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
26 Quinn Sullivan 759 0.0 0.0% Blues
27 Glen Matlock 653 50.5 20.7% Blues
28 Roy Buchanan 646 52.0 36.1% Blues
29 Kevin Coyne 509 57.2 22.8% Blues
30 Bobby “Blue” Bland 493 51.8 40.9% Blues
31 Taj Mahal Trio 466 50.2 21.3% Blues
32 Tab Benoit 438 50.8 45.5% Blues
33 Rory Block 427 57.5 35.0% Blues
34 Christone “Kingfish” Ingram 421 44.2 34.1% Blues
35 The Teskey Brothers 413 39.5 57.5% Blues
36 Johnny “Guitar” Watson 404 47.1 40.1% Blues
37 Southern Avenue 371 50.2 31.5% Blues
38 John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers 370 50.0 38.4% Blues
39 Philip Sayce 357 48.6 31.8% Blues
40 Danielle Nicole 356 50.2 29.2% Blues
41 Ana Popovic 345 36.1 51.3% Blues
42 Eric Johanson 345 46.0 45.8% Blues
43 Jimmy Witherspoon 307 55.0 32.5% Blues
44 George Porter, Jr. 306 48.6 50.6% Blues
45 Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown 298 50.9 42.7% Blues
46 Johnnie Johnson 293 46.0 45.8% Blues
47 Elles Bailey 271 51.9 24.9% Blues
48 Colin James 246 52.0 34.4% Blues
49 Sir Charles Jones 224 36.1 51.3% Blues
50 Taj Farrant 224 36.1 51.3% 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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