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
26 food porn 31k 32.8 63.1% Content type
27 Fantasy Football 28k 32.1 30.8% Content type
28 Cute Dogs 27k 38.0 64.9% Content type
29 Funny Pictures 26k 34.5 51.7% Content type
30 Funny Moments 26k 33.9 38.6% Content type
31 Clip art 26k 41.5 70.4% Content type
32 Easter egg (media) 23k 39.5 83.8% Content type
33 Photoblog 19k 32.3 68.1% Content type
34 Event videography 19k 37.9 38.8% Content type
35 Military humor 19k 46.8 21.6% Content type
36 HD Wallpapers 17k 30.8 32.9% Content type
37 Crazy Videos 15k 37.4 39.4% Content type
38 Funny Quotes 12k 36.6 57.4% Content type
39 Food presentation 12k 47.9 69.9% Content type
40 Funny Stuff 12k 34.1 51.1% Content type
41 Inspiring Quotes 12k 31.0 64.8% Content type
42 E-card 11k 36.3 63.8% Content type
43 Latest Punjabi Videos 10k 30.1 16.1% Content type
44 funny cats 9.4k 36.8 71.0% Content type
45 Photo sharing 8.8k 34.3 59.4% Content type
46 Let's Play. 6.6k 34.1 35.9% Content type
47 Tidbits 3k 46.5 84.2% Content type
48 Abandoned Places 2k 43.2 41.0% Content type
49 Make Me Laugh 1.6k 33.4 57.2% Content type
50 Pranksters 917 33.7 49.0% 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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