Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Basketball in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest basketball in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.5k basketball tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. NBA, Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball and Denver Nuggets lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 68k, and the largest, NBA, reaches around 860k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each basketball, 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
1 NBA 860k 33.8 40.7% Basketball
2 Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball 277k 24.5 22.3% Basketball
3 Denver Nuggets 274k 34.3 44.8% Basketball
4 Golden State Warriors 252k 30.0 40.2% Basketball
5 NBA Finals 231k 27.9 32.2% Basketball
6 Los Angeles Lakers 213k 26.6 39.0% Basketball
7 NBA playoffs 200k 27.7 31.3% Basketball
8 College basketball 187k 32.3 32.4% Basketball
9 Milwaukee Bucks 171k 31.3 41.2% Basketball
10 LeBron James 160k 28.6 39.0% Basketball
11 Michael Jordan 132k 29.8 35.6% Basketball
12 Basketball (ball) 129k 41.0 67.5% Basketball
13 Basketball Bundesliga 128k 41.4 53.0% Basketball
14 WNBA 125k 30.2 51.4% Basketball
15 Oklahoma City Thunder 120k 26.7 37.3% Basketball
16 Chicago Bulls 118k 27.7 32.4% Basketball
17 Boston Celtics 94k 26.9 34.3% Basketball
18 Miami Heat 92k 26.3 42.7% Basketball
19 Houston Rockets 84k 27.0 37.4% Basketball
20 Brooklyn Nets 81k 26.5 38.8% Basketball
21 Angel Reese 81k 34.5 48.2% Basketball
22 Cleveland Cavaliers 80k 25.5 45.1% Basketball
23 Stephen Curry 76k 26.0 49.4% Basketball
24 Orlando Magic 69k 32.3 50.5% Basketball
25 Anthony Edwards 69k 30.8 39.8% Basketball

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular basketball compiled?

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

NBA currently leads with an estimated audience of 860k people in South Africa.

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