Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Bands in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest bands in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 2.1k bands tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Live scores, Red Velvet (band) and Fun lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 137k, and the largest, Live scores, reaches around 4.1M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each band, 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
1 Live scores 4.1M 30.7 9.8% Band
2 Red Velvet (band) 1.1M 26.5 71.5% Band
3 Fun 854k 35.8 62.3% Band
4 Rachel's 354k 44.3 83.9% Band
5 Howler (band) 318k 27.8 40.5% Band
6 Perfume (Japanese band) 250k Band
7 Girl group 228k 36.3 70.3% Band
8 Sweet (band) 188k Band
9 Blondie (band) 149k 37.5 31.8% Band
10 Genesis (band) 148k 37.9 47.9% Band
11 AC/DC 146k 37.1 50.5% Band
12 RÜFÜS 144k 39.8 46.0% Band
13 Queen (band) 130k 35.5 63.2% Band
14 S.H.E 125k 30.4 85.6% Band
15 RIVERSIDE 121k 45.8 58.7% Band
16 Corrosion of Conformity 117k 43.1 29.8% Band
17 Air (French band) 111k 31.6 65.9% Band
18 The Beach Boys 110k 37.7 57.8% Band
19 Kaiser Chiefs 110k 34.5 45.6% Band
20 Failure (band) 109k 40.0 8.3% Band
21 Survivor (band) 109k Band
22 Brown Eyed Girls 102k 39.1 55.4% Band
23 Bruno Mars 101k 28.6 54.5% Band
24 MGMT 99k 30.1 55.3% Band
25 Tortoise (band) 96k 26.8 100.0% Band

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular bands compiled?

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

Live scores currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.1M people in South Africa.

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