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
76 The Record Company 148 38.0 45.6% Blues
77 Kris Barras Band 146 48.8 27.9% Blues
78 Davy Knowles 145 48.7 28.0% Blues
79 Kenny Neal 145 54.9 35.5% Blues
80 Vintage Trouble 144 45.6 44.2% Blues
81 Benjamin Booker 143 36.4 51.0% Blues
82 The Robert Cray Band 139 50.7 24.9% Blues
83 Bad Temper Joe 138 46.0 45.8% Blues
84 Buddy Guy & Junior Wells 136 47.1 27.5% Blues
85 Buffalo Nichols 132 49.8 35.5% Blues
86 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 132 0.0 0.0% Blues
87 Larry McCray 125 49.6 33.2% Blues
88 Bernard Allison 121 0.0 0.0% Blues
89 Eddie 9V 118 50.8 45.5% Blues
90 Toby Lee 112 36.1 51.3% Blues
91 Black Joe Lewis 110 0.0 0.0% Blues
92 Sari Schorr 110 0.0 0.0% Blues
93 Alvin Youngblood Hart 109 53.0 12.1% Blues
94 Ferris & Sylvester 104 46.0 45.8% Blues
95 Patrick Sweany 104 36.1 51.3% Blues
96 When Rivers Meet 104 36.1 51.3% Blues
97 Angela Strehli 103 46.0 45.8% Blues
98 John Primer 99 Blues
99 Son Seals 99 0.0 0.0% Blues
100 Bywater Call 98 41.2 40.6% 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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