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
76 Max Raabe 261 44.8 58.4% Composer
77 Jake Shimabukuro 236 50.8 48.8% Composer
78 John Debney 196 34.6 72.1% Composer
79 John Shanks 187 44.2 76.2% Composer
80 Francis Lai 169 31.1 46.8% Composer
81 Marco Beltrami 167 30.9 52.1% Composer
82 S. Thaman 162 33.0 37.0% Composer
83 Raul Seixas 157 37.5 49.5% Composer
84 W. C. Handy 156 40.8 84.2% Composer
85 Jóhann Jóhannsson 155 44.4 51.3% Composer
86 Omar Khairat 155 35.7 35.2% Composer
87 Dominguinhos 154 45.5 41.0% Composer
88 Tom Gaebel 144 45.6 37.6% Composer
89 Bohuslav Martinů 143 51.4 80.2% Composer
90 Gavin James 142 28.4 47.4% Composer
91 John Adams (composer) 142 45.0 50.2% Composer
92 Peter Abelard 140 30.4 46.3% Composer
93 Riad Al Sunbati 131 40.5 0.0% Composer
94 Declan J Donovan 129 29.9 68.9% Composer
95 Umer Shareef 129 38.1 5.3% Composer
96 Kristina Bach 126 36.4 68.3% Composer
97 Heitor Villa-Lobos 124 37.7 70.6% Composer
98 Zé Ramalho 109 43.6 52.5% Composer
99 MUST DIE 106 36.9 60.8% Composer
100 Louis Philippson 104 34.1 51.0% 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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