Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Classical Musics in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest classical musics in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 105 classical musics tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Andre Rieu, David Foster and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 87k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 2.7k, and the largest, Andre Rieu, reaches around 57k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each classical music, 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 Umm Kulthum 984 43.3 58.1% Classical music
52 Igor Stravinsky 953 40.2 63.5% Classical music
53 John Tesh 943 49.2 100.0% Classical music
54 Ray Chen 889 46.0 61.4% Classical music
55 Arnold Schoenberg 867 51.5 48.7% Classical music
56 Henry Purcell 800 44.7 67.5% Classical music
57 Luka Šulić 778 47.0 53.7% Classical music
58 Nellie Melba 726 0.0 0.0% Classical music
59 Jean-Baptiste Lully 679 45.3 79.1% Classical music
60 Hector Berlioz 624 41.3 64.7% Classical music
61 Alma Deutscher 617 34.7 51.4% Classical music
62 Claudio Abbado 610 49.4 56.2% Classical music
63 Benny Goodman 600 32.8 61.9% Classical music
64 José Carreras 516 30.0 46.0% Classical music
65 Nino Rota 509 48.3 41.8% Classical music
66 Giacomo Puccini 495 32.1 56.1% Classical music
67 Julia Fischer 480 46.1 66.8% Classical music
68 Seiji Ozawa 462 49.3 50.3% Classical music
69 Johannes Brahms 435 32.8 55.6% Classical music
70 Sergei Prokofiev 409 39.3 44.9% Classical music
71 Lisa Batiashvili 311 53.4 17.3% Classical music
72 Wiener Philharmoniker 306 50.2 60.8% Classical music
73 Maurizio Pollini 290 47.8 87.0% Classical music
74 Fazıl Say 287 47.2 52.3% Classical music
75 Avi Avital 270 57.1 37.5% Classical music

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular classical musics compiled?

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

Andre Rieu currently leads with an estimated audience of 57k people in South Africa.

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