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
51 Coco Montoya 221 55.0 26.6% Blues
52 Robert Finley 221 50.4 39.2% Blues
53 Tinsley Ellis 219 50.4 31.3% Blues
54 Jared James Nichols 217 50.1 36.1% Blues
55 Big Maybelle 200 53.0 70.3% Blues
56 Cedric Burnside 200 50.8 32.4% Blues
57 Shemekia Copeland 197 52.0 34.4% Blues
58 Sonny Landreth 197 52.0 34.4% Blues
59 Robin Rogers 190 46.0 45.8% Blues
60 Vanessa Collier 190 46.0 45.8% Blues
61 Peter Green Splinter Group 187 50.2 31.3% Blues
62 Devon Allman 181 36.1 51.3% Blues
63 Lonnie Mack 180 53.0 34.1% Blues
64 Erja Lyytinen 178 50.2 29.2% Blues
65 Ariel Posen 174 37.6 44.3% Blues
66 Gene Deer 173 46.0 45.8% Blues
67 Omar and the Howlers 173 53.1 12.8% Blues
68 Jimmy Burns 172 46.0 45.8% Blues
69 The Blues Brothers Band 172 32.3 51.0% Blues
70 The Marcus King Band 171 50.2 35.8% Blues
71 Ida Mae 168 49.3 24.6% Blues
72 Ally Venable 164 36.1 51.3% Blues
73 Luther Allison 163 47.1 27.5% Blues
74 Anderson East 160 40.1 55.6% Blues
75 Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson 152 43.1 43.6% 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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