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
26 Max Richter 2.1k 44.1 51.1% Composer
27 Mura Masa 2k 38.7 42.5% Composer
28 Edvard Grieg 1.9k 43.9 57.0% Composer
29 James Newton Howard 1.7k 33.4 30.0% Composer
30 Willy Russell 1.6k 53.5 100.0% Composer
31 Grover Washington, Jr. 1.5k 35.4 24.5% Composer
32 Chris Botti 1.5k 40.7 82.2% Composer
33 Mike Patton 1.4k 39.3 30.2% Composer
34 Philip Glass 1.3k 28.2 57.1% Composer
35 Richard Rodgers 1.2k 41.9 16.0% Composer
36 Terrace Martin 1.2k 30.2 0.0% Composer
37 Joe Hisaishi 1.2k 30.1 46.7% Composer
38 Kelela 1.2k 24.0 37.5% Composer
39 J.D. Robb 1.1k 31.4 63.4% Composer
40 Michael Giacchino 1.1k 33.6 71.7% Composer
41 John Cage 1.1k 41.7 78.0% Composer
42 John Bull (composer) 1.1k 41.1 53.2% Composer
43 Ziad Rahbani 899 41.7 50.8% Composer
44 Samuel Barber 893 39.2 57.1% Composer
45 Tony Banks (musician) 876 49.2 14.0% Composer
46 Tina Guo 855 41.6 29.0% Composer
47 Benjamin Britten 838 47.5 63.6% Composer
48 Caetano Veloso 758 27.0 45.5% Composer
49 Krishna Das 744 34.4 16.8% Composer
50 Aaron Copland 740 48.8 63.1% 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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