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
51 The Women (2008 film) 27k 46.2 77.8% Comedy
52 Wildcats (film) 27k 42.9 63.3% Comedy
53 Zoolander 25k 32.4 50.4% Comedy
54 Spice World (film) 25k 46.8 75.1% Comedy
55 22 Jump Street 23k 32.0 55.2% Comedy
56 Horrible Bosses 22k 32.6 51.7% Comedy
57 The Hangover Part III 22k 48.2 59.2% Comedy
58 Sister Act 21k 42.2 57.9% Comedy
59 Tammy (film) 21k 51.2 93.2% Comedy
60 Home Alone 3 21k 38.0 48.7% Comedy
61 Death At A Funeral 20k 40.0 63.2% Comedy
62 Twins (1988 film) 19k 47.9 90.0% Comedy
63 Dude, Where's My Car? 19k 43.3 95.5% Comedy
64 Bridget Jones's Diary (film) 18k 42.4 100.0% Comedy
65 Neighbors (2014 film) 18k 31.5 58.8% Comedy
66 Shane Gillis 18k 37.3 49.9% Comedy
67 Matchstick Men 18k 49.2 70.2% Comedy
68 Wedding Crashers 17k 34.0 53.6% Comedy
69 Hot Tub Time Machine 16k 46.3 49.3% Comedy
70 Spice World 16k 29.0 54.2% Comedy
71 Annie Hall 16k 53.4 76.3% Comedy
72 Christmas in July (film) 16k 38.9 90.6% Comedy
73 Back to the Future Part II 16k 38.6 65.5% Comedy
74 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film) 15k 48.1 48.1% Comedy
75 Brüno 14k 25.2 68.7% 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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