Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 37 most popular Art Event / Festivals in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 37 largest art event / festivals in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Art Basel, Royal Shakespeare Company and Armageddon (convention) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 99k people. Across all 37 entries the average audience size is 3.3k, and the largest, Art Basel, reaches around 46k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each art event / festival, 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 37, 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 Art Basel 46k 38.5 51.8% Art event / festival
2 Royal Shakespeare Company 29k 48.4 92.4% Art event / festival
3 Armageddon (convention) 24k 24.7 48.7% Art event / festival
4 Wildlife Photographer of the Year 12k 38.2 39.2% Art event / festival
5 Obie Award 1.7k 43.5 69.7% Art event / festival
6 Fiac 1.7k 24.0 26.1% Art event / festival
7 Purple Day 1.6k 42.6 64.5% Art event / festival
8 Cultural Festival (India) 809 23.2 22.2% Art event / festival
9 Paris Photo 801 42.5 76.9% Art event / festival
10 Cologne Carnival 468 42.1 55.1% Art event / festival
11 Documenta 423 42.5 59.5% Art event / festival
12 Transgender Day of Remembrance 281 31.3 64.4% Art event / festival
13 New York Comic Con 270 28.9 49.5% Art event / festival
14 Holland Festival 258 48.8 57.1% Art event / festival
15 London Design Festival 234 38.9 59.7% Art event / festival
16 The Millionaire's Club 230 34.7 36.1% Art event / festival
17 Florence Biennale 197 50.5 52.0% Art event / festival
18 Royal Academy summer exhibition 195 50.2 70.7% Art event / festival
19 European Capital of Culture 188 46.1 62.6% Art event / festival
20 Sydney Festival 179 46.5 66.5% Art event / festival
21 Guelaguetza 157 40.2 63.5% Art event / festival
22 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival 156 35.8 74.6% Art event / festival
23 Armory Show 153 41.2 52.3% Art event / festival
24 The Armory Show (art fair) 144 27.2 45.6% Art event / festival
25 San Francisco Pride 134 35.5 64.2% Art event / festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular art event / festivals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each art event / festival 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 art event / festival in South Africa?

Art Basel currently leads with an estimated audience of 46k people in South Africa.

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