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
76 Milos Kerkez 49k 31.5 22.1% Soccer
77 Ibrahima Konaté 49k 31.2 21.8% Soccer
78 Gabriel Magalhães 48k 34.4 33.8% Soccer
79 Mykhaylo Mudryk 47k 30.0 38.6% Soccer
80 Adam Wharton 46k 36.2 40.3% Soccer
81 Sheffield United F.C. 45k 39.8 55.7% Soccer
82 Mason Mount 45k 33.1 26.7% Soccer
83 Pedro Neto 44k 33.5 28.9% Soccer
84 Martín Zubimendi 43k 35.5 32.5% Soccer
85 Gabriel Martinelli 42k 32.3 26.7% Soccer
86 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 42k 32.8 28.2% Soccer
87 Andrew Robertson 42k 33.6 28.8% Soccer
88 David Raya 41k 33.6 22.9% Soccer
89 Giovanni Leoni 41k 34.0 27.9% Soccer
90 William Saliba 40k 32.5 26.5% Soccer
91 Cody Gakpo 39k 33.7 33.3% Soccer
92 Ryan Gravenberch 38k 33.2 29.1% Soccer
93 Mikel Merino 38k 35.5 32.5% Soccer
94 James Trafford 38k 33.2 26.6% Soccer
95 Alexis Mac Allister 38k 35.2 31.7% Soccer
96 Rayan Aït-Nouri 37k 33.2 26.6% Soccer
97 Oscar Bobb 37k 33.5 32.2% Soccer
98 Richarlison 37k 32.2 28.1% Soccer
99 Iliman Ndiaye 36k 32.2 27.0% Soccer
100 Estêvão 34k 33.9 29.2% 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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