Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 58 most popular Content Types in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 58 largest content types in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Instant messaging, Internet celebrity and Meme lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5M people. Across all 58 entries the average audience size is 175k, and the largest, Instant messaging, reaches around 2.4M people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each content type, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 58, 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 Instant messaging 2.4M 36.1 53.4% Content type
2 Internet celebrity 1.3M 35.3 55.6% Content type
3 Meme 1.2M 31.0 52.0% Content type
4 Viral video 1.2M 37.8 45.4% Content type
5 Internet meme 964k 32.4 51.5% Content type
6 Funny Videos 362k 36.1 43.0% Content type
7 Influencer marketing 332k 34.1 56.8% Content type
8 Fansite 289k 35.1 45.3% Content type
9 Blog 269k 35.8 53.2% Content type
10 Selfie 260k 33.3 56.2% Content type
11 Practical joke 208k 35.7 34.6% Content type
12 Web series 119k 35.4 47.9% Content type
13 Funny Texts 94k 28.2 59.5% Content type
14 Smiley 93k 34.8 55.9% Content type
15 Daily Horoscope 75k 31.8 79.2% Content type
16 Trending Videos 71k 41.0 12.6% Content type
17 Funny Pets 60k 37.5 58.5% Content type
18 Mailing list 50k 41.3 65.8% Content type
19 Life hacking 49k 36.0 66.9% Content type
20 Daily Jokes 46k 41.1 10.6% Content type
21 Click-to-donate site 46k 45.4 71.5% Content type
22 Emoticon 43k 37.4 62.3% Content type
23 Daily Quotes 43k 36.3 77.7% Content type
24 Funny animal 40k 42.6 54.7% Content type
25 Unboxing 36k 26.7 46.2% Content type

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular content types compiled?

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

Instant messaging currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.4M people in South Africa.

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