Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Comedies in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest comedies in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 246 comedies tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Mr. Bean, Slacker and Freaky Friday (2003 film) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 762k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 38k, and the largest, Mr. Bean, reaches around 314k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each comedy, 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
26 Are We There Yet? (TV series) 40k 45.1 62.6% Comedy
27 Fantastic Mr. Fox (film) 40k 45.6 53.1% Comedy
28 Ghostbusters 40k 40.0 42.1% Comedy
29 Back to the Future 39k 30.1 37.1% Comedy
30 Picture This (2008 film) 38k Comedy
31 American Pie (film) 37k 27.9 41.1% Comedy
32 Rhinestone (film) 35k 40.2 84.9% Comedy
33 Madea Goes to Jail 35k 42.7 87.9% Comedy
34 Tin Cup 35k 48.4 48.4% Comedy
35 Madea's Big Happy Family (film) 34k 41.0 83.6% Comedy
36 The Other Woman (2009 film) 32k 33.7 100.0% Comedy
37 My Cousin Vinny 32k 45.2 33.6% Comedy
38 Police Academy (franchise) 31k 38.7 50.4% Comedy
39 Home and Away 31k 35.2 57.0% Comedy
40 The Hangover 30k 27.0 44.7% Comedy
41 The Lonely Island 30k 40.0 41.5% Comedy
42 Idiocracy 30k 39.9 48.8% Comedy
43 Wasabi (film) 29k 33.8 41.7% Comedy
44 48 Hrs. 29k 42.5 88.2% Comedy
45 Sky High (2005 film) 28k 43.7 55.4% Comedy
46 madeas family reunion 27k 32.0 87.1% Comedy
47 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) 27k 52.0 74.1% Comedy
48 The Devil Wears Prada (film) 27k 26.6 56.7% Comedy
49 There's Something About Mary 27k 49.1 66.7% Comedy
50 Superbad (film) 27k 32.4 55.1% Comedy

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular comedies compiled?

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

Mr. Bean currently leads with an estimated audience of 314k people in South Africa.

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