Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 35 most popular Board Games in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 35 largest board games in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Hive (game), Monopoly (game) and Cards Against Humanity lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 276k people. Across all 35 entries the average audience size is 14k, and the largest, Hive (game), reaches around 164k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each board game, 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 35, 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 Duel Masters Trading Card Game 237 22.2 45.8% Board game
27 Sea of clouds 198 45.9 62.7% Board game
28 The Settlers Online 164 28.8 53.4% Board game
29 Star Wars Trading Card Game 119 26.5 50.2% Board game
30 Surakarta 113 32.1 48.4% Board game
31 Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game 85 28.8 57.5% Board game
32 Three player mahjong 85 30.8 42.4% Board game
33 Quiz bowl 55 22.0 27.5% Board game
34 Lycèe Trading Card Game 29 32.0 39.5% Board game
35 WARS Trading Card Game 23 33.2 26.4% Board game

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular board games compiled?

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

Hive (game) currently leads with an estimated audience of 164k people in South Africa.

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