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
76 Carl Maria von Weber 258 36.9 36.8% Classical music
77 Pietro Mascagni 218 48.6 60.8% Classical music
78 Farid Farjad 206 48.0 58.6% Classical music
79 Los Angeles Philharmonic 196 50.4 61.7% Classical music
80 Ara Malikian 187 47.4 71.8% Classical music
81 Gaetano Donizetti 170 46.7 57.6% Classical music
82 Jan Vogler 159 45.6 59.3% Classical music
83 Igor Levit 155 35.0 48.3% Classical music
84 Ignacy Jan Paderewski 143 0.0 0.0% Classical music
85 Gabriel Fauré 140 41.8 58.1% Classical music
86 Antonín Dvořák 134 30.0 65.3% Classical music
87 Alexandre Kantorow 131 36.5 50.9% Classical music
88 Midori Gotō 131 40.5 60.5% Classical music
89 César Franck 119 39.1 35.9% Classical music
90 Joana Mallwitz 114 39.9 50.3% Classical music
91 Julia Kent 104 36.9 67.5% Classical music
92 Bedřich Smetana 97 28.3 75.4% Classical music
93 Danish String Quartet 96 36.5 50.9% Classical music
94 Fito Páez 91 42.2 51.3% Classical music
95 Ivor Bolton 68 41.1 52.6% Classical music
96 Krzysztof Urbański 58 49.2 40.5% Classical music
97 Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 55 Classical music
98 Allegra Tinnefeld 52 38.1 48.6% Classical music
99 Martin Stadtfeld 39 40.4 52.7% Classical music
100 Sebastian Weigle 35 38.6 56.3% 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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