67k 36.7 28.9% Soccer
63 Gianluigi Donnarumma 67k 32.1 27.0% Soccer
64 Morgan Rogers 65k 34.1 43.1% Soccer
65 Tijjani Reijnders 62k 33.2 26.6% Soccer
66 Anthony Gordon 62k 33.2 27.6% Soccer
67 Kai Havertz 56k 31.5 24.5% Soccer
68 Alisson Becker 55k 34.0 27.9% Soccer
69 Jeremie Frimpong 54k 33.5 29.9% Soccer
70 Reece James 53k 33.9 29.2% Soccer
71 Kyle Walker 52k 32.9 19.2% Soccer
72 Bernardo Silva 52k 32.6 25.6% Soccer
73 Liam Delap 52k 33.9 29.2% Soccer
74 Patrick Dorgu 51k 34.0 29.3% Soccer
75 Blackpool F.C. 49k 40.5 60.2% 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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