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
76 Vice Principals 14k 41.2 65.1% Comedy
77 The Princess Diaries 14k 42.1 73.1% Comedy
78 Cop Out (2010 film) 14k 51.7 64.0% Comedy
79 Would I Lie to You? (TV series) 14k 46.0 48.4% Comedy
80 home alone 2 14k 37.7 51.9% Comedy
81 The Change-Up 14k 40.8 41.0% Comedy
82 Career Opportunities (film) 13k 35.4 87.2% Comedy
83 Hall Pass 13k 32.0 56.3% Comedy
84 Dazed and Confused 13k 36.0 72.3% Comedy
85 The King of Queens 13k 41.2 42.5% Comedy
86 Conan O’Brien 13k 35.6 64.1% Comedy
87 Roadies (TV series) 12k 50.4 70.8% Comedy
88 Little Miss Sunshine 12k 31.4 57.3% Comedy
89 The Royal Tenenbaums 12k 37.6 100.0% Comedy
90 The Grand Budapest Hotel 11k 35.1 45.3% Comedy
91 Jack and Jill (film) 11k 31.7 72.2% Comedy
92 Van Wilder 11k 34.5 61.9% Comedy
93 AKI and Pawpaw 11k 23.8 0.0% Comedy
94 Jackass 10k 30.8 11.2% Comedy
95 Nate Bargatze 10k 43.7 55.9% Comedy
96 American Pie 2 10k 35.5 42.2% Comedy
97 Risky Business 9.7k 28.0 61.5% Comedy
98 StarStruck (season 6) 9.5k 33.6 0.0% Comedy
99 Your Highness 9.4k 32.6 52.5% Comedy
100 Barfi 9k 39.0 47.4% 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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