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
51 Atticus Ross 739 40.9 54.5% Composer
52 Alan Menken 731 26.5 83.8% Composer
53 Bear McCreary 731 28.5 59.4% Composer
54 Keith Emerson 702 52.3 21.6% Composer
55 Ólafur Arnalds 697 36.6 50.7% Composer
56 Yann Tiersen 675 45.4 53.9% Composer
57 Habib Wahid 673 39.3 93.1% Composer
58 Jon Lord 642 36.2 39.0% Composer
59 Alan Silvestri 637 27.5 31.1% Composer
60 Tricky Stewart 622 34.7 95.4% Composer
61 Lorne Balfe 595 38.8 53.8% Composer
62 Jordan Rudess 590 43.9 7.6% Composer
63 Maleek Berry 583 26.7 60.7% Composer
64 Johann Strauss I 548 45.8 57.8% Composer
65 Oneohtrix Point Never 513 41.0 50.9% Composer
66 Alexandre Desplat 505 34.1 76.5% Composer
67 Eric Whitacre 453 35.9 62.1% Composer
68 Mad Professor 446 48.1 33.7% Composer
69 G. V. Prakash Kumar 424 34.8 67.3% Composer
70 Paula Creamer 405 32.3 53.0% Composer
71 Leoš Janáček 397 54.6 54.3% Composer
72 Ira Gershwin 387 52.2 60.2% Composer
73 Georg Solti 380 24.9 52.6% Composer
74 Vincenzo Bellini 367 46.8 51.3% Composer
75 Harry Gregson-Williams 337 27.0 69.7% 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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