Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 70 most popular Art Movements in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 70 largest art movements in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Decorative arts, Culinary art and Illustration lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 3.1M people. Across all 70 entries the average audience size is 122k, and the largest, Decorative arts, reaches around 1.3M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each art movement, 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 70, 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 Chinese art 2.4k 47.4 61.6% Art movement
52 Macro photography 2.4k 35.1 50.0% Art movement
53 Skull art 1.9k 26.8 42.6% Art movement
54 Aestheticism 1.7k 35.3 78.9% Art movement
55 Fantasy Art 1.3k 37.6 65.9% Art movement
56 Religious art 957 42.8 70.8% Art movement
57 Steampunk-art 950 28.2 68.0% Art movement
58 Buddhist art 913 41.1 25.0% Art movement
59 Genre art 766 44.6 88.3% Art movement
60 Celtic mythology 655 29.5 24.9% Art movement
61 Barok 651 Art movement
62 Asian art 549 47.0 56.5% Art movement
63 Mentalism 540 25.6 21.4% Art movement
64 Iranian art 381 44.4 59.9% Art movement
65 Video art 343 40.3 25.4% Art movement
66 Wearable art 296 39.8 83.7% Art movement
67 Ball culture 218 32.3 93.3% Art movement
68 Industrial arts 213 30.4 35.2% Art movement
69 Visionary art 162 43.3 61.9% Art movement
70 Edible art 154 38.7 90.5% Art movement

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular art movements compiled?

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

Decorative arts currently leads with an estimated audience of 1.3M people in South Africa.

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