Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Country Musics in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest country musics in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 450 country musics tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Dolly Parton, Jelly Roll and Johnny Cash lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 325k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 10k, and the largest, Dolly Parton, reaches around 189k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each country music, 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 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
1 Dolly Parton 189k 33.4 61.2% Country music
2 Jelly Roll 92k 33.6 41.0% Country music
3 Johnny Cash 44k 42.8 62.6% Country music
4 Billy Ray Cyrus 36k 36.2 59.4% Country music
5 Willie Nelson 31k 34.4 54.1% Country music
6 Blake Shelton 28k 39.5 71.8% Country music
7 Carrie Underwood 28k 37.5 67.5% Country music
8 Zach Bryan 26k 34.6 48.3% Country music
9 Kip Moore 25k 41.1 65.8% Country music
10 The Silos 24k 49.6 42.5% Country music
11 Tim McGraw 21k 37.9 62.0% Country music
12 Lainey Wilson 20k 40.2 61.7% Country music
13 Ella Langley 19k 37.2 59.3% Country music
14 Lakeview 18k 34.1 46.4% Country music
15 LeAnn Rimes 18k 28.1 48.7% Country music
16 Alan Jackson 16k 44.8 49.4% Country music
17 Jerry Lee Lewis 13k 53.8 44.8% Country music
18 Reba McEntire 13k 32.7 69.9% Country music
19 Riley Green 13k 36.7 55.5% Country music
20 Luke Combs 12k 32.8 51.7% Country music
21 Elle King 11k 47.6 69.9% Country music
22 Ryan Adams 10k 48.9 41.1% Country music
23 Orville Peck 10k 33.5 55.1% Country music
24 Garth Brooks 9.8k 40.2 60.5% Country music
25 ERNEST 9.6k 34.1 54.1% Country music

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular country musics compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each country music 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 country music in South Africa?

Dolly Parton currently leads with an estimated audience of 189k people in South Africa.

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