Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 24 most popular Chansons in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 24 largest chansons in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Ange, Charles Aznavour and Barbara Pravi lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 14k people. Across all 24 entries the average audience size is 806, and the largest, Ange, reaches around 7.5k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each chanson, 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 24, 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 Ange 7.5k 40.1 43.4% Chanson
2 Charles Aznavour 4.4k 51.4 61.1% Chanson
3 Barbara Pravi 1.6k 34.6 87.8% Chanson
4 Indochine 1.1k 32.5 93.0% Chanson
5 Patricia Kaas 978 52.1 55.8% Chanson
6 Zaho de Sagazan 717 41.8 55.0% Chanson
7 Dionysos 581 43.5 58.2% Chanson
8 Marc Lavoine 570 49.7 69.6% Chanson
9 Clara Luciani 297 37.6 71.8% Chanson
10 Michou 197 36.1 59.3% Chanson
11 Saez 165 43.1 57.6% Chanson
12 Claude Dubois 154 46.7 66.9% Chanson
13 Feu! Chatterton 144 41.1 41.2% Chanson
14 Bertrand Belin 133 41.1 41.2% Chanson
15 Eddy de Pretto 131 35.8 72.9% Chanson
16 Lynda Lemay 131 32.5 93.0% Chanson
17 Jean-Pierre Ferland 129 47.6 72.5% Chanson
18 Aldebert 108 35.0 55.2% Chanson
19 Plume Latraverse 69 46.2 66.2% Chanson
20 Matmatah 62 27.5 37.0% Chanson
21 Beau Dommage 56 46.7 66.9% Chanson
22 Les Colocs 41 46.2 66.2% Chanson
23 Les Trois Accords 27 46.3 67.9% Chanson
24 Vincent Vallières 12 41.4 62.5% Chanson

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular chansons compiled?

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

Ange currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.5k people in South Africa.

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