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
51 Budgie (band) 61k 48.5 100.0% Band
52 Playa (band) 61k 31.5 15.9% Band
53 Swans (band) 61k Band
54 Fate (band) 60k 41.4 51.7% Band
55 IM 58k 28.3 100.0% Band
56 Nirvana (band) 57k 34.0 51.7% Band
57 Happy Mondays 56k 45.1 33.5% Band
58 HE/RO 55k 24.0 56.3% Band
59 Arrested Development (group) 55k 44.6 57.1% Band
60 Hole (band) 55k 36.2 47.0% Band
61 Pharaoh 54k 38.5 30.0% Band
62 HIM (Finnish band) 52k 27.1 56.8% Band
63 One Direction 52k 31.4 66.2% Band
64 Atheist (band) 52k 46.1 61.2% Band
65 AAA (band) 51k Band
66 DieLochis 51k 24.6 57.7% Band
67 UB40 51k 39.9 48.8% Band
68 Athena (band) 51k Band
69 MainStreet (boy band) 49k Band
70 Camouflage (band) 48k 33.9 68.4% Band
71 Bond (band) 48k Band
72 Antique (band) 48k 44.2 76.9% Band
73 Temples (band) 48k Band
74 Clutch (band) 47k Band
75 Marching band 47k 39.8 34.3% 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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