Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Blues in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest blues in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 137 blues tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Greyhounds, King King and Indigenous lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 897k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 10k, and the largest, Greyhounds, reaches around 579k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each blues, 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 Greyhounds 579k 44.7 53.1% Blues
2 King King 275k 50.4 31.3% Blues
3 Indigenous 42k 36.3 50.5% Blues
4 Hozier (musician) 27k 38.3 69.5% Blues
5 Robert Johnson 21k 39.2 84.6% Blues
6 Peter Green (musician) 16k 57.3 15.6% Blues
7 Etta James 14k 33.7 70.9% Blues
8 Buddy Guy 11k 47.1 27.5% Blues
9 Stevie Ray Vaughan 7.2k 44.2 41.9% Blues
10 Dan Patlansky 6.1k 36.1 51.3% Blues
11 John Hammond 3.5k 55.5 41.4% Blues
12 Corey Harris 3.4k 53.4 38.6% Blues
13 John Lee Hooker 3.2k 50.9 42.7% Blues
14 Marcus King 3.2k 50.4 33.6% Blues
15 Howlin' Wolf 2.2k 51.0 41.9% Blues
16 Rory Gallagher 1.9k 41.1 70.5% Blues
17 Albert King 1.7k 52.7 9.1% Blues
18 Gary Clark, Jr. 1.6k 51.5 17.3% Blues
19 Johnny Winter 1.3k 53.0 34.1% Blues
20 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 1.1k 53.3 12.8% Blues
21 The Nick Moss Band 901 52.0 34.4% Blues
22 Keb' Mo' 890 53.3 15.1% Blues
23 Robert Cray 847 53.1 12.8% Blues
24 Seasick Steve 843 43.2 27.6% Blues
25 Jackie Venson 830 47.8 25.8% Blues

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular blues compiled?

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

Greyhounds currently leads with an estimated audience of 579k people in South Africa.

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