Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 23 biggest The Championship fan bases in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 23 largest the championship teams in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Blackburn Rovers F.C., Leicester City F.C. and Hull City A.F.C. lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 755k people. Across all 23 entries the average audience size is 89k, and the largest, Blackburn Rovers F.C., reaches around 305k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each the championship 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 23, 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 Blackburn Rovers F.C. 305k 40.7 65.2% Soccer
2 Leicester City F.C. 297k 31.8 20.9% Soccer
3 Hull City A.F.C. 154k 38.8 51.8% Soccer
4 Southampton F.C. 115k 33.4 27.3% Soccer
5 Millwall F.C. 104k 25.0 0.0% Soccer
6 Middlesbrough F.C. 96k 33.9 56.7% Soccer
7 Preston North End F.C. 94k 28.5 11.9% Soccer
8 Wigan Athletic F.C. 94k 37.1 58.3% Soccer
9 birmingham city fc 87k 39.9 27.5% Soccer
10 Huddersfield 85k 44.3 52.4% Soccer
11 Watford F.C. 72k 40.0 59.3% Soccer
12 Charlton Athletic F.C. 68k 40.4 61.1% Soccer
13 Stoke City F.C. 65k 35.6 52.2% Soccer
14 Swansea City A.F.C. 59k 34.7 48.8% Soccer
15 Cardiff City F.C. 57k 33.8 44.9% Soccer
16 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 56k 33.8 41.5% Soccer
17 Reading F.C. 51k 41.6 56.5% Soccer
18 Queens Park Rangers F.C. 44k 33.7 36.6% Soccer
19 Norwich City F.C. 38k 29.2 26.1% Soccer
20 Ipswich Town F.C. 35k 40.2 60.8% Soccer
21 Barnsley F.C. 34k 37.3 46.6% Soccer
22 West Bromwich Albion F.C. 24k 35.2 41.0% Soccer
23 Derby County F.C. 16k 35.9 48.6% Soccer

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Frequently asked questions

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

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

Blackburn Rovers F.C. currently leads with an estimated audience of 305k people in South Africa.

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