Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Composers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest composers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 122 composers tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Pep's, John Williams and Hans Zimmer lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 2.1M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 23k, and the largest, Pep's, reaches around 2M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each composer, 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
1 Pep's 2M 31.7 71.3% Composer
2 John Williams 87k 37.6 48.1% Composer
3 Hans Zimmer 52k 38.4 36.4% Composer
4 Henry VIII of England 30k 49.5 77.8% Composer
5 Kaytranada 27k 23.0 35.5% Composer
6 Yanni 15k 43.2 42.7% Composer
7 A. R. Rahman 6.8k 37.9 64.3% Composer
8 Marcus Miller 6.1k 50.2 34.2% Composer
9 Danny Elfman 5.7k 40.0 55.5% Composer
10 Vanessa-Mae 5.6k 41.5 0.0% Composer
11 Ennio Morricone 4.7k 33.7 32.0% Composer
12 Jean-Michel Jarre 4.4k 39.3 54.5% Composer
13 Burt Bacharach 4.2k 52.8 55.2% Composer
14 Björk 4k 36.3 42.0% Composer
15 John Barry (composer) 3.6k 51.8 12.7% Composer
16 Roy Ayers 3.6k 32.5 71.6% Composer
17 George Gershwin 2.7k 40.4 67.8% Composer
18 Anirudh Ravichander 2.7k 41.6 59.2% Composer
19 Daniel Barenboim 2.6k 46.2 53.0% Composer
20 Stephen Sondheim 2.6k 43.5 49.3% Composer
21 Giorgio Moroder 2.6k 41.5 45.2% Composer
22 Ralph Vaughan Williams 2.4k 54.1 59.4% Composer
23 Loreena McKennitt 2.3k 51.5 60.9% Composer
24 Lustmord 2.2k 31.9 0.0% Composer
25 Idan Raichel 2.1k 42.1 38.1% Composer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular composers compiled?

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

Pep's currently leads with an estimated audience of 2M people in South Africa.

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