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
76 Roxette 45k 46.0 65.5% Band
77 Widespread Panic 45k 38.3 54.2% Band
78 Forbidden (band) 45k 43.9 54.2% Band
79 Ministry (band) 44k Band
80 Pet Shop Boys 44k 35.4 55.6% Band
81 L.T.D. (band) 44k 36.8 49.9% Band
82 Mindless Self Indulgence 43k 37.6 28.8% Band
83 Morphine (band) 43k 40.9 40.2% Band
84 Monuments 43k 36.4 58.7% Band
85 Everclear (band) 43k 44.3 51.2% Band
86 Exodus (American band) 42k 35.9 33.4% Band
87 Bots (band) 42k Band
88 Dire Straits 42k 53.8 42.6% Band
89 Beirut (band) 41k Band
90 Snap! 41k 39.5 65.6% Band
91 Massive Attack 41k 43.3 64.8% Band
92 The Corrs 41k 33.1 71.4% Band
93 Nightmare (Japanese band) 40k Band
94 Milli Vanilli 40k 34.7 47.9% Band
95 Black Sheep (group) 38k Band
96 Ruins (Japanese band) 38k Band
97 Freshlyground 38k 40.6 53.5% Band
98 Titanium (band) 38k Band
99 Goldie Lookin Chain 38k 36.3 52.4% Band
100 Pendulum 37k 45.1 85.2% 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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