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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How to read this list

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
26 War (band) 95k Band
27 Coldplay 93k 35.7 59.7% Band
28 ABBA 92k 47.9 62.4% Band
29 Cherryblossom 92k Band
30 The Residents 92k 32.4 57.1% Band
31 Supernova (South Korean band) 85k 36.2 100.0% Band
32 Paradox (Thai band) 85k Band
33 Hot Chocolate (band) 83k 33.3 61.8% Band
34 Lettuce (band) 82k Band
35 Boney M. 79k 52.0 31.3% Band
36 Accept (band) 78k 26.5 47.7% Band
37 Omnia (band) 76k 50.4 19.7% Band
38 M.O.D. 72k 40.1 56.8% Band
39 Die Antwoord 71k 43.2 69.0% Band
40 Spitz (band) 70k 42.7 58.0% Band
41 Collage 70k 36.7 63.3% Band
42 The Beatles 69k 43.7 56.3% Band
43 Death (metal band) 69k Band
44 Sparks (band) 66k 36.3 70.8% Band
45 Poison (American band) 65k 37.5 62.3% Band
46 Ballet (music) 65k 43.9 67.9% Band
47 Muse (band) 63k 40.0 73.2% Band
48 Bush (band) 63k 37.5 51.3% Band
49 Bee Gees 62k 46.9 59.5% Band
50 MIA. 62k 29.4 66.1% 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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